BladeCenter processor blades, I/O expansion adapters, and units

• Published in: IBM journal of research and development Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 837 - 859
• Main Authors: Hughes, J. E., Scollard, M. L., Land, R., Parsonese, J., West, C. C., Stankevich, V. A., Purrington, C. L., Hoang, D. Q., Shippy, G. R., Loeb, M. L., Williams, M. W., Smith, B. A., Desai, D. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Armonk International Business Machines Corporation 01.11.2005
• Subjects: Access control; Array processors; Communication; Computer peripherals; Computer programming; Connectors; Design; Disk drives; Ethernet; Infrastructure; Interfaces; Memory expansion boards; Printed circuit boards; R&D; Research & development; Servers; Systems design; Universal Serial Bus

This paper describes the electrical architecture and design of the IBM eServer(TM) BladeCenter® processor blades, expansion blades, and input/output (I/O) expansion adapters and units. The processor blades are independent, general-purpose servers containing processors, chipsets, main memory, hard dr...