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Chapter 4
Intel Xeon Server Blade
The eight slot BladeSymphony 1000 can accommodate a total of up to eight Dual-Socket, Dual-Core
or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Server Blades for up to 64 cores per system. Each Intel Xeon Server Blade
supports up to four PCI slots, and provides the option of adding Fibre Channel or SCSI storage. Two
on-board gigabit Ethernet ports are also provided, along with IP KVM for remote access, virtual media
support, and front-side VGA and USB ports for direct access to the server blade.
Figure 13. Intel Xeon Server Blade
While the Intel Itanium Server Blades provide SMP and the raw performance that the Itanium
processors bring to number-crunching jobs, the Intel Xeon Server Blades, which require less power and
cooling, and are less expensive, are ideal for supporting infrastructure and application workloads, as
well as 32-bit applications. The components of the Intel Xeon Server Blade are listed in Table 4.
Table 4: Intel Xeon Server Blade components
Dual Core Intel Xeon Processor
Quad Core Intel Xeon
Processor
Processor
Series
5110 Series 5140
Series
5260 Series E5430 Series X5460 Series
Processor Fre-
quency
1.60 GHz 2.33 GHz 3.33 GHz 2.66 GHz 3.16 GHz
Number of Pro-
cessors
Maximum 2 (maximum 4 cores) Maximum 2 (maximum 8 cores)
Cache Memory L2: 4 MB L2: 6 MB L2: 2 x 6 MB
System Bus
(FSB) Fre-
quency
1066 MHz 1333 MHz
Main Memory ECC DDR2-667 FB-DIMM Advanced ECC / Memory Mirroring