Blade Enclosure

SIGMABLADE-M

Ideal for medium-sized enterprise systems

• Height: 6U
• Allows a mix of B120b, B120a, B120b-d, B120a-d, 120Bb-6, 120Bb-d6, and 120Bb-m6 server blades
• SIGMABLADE Monitor (LCD panel) for easier server status monitoring and maintenance
• Hot-swap CPU Blades and switch modules
• Hot-swap redundant components (power supply units, EM Cards and cooling fans)
• Supporting EM (Enclosure Management) card for optimal resource allocation

SIGMABLADE-H v2

Ideal for large-sized enterprise systems

• Height: 10U
• Allows a mix of B120b, B120a, B120b-d, B120a-d, 120Bb-6, 120Bb-d6, 120Bb-m6, and B140a-T server blades
• SIGMABLADE Monitor (LCD panel) for easier server status monitoring and maintenance
• Hot-swap CPU Blades and switch modules
• Hot-swap redundant components (power supply units, EM Cards and cooling fans)
• Supporting EM (Enclosure Management) card for optimal resource allocation

CPU Blade

Storage and I/O Blade

NEC Express5800/AD106a

Add direct attached storage and mezzanine slots to CPU blade

• 6. 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disk drives with RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50 capability
• 2. LAN 1000 Base SE-X
• 2. Mezzanine slot PCI ex 2.0
  

Network

Easy-to-use network configuration mode (SmartPanel)
Virtual I/0 network addresses embedded (MAC et WWN)

• Switch 1Gb Intelligent Layer-3 with 1Gbps RJ45x (5 ports) and SFPx (4 ports)
• Switch 1:10Gb Intelligent Layer-3 with 1Gbps RJ45x (4 ports) and 10 Gbps XFP slot x (2 ports)
• Switch 10Gb Intelligent Layer-3 with 10 GBASE-SRx (4ports)
• Pass-Through Card with 1Gbps RJ45x (16 ports)
• Pass-Through Card 10 Gb
• Pass-Through Card with internal 1 Gb/external 10 GB (16 ports)
• Switch 8G FC switch (12 ports)
• Switch 8G FC switch (24 ports)
• Pass-Through Card 2/4G FC (16 ports)

Efficient power management

The NEC SIGMABLADE provides power capping functionality to reduce unnecessary power consumption and cut energy bills. This is enabled by the integrated EM (Enclosure Management) Card, which tracks power trends in a rack and keeps the overall power consumption from exceeding the power limit by optimally allocating the amount of power across CPU blades and enclosures.

The redundant EM Cards interact with each other to monitor and control power supply units and　cooling fans for more energy efficient operations.

Optimal resource allocation

NEC’s SIGMABLADE optimizes server consolidation in conjunction with SigmaSystemCenter platform management software. The SSC is an all-in-one platform management solution designed for centralized management and policy-based autonomy. It monitors CPU usage rates and dynamically allocates server resources based on changing operational loads.

The SSC’s load-balancing ability allows system administrators to respond to abrupt changes in their business environment. When uneven server loads are detected, the SSC shuts down lightly loaded servers to gain power-savings. It powers on standby servers when active servers are heavily loaded.

Support for extensive switch modules

The SIGMABLADE solves a cabling headache by supporting a variety of pass-through and switch module options. These modules are designed to link the server blades to user ports without cables for better configuration connectivity. Unlike conventional rack-mount servers, the SIGMABLADE requires many fewer LAN and FC cables and frees administrators from cabling hassles.

The benefits of reducing cabling efforts also include reducing cable costs and preventing the system from malfunctioning due to the heat from tangled cables and wires.