Why SuperBlade?

The innovative SuperBlade® features enhanced system computing density leveraged from years of rackmount server design experience. Applying an application-optimized engineering philosophy, each SuperBlade® module delivers true server functionality including up to two Six-Core Intel® Xeon® processors, optional InfiniBand mezzanine HCA, optional PCI Express expansion card, and support for up to 6 SATA or SAS2 hard drives. For more computational-intensive applications, the SuperBlade® also offers 4-way AMD Opteron™ blades.

Space Optimization

When housed within a 19” EIA-310D industry-standard 42U rack, SuperBlade® servers reduce server footprint in the datacenter. Power, cooling and networking devices are removed from each individual server and positioned to the rear of the chassis thereby reducing the required amount of space while increasing flexibility to meet changing business demands. Up to fourteen blade servers can be installed in a 7U DatacenterBlade chassis. Compared to the rack space required by fourteen individual 1U servers, the DatacenterBlade provides over 50% space savings.

Cable Reduction

The SuperBlade® server chassis greatly simplifies the cabling process by aggregating the cabling of ten/fourteen/twenty servers. Up to 93% of the network, power, and KVM cabling required for ten/fourteen/twenty 1U servers is eliminated by moving to blade servers in a single chassis. These cabling reductions continue across networking, SAN connectivity, and management controllers. Reducing the number of cables speeds up the deployment of servers and helps reduce troubleshooting issues by presenting fewer physical connections to the servers.