In June, HP brought its proven NonStop 24/7 leadership to the server blade form factor with the introduction of the HP Integrity NonStop BladeSystem—the world’s first 24/7 mission-critical computing environment on a standards-based bladed infrastructure.
Now HP announces an additional product set for the Integrity NonStop NB50000c BladeSystem, a novel I/O infrastructure offering enhanced capabilities that complement new blade and multi-core processor technologies. These new storage and communications I/O controllers and adapters are built on standards-based servers and tightly integrated with the NonStop NB50000c via the HP ServerNet server area network. Called “CLuster IO Modules” (CLIMs), they enable the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem to provide faster time to market for new storage devices, more current TCP (and related) protocol support, a more compact footprint, improved performance for both storage and networking, and a platform on which to develop additional capability in the future.
There are two functional CLIMs available:
- IP CLIM Supports up to five gigabit-per-second copper Ethernet ports—plus TCP/IP v6 and TCP/IP v4, IP Security (IPSec), and the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
- Storage CLIM Enables attachment of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disks (2.5-inch and 3.5-inch 15,000-RPM disks) and Fibre Channel disks and tapes.
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With shipments beginning in September 2008, both CLIMs can replace or co-exist with a current I/O infrastructure supported on the Integrity NonStop BladeSystem and Integrity NonStop servers.
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