IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual

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IBM BladeCenter HX5 4IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systems management. It offers comprehensivesystems management tools that help to increase up-time, reduce costs, and improve productivitythrough advanced server management capabilities.IBM Fabric Manager simplifies deployment of infrastructure connections by managing network andstorage address assignments.IBM FastSetup simplifies, automates, and speeds up the deployment process from server power-upto production, making BladeCenter easier to manage, deploy, and maintain.Energy efficiencyThe BladeCenter HX5 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operationalcosts, increase energy availability, and contribute to the green environment:Component-sharing design of the BladeCenter chassis provides ultimate power and cooling savings.The Intel Xeon processor E7 product family offers significantly better performance over the previousgeneration while fitting into the same thermal design power (TDP) limits.Intel Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, toreduce power draw.Low-voltage Intel Xeon processors draw less energy to satisfy demands of power and thermallyconstrained data centers and telecommunication environments.Low-voltage 1.35 V DDR3 memory RDIMMs consume 15% less energy than 1.5 V DDR3 RDIMMs.Solid state drives (SSDs) consume as much as 80% less power than traditional spinning 2.5-inchHDDs.The HX5 uses hexagonal ventilation holes, a part of IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ technology.Hexagonal holes can be grouped more densely than round holes, providing more efficient airflowthrough the system.IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced power management features withactual real-time energy monitoring, reporting, and capping features.