Fujitsu Siemens Computers Announces PRIMERGY BX600 –
The 4-way Server Blade for Power-Hungry Data Centers
Company offers the most diverse blade portfolio in the
market
Munich / Germany, August 11, 2004 —Fujitsu Siemens Computers today announced the launch of
PRIMERGY BX600 4-way Server Blade which is ideal for power-hungry
data centers. The new blade will be available in August and is
currently the most compact SCSI server blade worldwide. At a
starting price of €8,000 (plus VAT), the BX600 is the ideal
platform for power-hungry enterprise applications due to its high
performance and flexibility.
The PRIMERGY BX600 Blade Server is the ideal answer to cope
with the demands of modern corporate data centers and internet or
application service providers. With an installation of up to 30
4-way servers in a 46-unit 19-inch rack, IT managers can use the
optimal floor space in their data centres. Additional features
include reliability and redundant components, as well as its easy
and effective administration. The PRIMERGY Server Management Suite
included with delivery ensures trouble-free system installation and
configuration.
“With today’s announcement of our new 4-way
server blades, we now have the most diverse blade portfolio on the
market, from the footprint-optimized BX300 Blade Server to the
performance-optimized 4-way blade in our BX600 Blade Server,”
comments Dieter Herzog, Executive Vice President Enterprise
Products at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. “This enables our
customers to use the blade architecture for most of their server
environment and to take advantage of its benefits throughout the
entire data center.”
"By enhancing the PRIMERGY Blade family with the latest
XEON MP variant, Fujitsu siemens Computers provides its customers
with optimal performance for all application scenarios." says
Abhi Talwalkar, Intel Vice President und General Manager,
Enterprise Platforms Group.."This underlines the impressive
position of Fujitsu Siemens Computers as the leading European
supplier of server systems."
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has already successfully
implemented solutions which include PRIMERGY BX600 for a variety of
customer projects, often involving complex storage demands. The
South African Department of Labour has eagerly adopted the new
blade technology and is currently operating 313 BX600 blade servers
(2-way), which are distributed across the entire country.
AMS BG, Austria’s service provider for the
un-employment Departement AMS, is currently testing the BX600 Blade
Server for use as an e-mail server. Earlier tests illustrated its
flexibility and scalability and as soon as the test phase is
completed, the BX600 Blade Server will go live throughout the
country.
The city council of Wolverhampton, London, UK recently
implemented a completely new server technology solution based on
the easy administration of BX300 and BX600 Blade Servers in order
to provide the community with the best possible service and meet
the legal requirement that city councils must offer all their
public services online by the year 2005.
The new 4-way variant of the BX600 offers complete blade
server solutions for the following areas:
• Load-balanced server farms
• Flexible e-mail server infrastructures
• Modern multi-tier ERP solutions
• Efficient consolidation platforms based on virtual
machine concepts
• Powerful database servers
• Reliable infrastructure servers
The PRIMERGY BX600 4-way Server Blade with 2 processors will
become available in Germany in September 2004 at a starting price
of a little under €8,000 (plus VAT). An entry-level system
with a complete PRIMERGY BX600 Blade Server with two 4-way server
blades will cost around €23,100 (plus VAT).
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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider
with a responsible strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and
Business Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With
a portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from
handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure
solutions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a strong presence in all
key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Leveraging
the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint
shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet
the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium
enterprises and private users. For more information on Fujitsu
Siemens Computers, please visit: www.fujitsu-siemens.com.
About PRIMERGY BX600 4-way Server Blade - Technical
Highlights
Maximum performance
Up to four Intel Xeon MP Processors; max. 16 GB main
memory; four Gigabit Ethernet channels; up to four Fibre Channel
I/O channels for connecting SAN systems.
Flexibility
Since the 4-way processor server blade uses the same
PRIMERGY BX600 infrastructure as the dual processor blade, it can
be operated in the same chassis (mixed configurations). The
PRIMERGY BX600 chassis holds up to five 4-way blades or up to ten
2-way blades.
Investment protection
Starting in the fourth quarter of 2004, the 2-way
server blade will be available with the new Intel Xeon EM64T
processors (code name “Nocona”), as will all other
2-way tower and rack servers of the PRIMERGY product family.
Up to five hot-pluggable server blades, each with up
to four Intel Xeon MP processors ( 3 GHz, 4 MB
TLC) and up to 16 GB ECC DDR SDRAM (PC2100)
The PRIMERGY BX600 Blade Server system can hold dual
and 4-way blade servers simultaneously (mixed configuration)
Each server blade can be equipped with up to two
hot-pluggable Ultra320 SCSI hard drives with up to 146 GB each. The
SCSI hard disks do not require a separate blade slot.
Four on-board Gigabit Ethernet LAN channels
One VGA and two USB ports on the front side via
special cables
Link to KVM switch via the midplane
Four 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel channels per server
blade (optional)
2-channel Ultra320 SCSI with RAID support (RAID
Levels 0, 1, 10)
VGA controller ATI Rage XL, 8 MB
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
PRIMERGY Diagnostics for detecting faulty server
blade components, such as fans, memory modules, CPUs and Fibre
Channel I/O modules
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PR Contacts:
Amy M.K. Flécher
Director Communications
Tel.: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4460
Mobile: +49 (0) 171 86 50 101
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4466
amy.flecher@fujitsu-siemens.com
Andrea Stercken
PR Manager
Tel.: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4458
Mobile:+ 49 (0) 170 632 9434
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 3222 4466
andrea.stercken@fujitsu-siemens.com
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