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Advantages of Fujitsu

PRIMERGY Blade Servers

30 ноября 2012


Agenda

1. Advantages of Fujitsu PRIMERGY Blade Servers

2. Proof points of Fujitsu PRIMERGY Servers


Fujitsu PRIMERGY Blade Portfolio

Fujitsu IBM HP DELL

Server Blades

BX400 S1

BX900 S2

BX920 S3

Enclosure

HS23E BL420c Gen8 M520

BladeCenter

S

BladeSystem

c3000

BladeCenter

H

BladeSystem

c7000

PowerEdge

M1000e

BX924 S3 HS23 BL460c Gen8 M620

2

M420 x220

x240

Flex System

Enterprise


Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 S1: обзор

PRIMERGY BX400 is the ideal infrastructure in the box which reduces complexity,

saves power and increases productivity to spend more time on real business.

Модульное гибкое инфраструктурное решение

Два варианта корпуса

Низкий уровень шума (45dB)

Передовая блейд-технология, высокая гибкость и пропускная способность ввода-вывода

Новейшие процессоры Intel® Xeon®, масштабируемость памяти, универсальные CNA

Бескабельное подключение накопителей – локальных и совместного использования

Green IT

Единое управление питанием

Высокоэффективные компоненты

Simple to manage - Easy to control

Add, replace and recover blades on the fly

Feature Overview

ERP, CRM, SME application

Virtualization and Cloud

Web- and Terminal

Services

Сценарии использования

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Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 S1

Modular infrastructure to

meet office and datacenter

environments (6U rack and

Floorstand with 10/16A power

cords)

Flexible and fine-tunable

bandwidth management of

server blades (onboard

solution and mezz cards)

High midplane bandwidth

(~2.8 Tb/s) to be prepared for

future technologies

Simplified management in

LAN and SAN environments

enabling to add, replace and

recover server blades on the

fly

Enhanced power management

with various power modes for

chassis and server blades

Cool-safe™ technology

reducing risk associated with

heat failures and doubling

component lifetime (MTBF)

Expandable to use storage

blades disk, storage blades

tape and a fully integrated

virtual storage appliance

Different kinds of

Connection Blades: from

highly functional self-

developed models to brand

models from Cisco (Nexus

B22F) and Brocade

(VDX2730)

Эффективность / гибкость Масштабируемость

Преимущества и сильные стороны

Защита инвестиций

Investment Protection

Copyright 2012 FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Сравнение с конкурентами

TX300

TX200

HP IBM Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 vs.

Блейд-системы,

оптимизированные

для СМБ и филиалов

Versatile and modular to meet different needs

Напольная версия (макс вес ~100kg) пригодная для офисных помещений (45dB)

Простота обслуживания (LCD, SV Dashboard, IM)

Fully-featured virtual storage incl. backup and restore

Green IT

БП с высоким КПД (80+ Gold certification) с дополнительными возможностями эффективности (Dynamic Power Mode)

Power management with various power modes

Power monitoring for a period up to 1 year

Передовые технологии – в т.ч. на будущее

Лучшая в классе производительность в виртуализованных средах

Future-proof I/O connectivity (Dynamic MultiChannels, SV VIOM, 10Gbit/s DCB Connection Blades)

High-speed midplane prepared for future technologies

x x

x x

x x

x

x x

x x

x


Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 S2 | Overview

Complete server infrastructure which can adapt dynamically to different IT usage

scenarios, increasing the agility of IT infrastructures while reducing costs.

Dynamic Power & Cooling

Save energy costs as never before

Dynamic Virtualization

Easily deploy more or larger virtual and physical machines than ever before and in this way increase your IT performance and consolidation ratio

Dynamic Scalability

Complete investment protection and flexible growth scenarios

Dynamic High Availability

Best availability, most effective server protection and the agility to adapt to changing requirements

Feature Overview

Virtualization and Cloud

Business Critical Applications

Databases and

High Performance Computing

Сценарии использования

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High midplane bandwidth

(~ 9 Tb/s) to be prepared for

future technologies

Innovative and flexible

connectivity design: direct

attached mezzanine cards

with shortest latency and best

signal quality by directly

connecting the mezzanine

cards to the midplane

Fully redundant system

design (incl. management)

More efficient use of power

and cooling enabled by

various power modes for

chassis and server blades

Flexible use of IO connections

allows for more independence

in terms of server blades„ IO

topologies

Fine-tunable bandwidth

management of server blades

(onboard and mezz card)

Highly efficient power supply

units (80Plus Platinum)

High density of compute

power (3.6 CPU sockets

per height unit)

Different kinds of

Connection Blades: from

highly functional self-

developed models to brand

models from Cisco (Nexus

B22F) and Brocade

(VDX2730)

Expandable to use storage

blades disk, storage blades

tape and a fully integrated

virtual storage appliance

Эффективность Расширяемость

Strengths & Advantages

Наивысшее качество


Сравнение с конкурентами

TX300

TX200

PRIMERGY BX900 S2 – для

средних и крупных

инфраструктур

Scalable and flexible

До 18 сбалансированных серверных лезвий на шасси

Midplane with highest bandwidth (8.9Tb/s) on the market

4 redundant I/O fabrics

Green IT

Высокоэффективные БП (80Plus Platinum) с дополнительным

функционалом (напр. ограничение энергопотребления)

Power management with various power modes

Power monitoring for a period of up to 1 year

State-of-the-art technology for investment protection

Best-in-class system performance and in virtualized environments

Future-proof I/O connectivity (Dynamic MultiChannels, SV VIOM,

10Gbit/s DCB Connection Blades)

High-speed midplane for latest technologies F

ujits

u

HP

IBM

Dell

8

x

x x x

x x

x x

x x

x

x x x

x x x

x


PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Vs.

HP BladeSystem c7000

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vs.


PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Vs. HP BladeSystem c7000

Item HP BladeSystem c7000 PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Fujitsu: Pro + / Con –

Form Factor 10U for 19-inch racks 10U for 19-inch racks -

Weight 204 kg (fully equipped) 191 kg (fully equipped) + Considerably less weight

Front Bays 16 for half height blades (2-socket), or

8 for full height blades (4-socket)

18 bays in total for a maximum of:

- 18 x 2-socket server blade (1 bay)

- 6 x storage blade (2 bays)

+ Higher compute density

Rear Bays 8 x Interconnect bay

6 x PSU and 10 x fan module

1 x Onboard Administrator

8 x Connection Blade

6 x PSU and/or fan module

2 x MMB

+ Only six fan modules or a combination of

PSU/fan modules are needed to cool the

system efficiently, effectively and quietly

Shared

storage

Yes Yes -

Interconnects 1Gb/10Gb Virtual Connect / DCB

Ethernet

Cisco FEX B22HP

8Gb Fibre Channel

56Gb InfiniBand

6Gb SAS

1Gb/10Gb Ethernet / DCB Ethernet

Cisco FEX B22F

8Gb Fibre Channel

56Gb InfiniBand

6Gb SAS

+ FDR InfiniBand support with 3 ports per

server blade (HP: 1 port, and only in mezz.

Slot 1)

Interconnect

fabrics

4 4 -

Midplane

bandwidth

5.1 Tb/s 8.9 Tb/s + High bandwidth to be prepared for latest

technologies, e. g. up to 3x FDR IB CB

Mgmt. module

1-2x OA (Onboard Administrator) 1-2x MMB (Management Blade) + HP OA tray replacement implies removal of

both OA modules

PSU 3 - 6 (2400W @ 200-240V) 3 - 6 (1600W @ 100V / 3160W @ 200-

240V) + PSUs for 100V and 200V range available

PSU

efficiency

94% (94.34% typical = 50% load) 94% (94.11% typical = 50% load) -

Fan modules 4 to 10 3 to 6

Local service panel

Insight Display Local Service Display for Blades -

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http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12810_div/12810_div.html

http://docs.ts.fujitsu.com/dl.aspx?id=00cf7757-850f-4d5d-99b8-d70bcc253db1


Power Efficiency & Management

Power Efficiency / Cooling BX900 Cool-safe™ design ensures that

more fresh air can be “inhaled”

Reducing the risk associated with

heat failures, and

Extending lifetime (and thus MTBF)

of electronic components

BX900‟s low exhaust air velocity of

85 vs. 143 km/h (53 vs. 89 mph) reduces

High particulate kinetic energy

Hot aisle contamination …more details

Power Management More sophisticated management features

Various selectable power options for blade

chassis and server blades (e.g. “Scheduled

Power” helping eliminate unnecessary

energy consumption)

HP‟s Onboard Administrator does

not contain this function Enhanced power monitoring which allows

to view power consumption of

current/historical data per-chassis and per-

blade over a period of 1 year

c7000: power usage history only

for last 24 hours and per enclosure c7000 (<20%) BX900 (35%)

Percentage of fascia perforation for all blades in a chassis

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Lowest IO Latency & Power Draw

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IO Performance 10 GbE Switch The PRIMERGY switch blade (10Gbps

18/8) features the highest performance in

the industry

Low latency at 300ns

The Axel2 ASIC interfaces directly to

10Gbase-KR – no SERDES engines

may introduce additional latency

First in the industry, Fujitsu

developed a one-chip switch LSI to

directly drive the 10Gbit serial signal

Power Efficiency 10 GbE Switch Maximum power consumption of 40W

Same power consumption level as a 1Gb

Ethernet switch

Less than half of HP„s interconnect

module

Allows for high server density

10 GbE Switches Latency

FJ PY CB Eth Switch 10Gb

18/18

300 ns

HP 10/10Gb Virtual Connect

Flex-10 Ethernet Module

900 ns

10 GbE Switches Power

consumption

FJ PY CB Eth Switch 10Gb

18/18

30-40 W

HP 10/10Gb Virtual Connect

Flex-10 Ethernet Module

105 W

HP‟s Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module causes latencies between 1,200 and 1,700 ns at a power consumption of 110 W

Fujitsu„s Brocade VDX 2730 DCB Switch only has an Ethernet port latency of 600 ns, and it consumes 68 W


Innovative & Flexible Connectivity Design

Server Blade I/O Connectivity BX mezzanine cards are directly

connected to midplane providing

Lower Latencies

Higher signal quality

Faster mezzanine card validation

(time-to-market)

Bandwidth Management “Dynamic MultiChannels”

Fujitsu network innovation built into the

Universal Converged Network Adapters

of the PRIMERGY Server Blades

(onboard and mezzanine cards) Adapters can be partitioned into up to

eight channels (Eth, FCoE, iSCSI) to fine-

tune bandwidth

All the facets of Connection Blades (CB) are

available: highly functional self-developed as

well as brand models from Cisco (Nexus

B22F) and Brocade (VDX 2730)

With these CB‟s and the innovative

ServerView Virtual I/O Manger we are able to

virtualize network connections and IT capacity

Mezzanine

cards are

plugged on

the server

blade‟s

motherboard

with no direct

connection to

the midplane

Mezzanine

cards fastened

on a carrier and

connected

to server

blade‟s system

board with

direct

connection to

the midplane

PRIMERGY BX HP BladeSystem

To build something similar, HP offers dedicated VC modules, but is not able to offer I/O virtualization for rack and tower servers

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Virtual Storage Appliance

HP VSA HP StoreVirtual VSA1

HP D2200sb

Single wide

Storage Blade

PRIMERGY VSX960 S2 NetApp Data ONTAP-v

PRIMERGY SX960

Double wide

Storage Blade

QuickSpecs: HP D2200sb Storage Blade: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13714_na/13714_na.pdf

Feature HP Fujitsu

Max. Drives / Raw Capacity 12x SAS/SATA (hot-plug) / 12 TB 10x SAS (hot-plug) / 9 TB

Protocol support iSCSI iSCSI, CIFS, NFS

Thin Provisioning

HW RAID

Snapshot

Data Replication (but only asynchronous)

DeDuplication No

Disaster Recovery Only with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Hypervisor VMware ESX 3.5/4 or Hyper-V VMware vSphere 5

Warranty 3 years (SATA: 1 year) 3 years

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1 := Based on LeftHand ≥ v. 9.5

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13714_na/13714_na.pdf

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13714_na/13714_na.pdf


Benchmark Comparison

Vendor System Result

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S3 11.88@10 tiles

Hewlett-Packard Company ProLiant BL460c Gen8 9.98@10 tiles

VMware VMmark 2.x

Date: November 26, 2102

SPECcpu2006 (CINT2006 Rates) Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S3, Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90 GHz 697 669 16

Hewlett-Packard Company ProLiant BL460c Gen8, Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz 665 640 16

Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores



SPECcpu2006 (CFP2006 Rates) Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores




Hewlett-Packard Company ProLiant BL420c Gen8 (2.10 GHz, Intel Xeon E5-2450) 406 392 16


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IBM BladeCenter H

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vs.


PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Vs. IBM BladeCenter H

Item IBM BladeCenter H PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Fujitsu: Pro + / Con –

Form Factor 9U for 19-inch racks 10U for 19-inch racks

Weight 158.8 kg (fully equipped) 191kg (fully equipped) + Less weight per blade

Front Bays 14 for server blades 18 bays in total for a maximum of:




4 x PSU / 4 x fan module

2 x Advanced Management Module



2 x MMB

-

Storage in

chassis

SATA DVD reader or burner Dedicated and shared storage drives + Up to 6x 10 drives in storage blades disk, LTO as

backup in storage blade tape

+ DVD remote access free of charge

Interconnects 1Gb/10Gb Ethernet / DCB Ethernet

8Gb Fibre Channel

40Gb InfiniBand

3Gb SAS

1Gb/10Gb Ethernet / DCB Ethernet

Cisco FEX B22F

8Gb Fibre Channel, 56Gb InfiniBand

6Gb SAS

+ 56Gbit/s FDR InfiniBand support with 3 ports per

server blade

Interconnect

fabrics

2x std. (bays 1-4) + 2x high speed

(bays 7-10) + 1x Bridge (bays 5+6)

4 + IBM‟s Fabric 1 is restricted for 1 GbE. Fabric 2 for

standard I/O modules connects to PCI-X on server

blades. Only with the second mezz card high

speed protocols may be used

Midplane 5.6 Tb/s bandwidth, redundant 8.9 Tb/s bandwidth, passive + “Unbreakable” midplane design (6.62 mm thick, 2-

board-sandwich for high-speed signaling and

power; 1,628,079 h MTBF): redundancy obsolete!

Mgmt. Module 1-2x AMM (Advanced Mgmt.

Module)

1-2x MMB (Management Blade) -

PSU 2 or 4 (2980W @ 200-240V )

3 - 6 (1600W @ 100V / 3160W @

200-240V) + PSUs for 100V and 200V range available

PSU Efficiency 94% (94.1% typical = 50% load)

94% (94.11% typical = 50% load) + More efficient power supplies

Fan modules 2 blowers + 3 fans per PSU Up to 6 -

Service Display No (only LEDs)

Local Service Display for Blades + LSB: convenient admin. and fast control of system

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http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG247523/



IBM BC H Chassis Design

IBM BladeCenter H Despite March, 2006 introduction, the

BC-H carries forward a lot of legacy

technology/designs from 2001

Small shallow chassis results in

inefficient cooling

Smallest exhaust outlet area

creates excessive noise and jet

streams

Non-blade components consume

front airflow capacity

Server blades are very small

relative to the overall chassis

volume, making them difficult to

cool

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BC H BX900

Chassis volume (cm3) 326 475

Exhaust outlet (cm2) 279 970

Restricted air inlet size 58% 86%

Server blade to chassis

volume ratio

36% 56%

IBM BC H Chassis is an outdated design with multiple restrictions and limitations


Power Efficiency & Management

Chassis Cooling BX900 Cool-safe™ design ensures that

more fresh air can be “inhaled”

Reducing the risk associated with

heat failures, and

Extending lifetime (and thus MTBF)

of electronic components

Power Efficiency PRIMERGY BX900 S2 power efficiency

clearly outperforms that of BladeCenter H

Up to 25% less power consumption per

server blade are calculated using the

officially available power configurators.

BC-H (27%) BX900 (35%)


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…more details


Midplane Design With High Reliability

Are two active Midplanes more reliable than

one passive?

With two Midplanes on BladeCenter, IBM

claims that I/O redundancy is an exclusive

feature

However the truth is, IBM BladeCenter

Midplane has around 30 EEPROM,

electronic active components. Thus, they

need to split the backplane because they

may actually fail

On the other hand, Fujitsu Midplane has

no active components. The Midplane is

just a wire and has no single point of

failure

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Active components on

BladeCenter H chassis

Fujitsu

Server blade Server blade

Mid

-pla

ne

GbE-SW#1

GbE-SW#2

GbE-SW/FC-SW#3

GbE-SW/FC-SW#4

GbE-SW/FC-SW#5

GbE-SW/FC-SW#6

GbE-SW/FC-SW/IB#7

GbE-SW/FC-SW/IB#8

Server Blade

PSU connector #1

Signal Connector #1

Signal Connector #2

PSU connector #2

IBM

GbE-SW#1

GbE-SW#2

GbE-SW/FC-SW#5

GbE-SW/FC-SW#6

GbE-SW/FC-SW#7

GbE-SW/FC-SW#8

GbE-SW/FC-SW/IB#9

GbE-SW/FC-SW/IB#10

GbE-SW#3

GbE-SW#4

Server blade Server blade

Server blade

PSU connector #1

Signal Connector #1

Signal Connector #2

PSU connector #2

Mid

-pla

ne #

1

Mid

-pla

ne #

2


Superior Cooling Efficiency

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10W

10U

Only cool-

running disks are

located in the air

intake area

10U of space are

fully utilized to

inhale cold air with

reduced resistance.

New grill design for improved

cooling efficiency.

HD

D

HD

D

8% more efficient

air intake

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900

Power supplies

Power supplies

IBM BC-H

9U

Note that IBM also has honey-

comb design.

However, the air intake space

is very limited because the

Power supplies on the front

consume valuable air intake

space in the front.

Fujitsu servers are designed to inhale high-volumes of cold air to maintain lower temperatures


Risky Power Supply Layout

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Fujitsu

Blade system keeps running

even though 2 of 6 power supply units

fail

IBM

As Power units alternatively connect to

different backplanes, if 2 of 4 power

units fail, there‟s a 1 in 3 chance of

system failure


Passive, non-error-prone Midplane

Server blades Midplane

PSU#3

PSU#4

PSU#5

PSU#6

PSU#1

PSU#2

Server blades MP#2 MP#1

PSU#1

PSU#2

PSU#3

PSU#4

IBM BladeCenter H / E

Active, dual Midplane

Power Domain 1

Power Domain 2

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

No No Yes Yes

No Yes No Yes

No Yes Yes No

Yes No No Yes

Yes No Yes No

Yes Yes No No

FJ

BX900

S1

IBM

BC-

H/E

PSU

#5

FJ

only

PSU

#6

FJ

only

PSU

#1

PSU

#2

PSU

#3

PSU

#4

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Case 5

Case 6

In table

:

“Y

es”

= r

unnin

g w

ell;

“N

o”

= f

ailu

re

Doubled does not always result in “better”; the power supply design of the IBM BC-H proves that!


Risky Power Supply Layout

Doubled does not always result in “better

Example scenario

• Fujitsu and IBM systems are fully equipped with server blades

• Both systems are working in phase redundancy mode

• BX900:

• up to 3 PSUs may fail without any effect on the system operation

• IBM BC:

• if 2 PSUs of the same power domain fail, then half of the blades will fail

• if 3 PSUs fail, then the whole system fails

Server blades MP#2 MP#1

PSU#1

PSU#2

PSU#3

PSU#4

IBM BladeCenter H / E

Active, dual Midplane


Passive, non-error-prone Midplane

Server blades MP (Midplane)

PSU#3

PSU#4

PSU#5

PSU#6

PSU#1

PSU#2

Power Domain 1

Power Domain 2

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Doubled does not always result in “better”; the power supply design of the IBM BC-H proves that!


Built-in (shared) storage

IBM BladeCenter H Only external storage may be

connected to, no storage blades

available

PRIMERGY BX900 OPTION 1: Multiple storage blades with

direct connection to adjacent server blade: Up to 6x PY SX910 (1x LTO) Up to 6x PY SX940 (4x HDD/SSD) Up to 2x PY SX960 (10x HDD/SSD)

OPTION 2: SAS Connection Blade and

SX980 S1 (6x 10 HDD‟s) to be able to

allocate entire physical disks to server blades

OPTION 3: PRIMERGY VSX960 S2 Virtual

Storage Appliance Capacity: 9 TB Supports iSCSI, CIFS and NFS protocol Based on proven NetApp Data ONTAP

8.1.1 features: FlexVol®, Snapshot™,

Data Deduplication, FlexClone®,

SnapVault®, and SnapRestore®, Thin

Provisioning and SnapMirror

BX900 offers a wide range of storage options: from simple extensions, to

individually assignable physical disks, up to a fully functional VSA solution.

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Predictive Failure Analysis

IBM BladeCenter H Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)

feature of the BladeCenter H solution

should save customers time and money

by decreasing unplanned downtime.

Customers increase business continuity

by receiving proactive alerts that allow

them to take corrective action and avert

crises, sometimes as much as 24-48

hours in advance of actual problems in

operation occurring.

Following components are monitored: Hard disk drives, processors,

blowers, memory

PRIMERGY BX900 Prefailure Detection and Analysis (PDA)

functionality is ingredient of the ServerView

Suite and enables the early detection of errors

in certain server components.

PDA periodically checks particular properties

or activities of the components. If errors are

indicated, e.g. if a defined threshold is

exceeded, the administrator is informed

immediately by the alarm management. This

allows separate components to be exchanged

in time before a total failure occurs.

Following components are monitored: Fan, CMOS battery, hard drives, memory

modules, processors

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 offers the same functionality with respect to early

fault detection as BladeCenter H.

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Innovative & Flexible Connectivity Design

Server Blade I/O Connectivity BX mezzanine cards are directly

connected to midplane providing

Lower Latencies

Higher signal quality

Faster mezzanine card validation

(time-to-market)

Bandwidth Management “Dynamic MultiChannels”

Fujitsu network innovation built into the

Universal Converged Network Adapters

of the PRIMERGY Server Blades

(onboard and mezzanine cards) Adapters can be partitioned into up to

eight channels (Eth, FCoE, iSCSI) to fine-

tune bandwidth

All the facets of Connection Blades (CB) are

available: highly functional self-developed as

well as brand models from Cisco (Nexus

B22F) and Brocade (VDX 2730)

With these CB‟s and the innovative

ServerView Virtual I/O Manger we are able to

virtualize network connections and IT capacity

Mezzanine cards are

plugged on the server

blade‟s motherboard with

no direct connection to the

midplane

Mezzanine

cards fastened

on a carrier and

connected

to server

blade‟s system

board with

direct

connection to

the midplane

PRIMERGY BX IBM BladeCenter H

IBM offers similar functionality with Virtual Fabrics, but can only offer a maximum of 18 instead of 24 ports with their server blades

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No direct

connection




SPECcpu2006 (CFP2006 Rates)



IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23, Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz 493 479 16



IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23E, Intel Xeon E5-2470, 2.30 GHz 409 397 16

SPECcpu2006 (CINT2006 Rates)



IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23, Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz 664 638 16

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IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23E, Intel Xeon E5-2440, 2.40 GHz 425 418 16



IBM Flex System

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vs.


PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Vs. IBM Flex System

Item IBM Flex System PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Fujitsu: Pro + / Con –


Weight 225.6 kg (fully equipped) 191kg (fully equipped) + Less absolute weight

Front Bays 14 bays in total for a maximum of:

- 14 x 2-socket compute node (1 bay)

- 7 x 4-socket compute node (2 bays)

- 7 x PCIe expansion node (1 bay)

- 1 x Flex System Manager (1 bay)

18 bays in total for a maximum of:





2 x Chassis Management Module



2 x MMB

+ Doubled number of interconnect bays

Storage in

chassis

- Dedicated and shared storage drives + LTO as backup in storage blade tape

+ Up to 60 storage drives in chassis

Interconnects 1Gb/10Gb Ethernet / DCB Ethernet

16Gb Fibre Channel

56Gb InfiniBand

1Gb/10Gb Ethernet / DCB Ethernet,

Cisco FEX B22F


6Gb SAS

+ SAS connection blade for int./ext. storage

Interconnect

fabrics

2 4 + Doubling the number of fabrics allows for

highest scalability and flexibility

Midplane ?? Tb/s bandwidth 8.9 Tb/s bandwidth, passive + “Unbreakable” midplane design (6.62 mm

thick, 2-board-sandwich for high-speed

signaling and power; 1,628,079 h MTBF)

Mgmt. Module 1-2x CMM (Chassis Mgmt. Module) +

opt. Flex System Manager (FSM)

1-2x MMB (Management Blade) + Each FSM occupies 1 front bay

PSU (output) 2 - 6 (2100W @ 200-240V or 2500W @

200-208V or 2750W @ 220-240V resp.)

3 - 6 (1440W @ 100V / 2880W @

200-240V) + PSUs for 100V and 200V range available

PSU Efficiency 94% 94% -

Fan module 6 (2 x 40mm fix + 4 x 80 mm) to 10 3 to 6 -

Service Display No (only LEDs)

Local Service Display for Blades + LSB: convenient admin. and fast system

control

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Built-in (shared) storage

IBM Flex System Only external storage may be

connected to, no storage blades

available

PRIMERGY BX900 OPTION 1: Multiple storage blades with

direct connection to adjacent server blade: Up to 6x PY SX910 (1x LTO) Up to 6x PY SX940 (4x HDD/SSD) Up to 2x PY SX960 (10x HDD/SSD)

OPTION 2: SAS Connection Blade and

SX980 S1 (6x 10 HDD‟s) to be able to

allocate entire physical disks to server blades

OPTION 3: PRIMERGY VSX960 S2 Virtual

Storage Appliance Capacity: 9 TB Supports iSCSI, CIFS and NFS protocol Based on proven NetApp Data ONTAP

8.1.1 features: FlexVol®, Snapshot™,

Data Deduplication, FlexClone®,

SnapVault®, and SnapRestore®, Thin

Provisioning and SnapMirror

PRIMERGY BX900 offers a wide range of storage options: from simple extensions

via individually assignable physical disks, up to a fully functional VSA solution.

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Predictive Failure Analysis

IBM Flex System Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)

feature of the Flex System solution

should save customers time and money

by decreasing unplanned downtime.

Customers increase business continuity

by receiving proactive alerts that allow

them to take corrective action and avert

crises, sometimes as much as 24-48

hours in advance of actual problems in

operation occurring.

Following components are monitored: Hard disk drives, processors,

blowers, memory

PRIMERGY BX900 Prefailure Detection and Analysis (PDA)

functionality is ingredient of the ServerView

Suite and enables the early detection of errors

in certain server components.

PDA periodically checks particular properties

or activities of the components. If errors are

indicated, e.g. if a defined threshold is

exceeded, the administrator is informed

immediately by the alarm management. This

allows separate components to be exchanged

in time before a total failure occurs.

Following components are monitored: Fan, CMOS battery, hard drives, memory

modules, processors

PRIMERGY BX900 offers the same functionality with respect to early fault

detection as Flex System.

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IBM Corporation IBM Flex System x240 (Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90 GHz) 507 490 16







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Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX920 S3 (Intel Xeon E5-2470, 2.30 GHz) 589 564 16




IBM Corporation Flex System x240 10.29@10 tiles

VMware VMmark 2.x



Dell PowerEdge M1000e

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vs.


PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Vs. Dell PE M1000e

Item Dell PE M1000e PRIMERGY BX900 S2 Fujitsu: Pro + / Con –


Weight 178.7 kg (fully equipped) 191kg (fully equipped) + Less weight per blade

Front Bays 16 for server, or storage blades 18 bays in total for a maximum of:



Rear Bays 6 x Interconnect


2 x CMC

8 x Connection Blade (CB)


2 x MMB

+ 33% more interconnect bays (CB)

Storage in

chassis

Dell EqualLogic™ PS-M41101

(max. 4 x 14 drives), shared access

Dedicated and shared storage drives + LTO as backup in storage blade tape

+ DVD remote access free of charge

Interconnects 1/10/40Gb Ethernet (DCB)

8Gb Fibre Channel

56Gb InfiniBand

3Gb SAS

1/10Gb Ethernet (DCB)

Cisco FEX B22F


6Gb SAS

+ 3 Infiniband ports per server blade

Interconnect

fabrics

3 4 + 4 fabrics enable for higher I/O flexibility and

scalability

Midplane 8.4 Tb/s bandwidth, passive 8.9 Tb/s bandwidth, passive

Mgmt. Module 1 - 2x CMC (Chassis Management

Controller)

1 - 2x MMB (Management Blade)

PSU 2 - 6 (2700W @ 208-240V / 1350W

@ 110-120V)

3 - 6 (1600W @ 100V / 3160W @

200-240V)

PSU Efficiency 94% (94.6% typical = 50% load)

94% (94.11% typical = 50% load)

Fan modules 9 (fix) 3 to 6 + No. of fans are adaptable to stage of system

expansion

Service Display Front control Panel (LCD)

Local Service Display for Blades

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http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/business/solutions/engineering-docs/en/Documents/server-poweredge-m1000e-tech-guidebook.pdf


http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/equallogic-ps-m4110/pd







Ease Of Cooling

Chassis Cooling BX900 Cool-safe™ design ensures that more fresh air can be “inhaled”

Reducing the risk associated with heat failures, and

Extending lifetime (and thus MTBF) of electronic components

PE M1000e (29%) BX900 (35%)


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…more details


LCD Panels – Toys Or Tools?

Dell PowerEdge M1000e Small LCD (Front Control Panel)

No graphical image of configuration

information

Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 Large LCD (ServerView Local Service Display

for Blade)

Graphical image of configuration information

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Dell‟s LCD Panel is too small to present graphical images of configurations or status





Dell Inc. PowerEdge M620 10.20@10 tiles

VMware VMmark 2.x




Dell Inc. PowerEdge M620, Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90 GHz 664 637 16










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Universal dual socket server blade with advanced computing and I/O performance.

Mainstream dual-socket server blade with the ideal balance of performance and cost-efficiency

Performance to ensure today‟s demand while being prepared for future requirements

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 product family

Two hot-plug disk drives

Up to 384 GB of memory

Flexible dual-channel 10GbE CNA

Integrated Remote Management Controller (iRMC S3) which enables extensive control even at remote locations

Secure support of I/O-intensive applications like terminal servers is ensured by the optional use of a RAID controller with a write-back cache on board, optionally protected by a Flash Backup Unit.

Feature Overview

Usage Scenarios

Virtual Client Computing

Infrastructure Services

Business Critical Apps

(ERP, CRM, Database)

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iRMC S3 enables access to

each server and extensive

control, even at remote

locations



Integrated 10Gbit/s CNA

allows optimal use of multiple

I/O protocols, ensuring

smooth operations for

demanding applications as

well as a balanced operation

of virtualized and physical

servers

Highest memory capacity of

Intel Xeon E5-2400 product

family (12 DIMM / 384GB)

Secure support of I/O-

intensive applications ensured

by a RAID controller with a

write-back cache on board,

optionally protected by FBU

Two PCI Express 3.0

mezzanine slots (for 1/10Gb,

10Gb FCoE, 8Gb FC, 6Gb

SAS, 56Gb IB)

Simplified and

comprehensive power

management with different

selectable power modes

results in significant cost

savings

Cool-safe™ technology

design ensures that up to

25% more air can be

“inhaled” as comparable

products

Scalability Efficiency


Management


Comparison to competitive products

TX300

TX200

HP IBM DELL Fujitsu

x

Memory capacity (up to 384GB)

and flexible 10Gbit/s CNA (LoM)

for tunable performance

Best performance in virtualized

environments: Top position (with

blades) in VMmark benchmark

Best-in-class energy efficiency in

blade segment: Good results in

SPECpower benchmarks

Simplified management in LAN and SAN environments

Comprehensive power management

Cisco

x x

x x x

x x

x x x

PRIMERGY BX920 S3 vs.

Blades with Intel Xeon E5-2400

x



High-end server blade with maximum scalability for most demanding applications.

Redefining versatility and scalability in a dual-socket server blade

Performance to meet highest requirements of extensive virtualization/ consolidation scenarios and demanding high performance computing applications

Two Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 processors

24 high-speed memory modules for up to 768 GB capacity

Flexible 10 Gbit/s Emulex® CNA components as well as additional slots for mezzanine cards clearly emphasizing the approach as the perfect high-end server blade

State-of-the-art management capabilities with the integrated Remote Management Controller (iRMC S3)

Feature Overview

Usage Scenarios

Server Virtualization Host

Business Critical Apps

(ERP, CRM, Database)

High Performance Computing

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enabling to add, replace and

recover blades on the fly

Dual-channel 10Gbit/s CNA

(LoM and two optional

mezzanine cards) with the

ability to partition adapter into

up to eight virtual channels

and to fine-tune bandwidth to

adapt to workload demands

Wide choice of usable Intel

Xeon E5-2600 processors

(from 60W to 135W)

Excellent Blade Density: 24

DIMM slots for up to 768GB

memory to meet the highest

requirements for consolidation

and virtualization scenarios

An additional USB port is

available on the front of the

server blade

Best result of all 2-socket

systems in SPECint

(SPECint2006 – Result:

60.8)

Best-in-class in the area

of server virtualization

(VMware VMmark 2.1:

11.88@10 tiles)

Leading values in the field

of energy efficiency,

specially with typical

datacenter workloads

(SPECpower)

Scalability Performance


Flexibility


Comparison to competitive products

TX300

TX200

HP IBM DELL Fujitsu

Excellent Blade Density: 24 DIMM

slots (768GB memory) to meet

highest requirements

Best performance in virtualized

environments: World record in

VMmark benchmark (2-nodes)

Best system performance

proved by various SPECcpu2006

benchmarks

Simplified management in LAN and SAN environments

Comprehensive power management

Cisco

x x

PRIMERGY BX924 S3 vs.

Blades with Intel Xeon E5-2600

x x

x x x

x x x

x x


Proof points of

Fujitsu

PRIMERGY

Servers

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Virtualization (VMware VMmark)

Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY

BX400 blade servers work

very well and they are

perfectly suited for

virtualizations with

VMware. Extensions and

updates can now be done

during ongoing operations

– we basically have no

more downtime.

BX924 S3

2 Total Hosts 32 Total Cores 11.88 @10 tiles

World-record

BX924 S2

VMmark V1.1.1 12 Cores

40.86 @30 tiles

World-record

PY BX924 S3 +

VMware = World’s best

combination


Perfect fit for x86 server virtualization with additional advantages such as

improved management, greater availability and operational efficiency.

BX924 S2

VMmark V1.1.1 8 Cores

30.05 @ 20 tiles

World-record

VM

ware

VM

mark

2.x

V

Mw

are

VM

mark

1.x

Multi-server virtualization benchmark

Includes live migration, cloning and deploying of VMs and automatic VM load balancing

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System Performance (SPECcpu2006)

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SPECint2006: Comparison of BX924 S3 vs. products with Intel Xeon E5-2600

SPECcpu2006 measures the system efficiency with integer (CINT2006) and floating-

point (CFP2006) operations and concentrate on the CPU and the memory.

SPECint2006: Comparison of BX920 S3 vs. products with Intel Xeon E5-2400

Note: No benchmark result of ProLiant BL460c Gen8 published

The PRIMERGY BX924 S3 was ranked first in the 2-socket server

category for the benchmark SPECint2006.

World-record

# Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores

1 Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S3, Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90 GHz 60.8 56.0 16

2 IBM Corporation IBM Flex System x240 (Intel Xeon E5-2690, 2.90 GHz) 59.7 55.0 16


4 IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23 (Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz) 55.4 51.5 16

5 Cisco Systems Cisco UCS B200 M3 (Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz) 55.3 51.3 16

6 Dell Inc. PowerEdge M620 (Intel Xeon E5-2680, 2.70 GHz) 55.0 51.2 16

# Vendor System Result Baseline # Cores


2 IBM Corporation IBM Flex System x220 (Intel Xeon E5-2470, 2.30 GHz) 49.5 46.1 16

3 IBM Corporation IBM BladeCenter HS23E (Intel Xeon E5-2470, 2.30 GHz) 49.1 45.8 16

4 Dell Inc. PowerEdge M520 (Intel Xeon E5-2470, 2.30 GHz) 49.3 46.0 16


Fujitsu PRIMERGY Hall Of Fame

Continuous benchmark world records throughout the years

and across all application tiers.

Processor Performance

Calculation, HPC e.g. SpecCPU

WEB 2.0/Web 3D

Commerce, Content, e.g.

Virtualization

VMware

Business Intelligence

Integer performance, Business Analytics

Business Applications

ERP/SCM, CRM

Database Processing

Transactional, HPC

Energy efficiency

Performance/Watt

2012 2011 2010 2009

RX300 S5

TX300 S5

RX100 S5

RX200 S5

RX300 S5

RX300 S5

RX300 S5

RX100 S5

RX300 S6

TX300 S6

TX150 S7

TX300 S6

BX922 S2

RX300 S6

RX600 S5

BX924 S2

RX600 S5

RX300 S6

TX300 S6

BX922 S2

RX900 S1

RX600 S5

RX900 S1

CX1000

TX150 S7

RX200 S6

RX600 S6

RX900 S2

RX900 S2

TX140 S1

TX120 S3

#1

#1

#1

#1

#1

#1

#1

BX924 S3

RX300 S7

RX350 S7

RX500 S7

BX920 S3

BX924 S3

RX500 S7

RX300 S7

RX100 S7p, RX200 S7,

RX300 S7, RX500 S7,

TX120 S3p, TX200 S7,

TX300 S7

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Cool-safe™: PRIMERGY Blade Server

PRIMERGY BX900 uses

87% of its area to inhale air

1.5 times larger volume than

competitors

Higher chassis volume

means smoother air flow

within a chassis

The proven design ensures

that up to 25% more air can

be “inhaled” as comparable

products which prevents from

overheating

Reduced risk associated with

heat failures and double the

lifetime (MTBF) of

electronically components

“Low noise“ for the

operation of the

PRIMERGY BX400 Blade

Server in office

environments

Dynamic Power Mode:

Automatically shift power

load to maximize the

efficiency of each power

supply needed to power the

system

Ventilation

Cooling Efficiency Power Management


BX900

Chassis front/rear total area

1949 cm2

Total area of all server blades

1692.9 cm2

Cold-air ventilation ratio to cool server blades

87%