The IBM BladeCenter JS21 Express blade server, a feature-rich, pre-configured blade, is the answer to meet the stringent requirements of small businesses for advanced technology at a very attractive price. The JS21 Express delivers many leading-edge technologies—support for the IBM AIX® and Linux® operating systems, IBM Advanced POWER™ Virtualization (APV) and AltiVec™ SIMD acceleration functionality—in a single, highly reliable, high-performance, yet cost-efficient blade server.  The IBM JS21 type 8844 models support a maximum of 16 GB ECC Chipkill DDR2 memory when using 4 Gb DIMM modules. Each server has four DIMM sockets and memory is 2-way interleaved and must be installed in matched pairs. The base IBM  JS21 comes with two DIMM slots populated. Memory sizes can be mixed, but DIMMs must be all PC2-3200 (400 MHz DDR2) or all PC2-4200 (533 MHz DDR2).

Highlights:

• Pre-configured and optimized JS21 blade server with fast memory and lots of storage
• Combines deployment flexibility of IBM BladeCenter® with ease of management
• Takes advantage of virtualization technologies to help increase utilization and decrease costs

Common Features:

• Single-wide blade server compatible with any BladeCenter family chassis
• Single-core or dual-core SMP scalability
• 64-bit IBM PowerPC 970MP with AltiVec SIMD accelerator
• Advanced POWER Virtualization including support for Virtual LAN, POWER Hypervisor, IBM Micro-Partitioning™ (up to 40 partitions per blade), Shared processor pool, Virtual I/O Server and Integrated Virtualization Manager
• IBM Director industry-leading systems management software

Hardware Summary:

• 2-socket single-core: 2.7 GHz , 1 MB L2 Cache, with 2 GB 533 MHz memory standard (2 x 1 GB DIMMs)
• 2-socket dual-core: 2.5 GHz , 2x1 MB L2 Cache, with 4 GB 533 MHz memory standard (2 x 2 GB DIMMs)
• 16 GB maximum memory in four DIMM slots
• High-performance DDR2 SDRAM running at 533 MHz
• Integrated SAS Controller plus RAID-0/1 Mirroring
• Up to two 2.5" 10 K Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives supporting up to 219 GB maximum internal storage, one 73 GB hard drive standard
• Integrated Broadcom 5780 controller supporting 17X PCI Express connector and Dual Gigabit Ethernet
• Integrated systems management including Serial over LAN support via Ethernet
• Enterprise reliability with light path diagnostics, IBM Predictive Failure Analysis®, ECC and IBM Chipkill™ memory
• Support for Calibrated Vector Cooling and IBM PowerExecutive™ to monitor power and maintain optimum cooling

The IBM JS21 type 8844 also has a PCI Express connector that allows for the attachment of one of the following:

• A High Speed Form Factor expansion card
• A Combination Form Factor - Horizontal expansion card

Models:

7988-J21B, 7988-J21D

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Our warranties range from 30 days to one year depending on the manufacturer.  We offer certified extended warranty programs on most equipment through the manufacturer.

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With nearly 20 years experience working with the enterprise IT reseller channel, RICOM delivers systems configurations, customer support, emerging technologies, managed services, logistics, and distribution.  RICOM works to meet IT budget constraints and understands its customers data center challenges.  The company is a distributor for new, as well as discontinued in-demand IT products.  RICOM works with businesses of all sizes, from small, to enterprise, as well as government departments, and education.  We carry enterprise IT certifications

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