28-06-06 – Fujitsu Siemens Computers
PRIMERGY goes Woodcrest
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is completing the PRIMERGY server line running on newest Intel processor technology – Benchmark already proved the performance of the new models
Munich, June 26, 2006 – Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, today announced the completion of PRIMERGY dual-socket generation servers: after having introduced a series of new PRIMERGY S3 models deploying the latest Intel® Bensley platform in May, the company unveiled today the availability of the PRIMERGY TX300 S3 tower server and PRIMERGY BladeFrame running the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5160 sequence processors which are also introduced by Intel today. These stand for improved performance and workload in combination with significantly lower power consumption. One key feature of the new servers is the built-in virtualization capability of the processor which is supposed to maximize significantly server utilization rates and to allow more applications to run on one machine. Customers will not only benefit from the heightened performance and utilization rate, but will also gain the advantage of an easier management of the server that comes with the latest PRIMERGY generation’s integrated Remote Management Controller. The new PRIMERGY generation servers offer IT administrators new options for consolidating their infrastructures to address power, cooling, and real estate cost challenges. The TX300 S3 model is available now throughout the EMEA region; the new PRIMERGY BladeFrame powered by Egenera will be available in Q3 2006.
PRIMERGY BladeFrame powered by Egenera
Intel’s Virtualization Technology (VT) will expand the virtualization capabilities of the BladeFrame system’s diskless Processing Blade™ modules. With the new pBlade™ modules, PRIMERGY BladeFrame customers will be able to more efficiently run “VT-enabled” virtualization software from leading vendors on Intel Xeon-based pBlades. The new Intel Xeon processors require only 80W of power, delivering both energy efficiency and high performance, with as much as twice the performance of Single-Core Xeon processors and up to three times the power efficiency. Specifically, the new PRIMERGY BladeFrame pBlades will be populated with two Intel EM64T Xeon processors at speeds of either 2.33GHz or 3.0GHz. Memory amounts will vary from 4GB to 16GB to allow customers flexibility in their configurations. Operating systems certified to run on these 1U pBlades include Microsoft® Windows® 2003, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 3 and 4, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9, and Sun® Solaris™ 10.
The new PRIMERGY S3 generation supports:
· Dual-core Intel Xeon processors with VT technology (codenamed: Vanderpool), offering the necessary hardware-based performance for a new generation of virtualization solutions like Xen or VMware.
· A separate, independent second bus included in the chipset (up to 1.333 GHz) for each processor. This improves system efficiency and throughput with enhanced bus speed that effectively doubles bus bandwidth, eliminating I/O bottlenecks.
· New fully buffered DIMMs (FBDIMMs) providing a high-bandwidth, large-capacity channel solution by using an advanced memory buffer with point-to-point serial communications. As a result, they are three times as fast as with the current generation of parallel memory interfaces.
· The additional memory reliability of enhanced ECC (retry double bit errors) and CRC, meaning that address & command transmissions are automatically retried if a transient error occurs.
· New SAS (serial attached SCSI) serial hard disk technologies to ensure high system performance, even with heavy I/O traffic.
With almost double the performance of Intel’s latest single-core platforms and the ability to support more applications and larger workloads, the PRIMERGY dual S3 generation offers far more headroom for growth.
Technical details of the new PRIMERGY generation:
· Intel Dual-Core Xeon 5000 Sequence processors with two 2 MB second level cache per core for outstanding performance and a balanced architecture that incorporates next generation memory and I/O technologies. Processors are available with up to 3.73 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB and Intel 5000P/V chipsets supporting EM64 technology.
· Intel Dual-Core Xeon 5100 Sequence processors with 4MB shared second level cache. New architecture (NGMA = Next Generation Micro Architecture), Processors are available with up to 3.0 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB.
· High availability for memory protection mechanisms with up to 32 GB, 4-way interleaved fully buffered DDR2 RAM (PC2-4200F or PC2-5300F) as well as SDDC and memory mirroring or hot-spare option (depending on the system).
· Onboard 8-port SAS controller with embedded IME RAID 0, 1 functionality.
· RAID 0, 5, 10, 50 RAID on Motherboard (RoMB) extension option with iButton enable key and 256 MB RAID cache, or 256 MB RAID cache and BBU option for onboard SAS/RAID controller.
· Up to six 146 GB SAS hard disk capacity with 15,000 rpm.
· PCI-Express being introduced in all new Dual S3 servers.
· Onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller.
· Integrated remote management controller (iRMC) and IPMI 2.0 with e.g. local monitor disable function. Optional iRMC advanced pack enables a graphical console redirection and the connection of local storage to the remote server.
· Additional options: redundant fans and power supply, LocalView display, and more.
· Front and rear LEDs for easy identification in the racks.
· Front side USB 2.0 connectors.
Also the new models continue the succession of world record benchmarks that PRIMERGY servers are known for:
· The PRIMERGY BX620 S3 blade server has managed two brand-new world records and boasts the top two MMB3 benchmark performances. The BX620 S3 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160 3.0 GHz processor ranks first at 13,500 MMB3 users, while the BX620 S3 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5080 3.73 GHz processor holds second place at 12,900 MMB3. A two-socket/dual-core PRIMERGY platform managed to outpace a competitor’s four-socket/dual-core system. Compared to a competitor system also equipped with two with Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160 3.0 GHz processors the PRIMERGY BX620 S3 Server Blade can handle 16% more MMB users.[1]
[1] The MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3 (MMB3) is the benchmarking standard for measuring the performance and scalability of computers running Exchange Server 2003. Its benchmarking workload and methodology serves as the standard for Exchange Server 2003 MAPI server comparison. The MMB3 workload is characteristic of a medium corporate mail environment. The above ranking is based on the MMB3 results published at www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/performance/default.mspx as of June 23rd 2006.