Definition:
Blade servers are self-contained computer servers designed to provide high density.
By definition a blade server is a server chassis housing many thin and modular circuit boards, known as server blades. Each server blade is a server in its own right. The server blades are literally servers on a card, each blade containing it’s own processors, memory, integrated network controllers, an optional fiber optic channel host bus adaptor and other I/O ports.
For some people, the blade servers are as simple as reducing the number of servers, storage devices, and the number of associated vendors.
DELL PowerEdge M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure
DELL a big giant in the IT industry call it’s new PowerEdge M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure as “The New Era of Blade Servers”.
M1000e a big breakthrough:
DELL says that M1000e Modular Blade server is a breakthrough in enterprise server architecture. Built from the ground up to combat datacenter sprawl and IT complexity, the M1000e delivers one of the most energy efficient, flexible, and manageable blade server product in the market. Flexible and scalable, the M1000e is designed to support future generations of blade technologies regardless of processor/chipset architecture.
Energy Efficiency:
Dell also claims that M1000e also provide Energy Efficiency That Can’t Be Beat.
M1000e is the most power efficient blade solution on the market, built on Dell’s energy smart technology. The M1000e can help customers to increase capacity, lower operating costs, and delivers better performance/watt than leading blade competitors. The M1000e enclosure takes advantage of thermal design efficiencies, such as ultra-efficient power supplies, dynamic power efficient fans with optimized airflow designed to efficiently cool the chassis and enable better performance in a lower power envelope. Energy efficiency and performance/watt that other competitors can’t beat.
The PowerEdge M600 blade server performs up to 12% better, consumes up to 19% less power, and delivers up to 25% better performance/watt than other competitor’s blade servers, which can help customers to increase capacity and lower operating costs
Effortless Scalability:
DELL states that only Dell provides complete, scale on-demand switch designs. With additional I/O slots and switch options, you have the flexibility you need to meet increasing demands for I/O consumption. Plus, Dell’s FlexIO modular switch technology lets you easily scale to provide additional uplink and stacking functionality—no need to waste your current investment with a “rip and replace” upgrade. Flexibility and scalability to maximize TCO.
Easy to Use, Powerful Management Tools
DELL’s assertion is that M1000e helps reduce the cost and complexity of managing computing resources so you can focus on growing your business or managing your organization.
• Centralized management controllers provide redundant, secure access paths for IT administrators to manage multiple enclosures and blades from a single console making the M1000e one of the easiest blade solutions to manage.
• Dynamic power management provides the capability to set high/low power thresholds to help ensure blades operate within your power envelope.
• Real time reporting for enclosure and blade power consumption, and the ability to prioritize blade slots for power provide optimal control over power resources.
• One of the only blade solutions with an integrated KVM switch, enabling easy set up and deployment, and seamless integration into an existing KVM infrastructure.
FlexAddress, The Simple Low Cost Way To Limit Downtime
FlexAddress delivers persistent network and storage identities, equipping your datacenter to handle predictable or even unplanned changes – increase, upgrade, or remove servers without affecting the network. Dell’s patent pending FlexAddress technology allows any M-Series blade enclosure to lock the World Wide Name (WWN) of the Fibre Channel controller and Media Access Control (MAC) of the Ethernet and iSCSI controller into a blade slot, instead of to the blade’s hardware as was done in the past. By removing the network and storage identity from the server hardware, customers are now able to upgrade and replace components or the entire server without changing the identity on the network. FlexAddress can be implemented in four easy steps, just select the slots and fabrics you want FlexAddress to be enabled on and the Chassis Management Controller handles everything from there, no matter what I/O modules you choose. Simple efficient integration, Simplified IT at its best.
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