BladeCenter system overview

摘要

The IBM eServer™ BladeCenter~® system was conceived in the fall of 1999 by members of the IBM xSeries~® server brand technical team (at the time, called the Netfinity~® 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.