Chapter 1. general information, Chapter, General – IBM BladeCenter T Type 8720 User Manual
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Chapter
1.
General
information
The
IBM
®
BladeCenter
®
T
Types
8720
and
8730
units
are
rack-mounted,
high-density,
high-performance
blade
server
systems
developed
for
telecommunications
network
applications
and
other
applications
requiring
physical
robustness.
The
BladeCenter
T
unit
uses
blade
servers,
switches,
and
other
components
that
are
common
to
the
IBM
BladeCenter
product
line.
This
common
component
strategy
makes
it
ideal
for
applications
in
telecommunications
networks
that
need
high
levels
of
computing
power
and
access
to
common
off-the-shelf
middleware
packages
that
are
used
in
IT
data
centers.
The
BladeCenter
T
unit
supports
up
to
eight
blade
servers
and
four
I/O
modules,
making
it
ideally
suited
for
networking
environments
that
require
a
large
number
of
high-performance
servers
in
a
small
amount
of
space.
The
BladeCenter
T
unit
provides
common
resources
that
are
shared
by
the
blade
servers,
such
as
power,
cooling,
system
management,
network
connections,
backplane,
and
I/O
(CD-ROM
drive
and
connectors
for
USB,
network
interfaces,
and
–
for
blade
servers
that
support
the
KVM
function
–
keyboard,
video,
and
mouse).
Performance,
ease
of
use,
reliability
(NEBS/ETSI
compliance),
and
expansion
capabilities
were
key
considerations
during
the
design
of
the
BladeCenter
T
system.
These
design
features
make
it
possible
for
you
to
customize
the
system
hardware
to
meet
your
needs
today,
while
providing
flexible
expansion
capabilities
for
the
future.
This
Hardware
Maintenance
and
Troubleshooting
Guide
provides
information
to:
v
Set
up
and
cable
a
BladeCenter
T
unit
v
Start
and
configure
a
BladeCenter
T
unit
v
Install
and
remove
modules,
options,
and
blades
v
Replace
field
replaceable
units
v
Perform
troubleshooting
and
servicing
of
the
BladeCenter
T
unit
Packaged
with
the
Hardware
Maintenance
and
Troubleshooting
Guide
are
software
CDs
that
help
you
to
configure
and
manage
the
BladeCenter
T
unit.
This
Hardware
Maintenance
and
Troubleshooting
Guide
and
other
publications
that
provide
detailed
information
about
your
BladeCenter
T
unit
are
provided
in
Portable
Document
Format
(PDF)
on
the
IBM
BladeCenter
T
Documentation
CD.
You
can
register
the
BladeCenter
T
unit
and
blade
servers
on
the
World
Wide
Web.
To
register,
go
to:
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Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004
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