IBM BladeCenter

IBM BladeCenter
BladeCenter E front side: 8 blade servers (HS20) followed by 6 empty slots
Also known asIBM eServer BladeCenter (2002-2005)
DeveloperIBM
TypeBlade server
Release date2002 (2002)
Discontinued2012 (2012)
CPUx86 (HS/LS series)
POWER (JS/PS series)
CELL (QS series)
SuccessorIBM Flex System

The IBM BladeCenter was IBM's blade server architecture, until it was replaced by Flex System in 2012. The x86 division was later sold to Lenovo in 2014.[1]

BladeCenter E back side, showing on the left two FC switches and two Ethernet switches. On the right side a management module with VGA and PS/2 keyboard and mouse cables connected.
Magerit supercomputer (CeSViMa) has 86 Blade Centers (6 Blade Center E on each computing rack)
  1. ^ Kunert, Paul (23 January 2014). "It was inevitable: Lenovo stumps up $2.3bn for IBM System x server biz". channelregister.co.uk. The Register. Retrieved 23 January 2014.