Fujitsu Announces a Brand New Series of teamservers
- Stronger perpetual computing features and Ultra160 mean greater Internet readiness -
Tokyo, January 17, 2000 - Fujitsu Limited today announced a complete
revision of all its reliable teamserver brand mid-range servers. Under
the heading of perpetual computing, new and smarter RAS features are
introduced. These make teamservers even easier to deploy as highly
available and very low maintenance application and Internet platforms.
The four new series in revised cabinet styling and easy access panels
will start shipping from the beginning of March. These models span the
requirements for 1 to 4processor systems and fit underneath the HS900
8-way teamservers announced before Christmas. Called ES200, ES300,
MS400 and MS600, the majority are based on the latest Intel(R)
Pentium(R) III processors using 0.18 micron process technology.
Processor speeds are up to 733MHz, 133MHz or 100MHz processor bus
technology is used as appropriate and 1.6GB/sec memory access is
achieved using dual memory bus architecture. A special entry-level
model for SE Asia and China using the Intel(R) Celeron(TM) processor
running at 466MHz is available and the larger four way capable systems
use 550MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processors with 2MB cache.
"In line with our President's vision of everything on the Internet we
have reinforced the suitability of our mid-range teamservers for
continuous operation," said Isao Suzuki, Senior Vice President and
Group President Marketing Group, Fujitsu Limited. "Our perpetual
computing strategy means we have introduced more component redundancy,
proactive operation and inbuilt diagnostics to allow our customers to
better utilize our servers in 24/7 environments."
Many new RAS features are introduced at this release. The most
significant is the IMP Intelligent Monitoring Panel. This combines
full server monitoring of over three hundred hardware and software
events with Fujitsu's Preventative Maintenance Alerting (PMA)
firmware. Now warnings, faults and alerts are indicated by a group of
colored lights on the front panel of the server, often before actual
failure occurs. On larger and more expensive models this is
accompanied by a detailed error or warning message on an LCD panel
together with remedial information displayed by use of another inbuilt
Fujitsu product the Fast Reliable Diagnosis (FRD) system.
"teamservers have always met the approval of engineers for design and
quality of build, you just have to take off the covers and look," Isao
Suzuki also said. "Now with the new intelligent monitoring and self-
diagnostic features we believe we will also win the approval of
systems administrators and business managers interested in the lowest
possible total cost of ownership."
Other key features include the introduction of Ultra160 SCSI bus
technology and matching 10,000rpm Ultra160 hard disk drives. After
exhaustive evaluation Fujitsu has chosen to use Adaptec's Ultra160
SCSI controller ASIC (AIC-7899) and adapter card (ASC-29160) with
these new teamservers. Now by installing Adaptec's Ultra160 SCSI
products within the new teamservers Fujitsu believes it will be able
to provide its customers with the fastest I/O environment available
today.
"Signing customers like Fujitsu provides further validation that
Ultra160 is rapidly gaining a foothold in the computing marketplace
and Adaptec is the technology enabler for this trend," said Jeff
Loebbaka, Vice President of Marketing at Adaptec. "We are
delighted that once again we are working with a company that really
knows how to achieve the best performance from our products."
To ensure maximum performance in all other features the new
teamservers also come with larger standard memory, memory scrubbing
to reduce the incidence of two bit errors, higher levels of
redundancy and the latest in cool and quiet operation from new
"proactive" fans.
While all this is going on existing teamserver C300i, C800i, G800i
and L800i systems will continue to be maintained and enhanced for
the foreseeable future. They will also be attractively priced and
positioned below that of the new series. In line with this strategy
of gradual replacement, 750MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor
systems will be introduced in the C800i and G800i series and the
series will be refreshed as shown in the tables below prior to the
full introduction of the ES300 and MS400 models.
The specifications of all models follow:
ES200 single processor:
Floor mounted, file and print, LAN/mail server, Internet gateway
and retail or department back office server.
[shipping from end February]
| Processors: | PentiumIII 700MHz, 600EMHz 550EMHz, Celeron 466MHz |
Standard and
Max Memory: | 128MB
768MB |
| 3.5 inch bays: | 3 HDD bays |
| Options: | 3 x 18GB/9GB Ultra2Wide SCSI
or
2 x 13GB IDE |
| 5 inch bays: | 1 x HHD/Backup 1 x 40 speed CD-ROM and 1 x Backup |
| Options: | 1x 18GB/9GB Ultra2Wide SCSI and/or DDS3/4, SLR5/MLR3 |
| Max. Storage: | 72GB internal, over 600GB using external cabinets. |
| Onboard: | 10/100 LAN |
| I/O Slots: | 4 PCI |
| RAS Environment: | Proactive Fan, Intelligent Management Panel,
Remote Server Monitoring Module(option) |
ES300 dual processor:
Floor or rack mounted, web server, Internet mail server, database
driven web application server, departmental application server.
[shipping from early March]
| Processors: | PentiumIII 733MHz, |
Standard and
Max Memory: | 256MB
4GB |
3.5 inch bays:
Options: | 5 HDD bays(Hot-plug)
5 x 18GB/9GB Ultra160 or Ultra2Wide SCSI |
5 inch bays:
Options: | 2 x Backup 1 x 40 speed CD-ROM
DDS3/4, SLR5, MLR3,DLT4000 |
| Max. Storage: | 91GB internal, over 1TB using external cabinets. |
| Onboard: | 10/100 LAN, 1 x Ultra160 & 1 x Ultra160/Narrow |
| I/O slots: | 5 PCI |
| Redundant/HotPlug Hard Disk(Raid option), Power Supplies, Fans |
| RAS Environment: | Proactive fans, Intelligent Management Panel,
Remote Server Management Module (option) |
MS400 dual processor:
Floor or rack mounted, corporate web server, online shopping
server, database engine, and larger business application server.
[shipping from early March]
| Processors: | PentiumIII 733MHz |
Standard and
Max Memory: | 256MB
4GB |
3.5 inch bays:
Options: | 8 (Option 12 x 1inch) (Hot-plug)
36GB/18GB/9GB Ultra160 or 18GB/9GB Ultra2Wide SCSI |
5 inch bays:
Options: | 2 x Backup 1 x 40 speed CD-ROM
DDS3/4, SLR5, MLR3,DLT4000/7000 |
| Max. Storage: | 291GB internal, over 1TB using external cabinets. |
| Onboard: | 10/100 LAN, 1 x Ultra160 & 1 x Ultra160/Narrow |
| I/O Slots: | 6(2x hot-plug 64bit-66Mhz +4x 32bit-33MHz) |
| Redundancy/HotPlug Hard Disk(Raid option), Power Supplies, Fans |
| RAS Environment: | Proactive fans, Intelligent Management Panel, Remote Server Management Module (option) |
MS600 Quad processor:
Floor or rack mounted, consolidated LAN server, Data centre server,
business-to-business engine, major application server.
[shipping from early March]
| Processors: | PentiumIII Xeon 550MHz, 512KB & 1MB & 2MB cache |
Standard and
Max Memory: |
256MB
4GB |
3.5 inch bays:
Options: | 8 (Option 12 x 1inch) (Hot-plug)
36GB/18GB/9GB Ultra160 or 18GB/9GB Ultra2Wide SCSI |
5 inch bays:
Options: | 2 x Backup 1 x 32 speed CD-ROM
DDS3/4, SLR5, MLR3,DLT4000/7000 |
| Max. Storage: | 291GB internal, 1TB using external cabinets. |
| Onboard: | 2 x Ultra2wide & 1 Narrow SCSI |
| I/O Slots: | 7 (1 occupied with 10/100 LAN card) |
| Redundancy/HotPlug Hard Disk(Raid option), Power Supplies, Fans |
| RAS Environment: | Proactive fans, Intelligent Management Panel,
Remote Server Management Module (option) |
Revised C800i series - dual processor:
Floor or rackmounted LAN, web or workgroup server
[shipping February 10th]
| Models: | C875ix, C880i, C880ix, C885ix |
| Pentium III
Processors: | 550EMHz 600EMHz 700MHz 750MHz |
Standard and
Max Memory: | 128MB
1GB |
3.5 inch bays:
Options: | 4 (3 hot-plug)
18GB/9GB UltraWide SCSI |
5 inch bays:
Options: | 2 x Backup 1 x CD-ROM
DDS3, SLR5, MLR3 |
| Max. Storage: | 72.8GB internal. |
| Onboard: | 1 x Ultrawide & 1 Narrow SCSI, 10/100 LAN |
| I/O Slots: | 3 x PCI, 2 x ISA |
| Redundancy/HotPlug Hard Disk(Raid option) |
| RAS Environment: | Preventative Maintenance Alerting,
Remote Server Management Module(option) |
Revised G800i series - dual processor:
Floor or rackmounted departmental application server
[shipping February 10th]
| Models: | G875ix, G880i, G880ix, G885ix |
| Pentium III
Processors: | 550EMHz 600EMHz 700MHz 750MHz |
Standard and
Max Memory: | 256MB
2GB |
3.5 inch bays:
Options: | 8 hot-plug
18GB/9GB Ultra2Wide SCSI |
5 inch bays:
Options: |
2 x Backup 1 x CD-ROM
DDS3, SLR5, MLR3 |
| Max. Storage: | 145.6GB internal. |
| Onboard: | 2 x Ultra2wide & 1 Narrow SCSI, 10/100 LAN |
| I/O Slots: | 4 x PCI, 1 x ISA, 1 x PCI/ISA |
| Redundancy/HotPlug Hard Disk(Raid option), Power supply, Fans |
| RAS Environment: | Preventative Maintenance Alerting, Fast Reliable Diagnosis, Remote Server Management Module(option) |
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of comprehensive
information technology and network solutions for the global
marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates
worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting Group --
the Fujitsu Group had consolidated revenues of 5.24 trillion yen
($43.3 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999. With
world-class hardware and software technology in computers,
telecommunications and microelectronics, and a corps of 55,000
systems and services experts around the world, Fujitsu is uniquely
positioned to harness the power of the network to help its
customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000
employees and operations in over 100 countries.
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