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The Latest In Developer Resource Blades: Page 16 of 27

Denser, faster, more interfaces, hotter backplanes and chassis, better middleware and management-ware, host-based options - and better standards, everywhere - make it easier than ever to build feature-rich, scalable, high-availability
March 16, 2004

A true "blade server," a single BladeStation chassis can support up to seven processor blades, each with its own set of PCI adapters for peripherals. Blades are front-extracting, as are PCI adapters and power supplies.

BladeStation has support for one to four standard full-length PCI-X/ PCI adapters (64/32 bit) per blade. The blades and PCI adapters are vertically positioned next to each other, and are front-extractable as a set for easy serviceability. You can add any kind of PCI hardware to a BladeStation blade, enabling easy integration of Fibre Channel, RAID, T1, fax, video encoder/decoder adapters or any manner of standard PCI adapters to each blade server as needed - even legacy 32-bit, 5Volt adapters.

BladeStation also lets you integrate RAID1 hot pluggable mirrored drives (two) and/or RAID5 hot pluggable drives (four) per blade server within the enclosure. Internal power within a BladeStation is -48VDC - if this power can be supplied externally (as is typically possible in a telco central office or other high-density environment), you can configure your BladeStation without internal power supplies, increasing internal real estate, eliminating points of failure, and significantly reducing cooling requirements.

Cubix also provides KVM (Keyboard/Video/Mouse) switching for at-point management, and has a remote-management Web client that lets you control a whole server installation. Significant autonomic management software is included, as well.

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