Increased data center efficiency with new PRIMERGY BX600
blade server
Fujitsu Siemens Computers introduces high performance system
ideal for mid-tier applications
Munich,Germany, February 16, 2004 —With the new Intel-based PRIMERGY BX600, Fujitsu Siemens
Computers has extended its blade server family with a new high
performance system. The extensive connection options allow these
blade servers to also be used as mid-tier application servers. The
easy to administer PRIMERGY BX600 features high packing density,
fail safety features and redundant components. Its
latest-generation Intel® Xeon™ processor delivers
improved output while ensuring future-proof operation. This modular
blade server is highly flexible, dynamically scalable,
service-friendly, reliable and economical.
Available at the end of March, the PRIMERGY BX600 will carry
a list price of around €9,800 for a chassis configuration
(including power supply units, switch blade and management blade).
Each PRIMERGY BX600 chassis can handle up to 10 server blades, each
priced (without operating system) in the region of €3,900
(including Intel Xeon 2.8GHz processor, 512 MB RAM and two 36GB
SCSI hard disks). Prices include VAT.
Application areas and customer benefits
The new PRIMERGY BX600 blade servers are designed primarily
for mid-tier application areas, and are thus suitable as a platform
for virtually all data center applications. They are ideal both as
high-performance application servers or as small to mid-sized
database servers due to their large RAM configuration, many and
varied communication options with Gigabit Ethernet for LAN
connections, 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel for connecting storage
systems, and SCSI interfaces for backup devices.
In addition to classic mid-tier applications like Microsoft
Exchange or Lotus Notes, target scenarios focus on corporate
applications including FlexFrameTM for mySAPTM Business Suite,
traditional SAP scenarios, Siebel, Baan, I2, or similar. Because
the required databases, such as Oracle 9iRAC or (especially) the
new Oracle 10g version, increasingly support the scale-out
approach, the PRIMERGY BX600 now offers the appropriate and highly
scalable platform. All other components of the PRIMERGY BX600, such
as its integrated Ethernet switches, are designed for high
performance and throughput.
For effective computing in the scientific and financial
service sectors, the necessary resources are simply switched
together from computing nodes to form high-powered clusters. Due to
its scalability, the PRIMERGY BX600 blade server is particularly
suited to support this procedure.
The PRIMERGY BX300, the smaller and more compact sibling in
the Fujitsu Siemens Computers blade server family, is used
primarily in front-end operations as a highly scalable web or
terminal server or as an infrastructure component.
Server management
PRIMERGY server management guarantees easy blade server
installation and configuration. It also ensures reliable monitoring
and efficient administration of all components, as well as simple
analysis and version maintenance of system-related software or
drivers. Remote management functions allow user-friendly and
efficient central administration of the PRIMERGY BX600. Simple,
automated multi-server installation is possible when it is used in
conjunction with suitable deployment software, such as Fujitsu
Siemens Computers’ RemoteDeploy or the Altiris Deployment
Solution™.
Pilot customers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has already made the new servers
available for a number of pilot projects. One of these customers is
Wincor Nixdorf International, which will use PRIMERGY BX600 servers
to set up application services with Oracle RAC under SuSE LINUX
SLES 8. PRIMERGY BX300 servers will also be used for Intranet,
front-end and terminal services. Wincor Nixdorf was especially
impressed by the quick and easy installation of the PRIMERGY BX600,
as well as its flexibility and outstanding network performance.
Outlook
The PRIMERGY BX600 blade server chassis is a highly scalable
system for rack use with seven HU (height units) and accommodates
up to 10 compact server blades with two processors each. One
chassis has room for four hot-pluggable redundant power supply
units and two hot-pluggable fan units, extremely reliable with two
redundant fans each.
At a later stage, 4-processor blades (quad blades), based on
Intel Xeon MP processors, will also be available for the PRIMERGY
BX600. The blade server chassis can manage up to five of these quad
blades. Mixed operation of dual and quad blades is also possible,
further extending the number of possible uses for the system.
Market figures
In the 2003 calendar year, Fujitsu Siemens Computers recorded
a major increase in Intel-based server sales. According to
provisional figures from IDC market researchers, the company
achieved 28 percent year-on-year growth in the EMEA region,
outperforming a market which expanded by only 20 percent (IDC,
01/2004).
Technical highlights of the PRIMERGY BX600 blade server
- Up to 10 server blades with two Intel Xeon processors each
and 12 GB ECC DDR SDRAM (PC2100).
- Allows side-by-side operation of dual and, in the future,
quad blades. This also applies to future server blade developments.
- Two hot-plug Ultra320 SCSI hard disks per server blade with
up to 146 GB each can be operated as a RAID network (HostRAID
functionality, level 0, 1, 10). No separate blade slot is needed to
accommodate the SCSI disks.
- Two onboard Gigabit Ethernet LAN channels.
- Two 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel interfaces per server blade
(optional).
- Optional PCI-slot module for adding, e.g. another LAN
controller.
- PRIMERGY Diagnostics for displaying faulty server blade
components, e.g. memory modules, CPU, Fibre Channel I/O module and
PCI-slot module, and on the fan modules.
Photos are available at
http://www.fsc-mediaserver.com/fsc-photoserver/
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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers:
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT company
with a strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and Business
Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With a
portfolio of exceptional depth, its offering extends from handhelds
through desktops to enterprise-class infrastructure solutions. The
company has a strong presence in all key markets across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. Leveraging the strengths, innovative drive
and global reach of its joint shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and
Siemens AG, Fujitsu Siemens Computers meets the needs of large
corporations, small and medium enterprises and private users.
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