- processor(s) supported
- 7U
Housed within a 19" industry-standard rack, SuperBlade servers reduce server footprint in the data center. Power, cooling and networking devices are aggregated in the rear of the chassis which optimizes the required amount of space.
Up to 14 hot plug blade servers can be installed in this 7U chassis. Compared to the 10U of rack space that 14 1U servers would normally require as individual servers, the SuperBlade provides about 50% density savings with 60 servers and 24 switches in a 42U rack.
The SuperBlade server chassis enclosure greatly simplifies the cabling process by aggregating cabling of 14 servers at once. Up to 90% of network, power, and KVM cabling required for 14 1U servers are reduced by moving to blade servers in a single chassis. These cabling reductions continue across networking, SAN connectivity, and management controllers.
Reducing the number of cables speeds up the deployment of servers and helps reduce troubleshooting issues by presenting fewer physical connections to the servers.