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Figure 1-7 shows the rear view of the BladeCenter HT.
Figure 1-7 BladeCenter HT rear view
BladeCenter HT delivers rich telecommunications features and functionality, including
integrated servers, storage and networking, fault-tolerant features, optional hot swappable
redundant DC or AC power supplies and cooling, and built-in system management resources.
The result is a Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS-3) and ETSI-compliant server
platform optimized for next-generation networks.
The following BladeCenter HT applications are suited for these servers:
Network management and security
– Network management engine
– Internet cache engine
– RSA encryption
–Gateways
– Intrusion detection
Network infrastructure
– Softswitch
– Unified messaging
– Gateway/Gatekeeper/SS7 solutions
– VOIP services and processing
– Voice portals
– IP translation database