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Increased Data Center Efficiency with New PRIMERGY BX600 Blade Server from Fujitsu

Fujitsu introduces high performance system ideal for mid-tier applications

Manila, March 1, 2004 — Fujitsu has extended its blade server family with the new Intel-based PRIMERGY BX600 high performance system with extensive connection options useful for enterprises running mid-tier applications.

The easy to administer PRIMERGY BX600 features high packing density, fail safety features and redundant components. Its latest-generation Intel® Xeon™ processor delivers improved output while ensuring future-proof operation. This modular blade server is highly flexible, dynamically scalable, service-friendly, reliable and economical. Each PRIMERGY BX600 chassis can handle up to 10 server blades.

Application areas and customer benefits

The new PRIMERGY BX600 blade servers are designed primarily for mid-tier application areas, and are thus suitable as a platform for virtually all data center applications. They are ideal both as high-performance application servers or as small to mid-sized database servers due to their large RAM configuration, many and varied communication options with Gigabit Ethernet for LAN connections, 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel for connecting storage systems, and SCSI interfaces for backup devices.

In addition to classic mid-tier applications like Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes, target scenarios focus on corporate applications. Because the required databases, such as Oracle 9iRAC or (especially) the new Oracle 10g version, increasingly support the scale-out approach, the PRIMERGY BX600 now offers the appropriate and highly scalable platform. All other components of the PRIMERGY BX600, such as its integrated Ethernet switches, are designed for high performance and throughput.

For effective computing in the scientific and financial service sectors, the necessary resources are simply switched together from computing nodes to form high-powered clusters. Due to its scalability, the PRIMERGY BX600 blade server is particularly suited to support this procedure.

The PRIMERGY BX300, the smaller and more compact sibling in the Fujitsu Siemens Computers blade server family, is used primarily in front-end operations as a highly scalable web or terminal server or as an infrastructure component.

Server Management

PRIMERGY server management guarantees easy blade server installation and configuration. It also ensures reliable monitoring and efficient administration of all components, as well as simple analysis and version maintenance of system-related software or drivers. Remote management functions allow user-friendly and efficient central administration of the PRIMERGY BX600. Simple, automated multi-server installation is possible when it is used in conjunction with suitable deployment software, such as Fujitsu Siemens Computers' RemoteDeploy

Technical Outlook

The PRIMERGY BX600 blade server chassis is a highly scalable system for rack use with seven HU (height units) and accommodates up to 10 compact server blades with two processors each. One chassis has room for four hot-pluggable redundant power supply units and two hot-pluggable fan units, extremely reliable with two redundant fans each.

At a later stage, 4-processor blades (quad blades), based on Intel Xeon MP processors, will also be available for the PRIMERGY BX600. The blade server chassis can manage up to five of these quad blades. Mixed operation of dual and quad blades is also possible, further extending the number of possible uses for the system.

Technical highlights of the PRIMERGY BX600 blade server

• Up to 10 server blades with two Intel Xeon processors each and 12 GB ECC DDR SDRAM (PC2100)
• With side-by-side operation of dual and, in the future, quad blades. This also applies to future server blade developments
• Two hot-plug Ultra320 SCSI hard disks per server blade with up to 146 GB each can be operated as a RAID network (HostRAID functionality, level 0, 1, 10). No separate blade slot is needed to accommodate the SCSI disks
• Two onboard Gigabit Ethernet LAN channels
• Two 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel interfaces per server blade (optional)
• Optional PCI-slot module for adding, e.g. another LAN controller
• PRIMERGY Diagnostics for displaying faulty server blade components, e.g. memory modules, CPU, Fibre Channel I/O module and PCI-slot module, and on the fan modules

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About Fujitsu Philippines, Inc.

Fujitsu Philippines Inc. (FPI) is a leading system integrator of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions for Philippine enterprises. With over 500 full-time Filipino technology professionals and more than 25 years of operations in the country, FPI is uniquely positioned to apply the best-of-breed technology solutions to assist its customers in solving complex business problems. By leveraging the collective expertise, experience, and work ethics of its workforce, FPI has an unmatched track record in designing, building, implementing, and maintaining ICT solutions, especially in difficult projects with complex technology architectures, nation-wide geographic scope, and tight implementation schedules. FPI is an affiliate of Fujitsu Limited headquartered in Tokyo, which reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.
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