Themis' new T2BC is for use in the entire family IBM® BladeCenter® chassis. The T2BC is a cost-efficient uniprocessor blade that offers the same reliability, availability and serviceability that IT organizations have come to expect from two-socket servers while running the Sun® Solaris™ 10 operating system.

The T2BC Blade Server enables Solaris applications to run natively, on an UltraSPARC® T2® Chip Multi-Threading (CMT) processor, within an IBM BladeCenter. The T2BC Blade Server functions as an independent Sun T2 server running the Solaris 10 operating system. The Blade Server can be managed by Sun's Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) tools. The T2 Blade Server can share the same chassis with server blades that utilize other processor architectures and operating systems. The T2 processor's eight cores each support eight threads, for a total of 64 "hot" threads per socket and an efficiency approaching sixteen parallel instructions per clock.

T2BC Server Specifications at a Glance

Feature	Benefit
UltraSPARC T2 processor on a IBM BladeCenter compatible blade	Capability to run Solaris 8 and 9 UltraSPARC applications under Solaris 10 in a BladeCenter environment. Smooth migration to BladeCenter architecture for UltraSPARC applications
Eight Cores in each UltraSPARC T2 processor	Eight processors cores with sixteen execution units run up to four threads per execution unit, with "zero-cycle" thread switching. Each core contains a fully pipelined floating point unit. Built-in cryptographic stream engine on each core.
Up to 32 GB Fully Buffered DDR II memory	8 DIMM slots per blade
Runs existing Solaris 10 applications, unmodified and Solaris 8/9 applications using Sun's Migration Assistant	Faster migration to the BladeCenter architecture No need to port existing Solaris 10 applications to a new architecture
Support for one internal 2.5 inch SATA or SAS hard disk drive	Non-hot swap SATA or SAS drive provides up to 500 GBytes of local storage
Integrated dual Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet controllers	Gigabit and 10 Gigabit provides fast network connections. (10 Gigabit requires optional plug-in daughter card)
Two high-availability midplane connections	Each T2 Blade Server is connected via two redundant paths to the passive midplane and integrated switching and power infrastructure contained in the BladeCenter chassis
Integrated System Management Processors	Enables management via Sun Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) management tools Management processors increase server availability by continuously monitoring the server to notify of potential system failures or changes
Sun Integrated Lights Out Management (ILOM) Management Tools	Enables management of T2 Blade Server via standard Sun tools Allows T2 Blade Server to be integrated into a network of Sun Servers
On-Board Graphics	Enables emulation of a Sun workstation
Operating System Support	Sun Solaris 10
Front Panel Serial Port	Extra communication channel

For more information, please download the T2BC datasheet, a 78 KB PDF document or contact Themis factory at 510-252-0870 or via email: info@themis.com.