Developing flexible IT systems is more than just optimization of server infrastructure. It's the ability to deliver the right resources quickly, easily, and at the right price; as business requirements change. The Fujitsu blade solution is built on highly reliable quality hardware and ensures eco-efficient operation, flexible deployment control, fully comprehensive life cycle management, and much reduced complexity.

The result is:
• Reduced administration costs, power and cooling costs and space requirements
• Improved return on investment through high server consolidation
• Outstanding business continuity from a very available IT infrastructure
• Business agility that can quickly and easily deploy servers for new business needs.

Three base products create the Fujitsu blade solution environment:
- PRIMERGY Blade Server BX620S4
- VMware Infrastructure 3
- Systemwalker Resource Coordinator Virtual server Edition (RCVE)

You now have a solution that gives all the benefits of server consolidation with complete server lifecycle management.

Space saving

Fujitsu blade solutions save space. Even compared to the floor space requirements of existing rack mounted servers, space can be reduced by 50 per cent*1. This reduces even further if the solution is used to consolidate multiple free standing office servers.

Cable reduction

Cable complexity is another issue that requires serious consideration when provisioning for the future. The Fujitsu blade solution provides significant reductions in cabling, in fact 87% less cable infrastructure*1 when compared to rack mounted servers.

Less power, less CO2

Unified management

We all want to gain the benefits of resource flexibility by removing the boundaries imposed by separate physical servers. But the problem of creating "virtual" servers capable of using all resources more efficiently has always imposed addition administrative complexity. Fujitsu's RCVE solves this dilemma by providing a single point of management for both physical and virtual resources. Its hierarchical display reduces the possibility of operational error and creates an environment for straightforward control of lifecycle functions.

Automated recovery from hardware failure

Simple server addition

The unified management also provides control when adding new blades. Not only does it allow the hardware to be incorporated into the existing resources but it also provides functions to deploy new services quickly and easily on the new hardware.

System image security

Successful working environments depend on the security of the many business system images. Once created each must be maintained and managed as new changes are applied. Administering the different generations and keeping them secure is a time consuming task. But the Fujitsu blade solution manages all security of all images clearly and visually from a single local or remote location. This minimises operational error and ensures that any rollbacks required following patch application are quickly, simply, and securely, enabled.

Industry standard virtualization

The Fujitsu blade solution uses VMware Infrastructure 3 to provide the virtualization layer. It enables you to improve your IT service levels whilst ensuring that your existing applications will operate on each virtual server without modification. The high performance and high reliability of the PRIMERGY blade servers has been certified by VMware as most suitable for virtualized systems. As a result the rich combination of VMware and RCVE functionality means that whatever you are doing:
- Server consolidation,
- Migration of old systems to new hardware,
- Creating development and testing environments,
- Improving your business continuity,
- Moving systems in real time for periodic maintenance,
it can all be achieved and fully administered in the shortest most secure and cost efficient manner possible.

High availability IT infrastructure

If there was one closing subject to cover with the Fujitsu blade solution, it is its capabilities for business continuity. The solution is designed to include everything possible to ensure smooth uninterrupted service of all hosted applications. VMware HA monitors virtual servers and enabling server restart on server fault. with RCVE enabling fast physical server switchover. The Distributed Resource Scheduler(DRS) of VMware finally allocates computing resources within the virtual environment to ensure best useand avoid resource conflicts.

The result is a well controlled and well managed environment that can be cost effectively expanded and reconfigured as your business changes, without major service interruptions.