12 IBM BladeCenter PS700, PS701, and PS702 Technical Overview and Introduction
The key features of the BladeCenter HT are as follows:
Support for up to 12 blade servers, compatible with the other chassis in the BladeCenter
family
Four standard and four high-speed I/O module bays, compatible with the other chassis in
the BladeCenter family
A media tray at the front with light path diagnostics, two USB 2.0 ports, and optional
compact flash memory module support
Two hot-swap management-module bays (one management module standard)
Four hot-swap power-module bays (two power modules standard)
New serial port for direct serial connection to installed blades
Compliance with the NEBS 3 and ETSI core network specifications
BladeCenter S
The BladeCenter S chassis can hold up to six blade servers, and up to 12 hot-swap 3.5-inch
SAS or SATA disk drives in just 7 U of rack space. It can also include up to four C14
950-watt / 1450-watt power supplies. The BladeCenter S offers the necessary I/O network
switching, power, cooling, and control panel information to support the individual servers.
The IBM BladeCenter S is one of five chassis in the BladeCenter family. The BladeCenter S
provides an easy IT solution to the small and medium office and to the distributed enterprise.
Figure 1-8 shows the front view of IBM BladeCenter S.
Figure 1-8 The front of the BladeCenter S chassis
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