BladeCenter system overview

system overview D. M. Desai T. M. Bradicich D. Champion W. G. Holland B. M. Kreuz The IBM eServere BladeCentert system was conceived in the fall of 1999 by members of the IBM xSeriest server brand technical team (at the time, called the Netfinityt brand). It was a new idea, and for some, too revolutionary to consider. After considerable end-user feedback, technical refinement, and internal discussion and debate, the concept was developed into a leadership server product. This paper provides a brief historic overview of the development of the architecture and blade servers, and a technical description of the BladeCenter system and technology.