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Overview - IBM BladeCenter JS21

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Abstract

Overview with technical information and relevant links for the IBM BladeCenter JS21.

Content

BladeCenter JS20

Features and specifications
Processor
  • Supports dual core 2.3 GHz or 2.5 GHz, single core 2.7 GHz 64-bit PowerPC 970 processors
Memory
  • Up to 16 GB of system memory
  • The JS21 system board contains four DIMM memory connections.
  • The base JS21 comes with two DIMM slots populated .
  • Memory is two-way interleaved and must be installed in matched pairs.
  • Memory sizes can be mixed.
  • DIMMs must be all PC2-3200 (400 MHz DDR2) or PC2-4200 (533 MHz DDR2); no mixing is allowed.
Hard drive (HD)
  • Support for 36 GB or 73 GB SAS disk drives with maximum 146 GB storage.
  • Integrated SAS controller with up to RAID10 mirroring.
Networking
  • Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet.
Systems Management
  • Integrated systems management processor
 
  • Support for:
    • Broadcom 5780: PCI-Express and dual gigabit Ethernet
    • Fibre Channel, Myrinet, InfiniBand, and iSCSI TOE connections
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3, or later
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 U3, or later for POWER
    • AIX 5L V5.2 and AIX 5L V5.3
    • AltiVec(TM)-optimized application development
    • Advanced POWER Virtualization (enabled through Virtual I/O Server)
Detailed specifications
  • All specifications for the IBM eServer BladeCenter JS21

Note: Specifications are dependent on the machine type and model.

Warranty

3-year on-site limited warranty for parts and labor

For warranty service upgrades and maintenance service, refer to Warranty service upgrades and maintenance services.

Hardware compatibility
For detailed information about IBM and non-IBM devices, adapters, software, and network operating systems supported with xSeries servers, visit the ServerProven compatibility Web site at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.

Additional product information


Manuals

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

BladeCenter:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-62790

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