Blade Enclosures

7U SuperBlade, DatacenterBlade, and TwinBlade Chassis

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.

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.

SuperBlade 10-Blade SBE-710E	DatacenterBlade 14-Blade SBE-714D	SuperBlade TwinBlade SBE-720E

Well configured at: $2,199.00	Well configured at: $1,999.00	Well configured at: $3,299.00

Supermicro SuperBlade™ Enclosure - SBE-710E-D28 - 2 x 1400W	Supermicro DatacenterBlade™ Enclosure - SBE-714D-D32 - 2 x 1620W	Supermicro TwinBlade™ Enclosure - SBE-720E-D50 - 2 x 2500W

Power Supply Advantages

Availability - Non-stop power with 3+1 redundant power supply modules
Cost Saving - At 94% peak efficiency, power consumption is significantly reduced, providing a planet-friendly, real-world advantage for our environment.
Investment Protection - Power capacity headroom for future generation processors
Easy Installation - Snap-in installation from the back of the chassis; hot-swappable in operation
Intelligent Power Infrastructure - Each power enclosure includes a power management module that monitors the power supplies and the power enclosure that connects to the blade management.

Power Supply and Cooling

One of the biggest benefits of moving to a blade environment is the relocation of power supplies and fans into a single chassis versus an individual set in each server. This greatly helps reduce the power requirements on a per server basis.

Underlining Supermicro's high-efficiency power philosophy into the SuperBlade® server technology, Supermicro engineers have mastered the power supply design challenge to produce high-quality, high-performance solutions with peak efficiency ratings of 94%. Supermicro solutions continue to outperform and outlast the competition and providing the best technology investment available to customers.

SuperBlade Management

The SuperBlade chassis management module (CMM) provides total remote control of individual server blades, power supplies, cooling fans, and networking switches remotely. System administrators enjoy the management ease and reassurance of continuous onboard instrumentation monitoring (temperature sensors, power status, voltages and fan speed). Remote power control capabilities to reboot and/or reset the server are available as well as remote access to the BIOS configuration and operating system console information vial SOL (Serial over LAN) or embedded KVM capabilities. Because the controller is a separate processor, all monitoring and control functions operate flawlessly regardless of CPU operation or system power-on status.