IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG12-0059
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Optional add-ons (available for an additional charge)
• The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter HS23 (81Y3120)
and Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II for IBM BladeCenter HS23
(90Y9332) are new options available to the existing IBM BladeCenter Virtual
Fabric portfolio. These adapters are supported on the new HS23 blade to enable
up to four uplink/downlink ports for increased I/O bandwidth and maximum
performance. The combination of HS23 and Emulex options enables clients to
simplify their I/O infrastructure by reducing the number of switches needed
inside the chassis while supporting Ethernet and Virtual NICs using the same
hardware components.
• Active Energy Manager (AEM) is positioned as a key component of the energy-
efficient technologies and services of IBM , which are part of the IBM Project
Green initiative that began May 2007. AEM measures, monitors, and manages
the energy management components built into IBM servers and provides a
cross-platform management solution. AEM also retrieves temperature and power
information via wireless sensors and collects alerts, events, and data from certain
facility providers related to power and cooling equipment.
• BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager is designed to help you manage growth and
complexity by making it easy to manage I/O and network interconnects for up to
100 BladeCenter chassis - up to 1,400 blade servers. BladeCenter Open Fabric
Manager helps make blade deployment easy: once installed, the utility is resident
in the Advanced Management Module (AMM) so you can preconfigure LAN and
SAN connections. Thus, I/O connections are made automatically when you plug
in a blade. And no special tools or training is required; just manage with the
easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI).
IBM ToolsCenter
The IBM System x® ToolsCenter is a collection of system management tools to help
manage your HS23 blade servers and BladeCenter environment. ToolsCenter helps
make managing your server environment less complicated, more productive, and
more cost-effective.
These tools include:
• Deployment
IBM ServerGuide is a tool that simplifies the process of installing and configuring
IBM System x and BladeCenter servers. ServerGuide automates installation
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server operating systems, device drivers, and other
system components, with minimal user intervention.
The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit enables you to tailor and build custom
hardware deployment solutions. It provides hardware configuration utilities and
operating system (OS) installation examples for IBM System x and BladeCenter
x86-based hardware. The ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition enables
you to create a bootable Windows Preinstallation Environment ( Windows PE) 2.1
CD or DVD.
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor is a configuration tool that can help you quickly
configure components of the BladeCenter chassis. It automatically updates the
firmware for selected chassis components, and provides you with the option of
saving your configuration. The Start Now Advisor guides you through the process
of connecting your computer to the chassis, either over a network or through a
direct attachment to the Ethernet port on the Advanced Management Module.
• Configuration
An Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) systems configuration utility provides a
command line interface, unattended scripting capability, and support on multiple
operating-system platforms.
Storage Configuration Manager (SCM) is a scalable and integrated storage
management tool for both internal and external storage subsystems for
IBM System x and BladeCenter . Storage Configuration Manager is an open-
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