Primergy

PRIMERGY is Fujitsu's brand name for x86-architecture designed servers. The brand name "PRIMERGY" incorporates a complete family of servers ranging from single-socket over dual-socket to quad-socket systems. Eight- and more socket systems are branded differently with "PRIMEQUEST" whereas servers of Fujitsu in the UNIX/Mainframe world, also known as SPARC systems, are named "Fujitsu M10" and mainframes "BS2000".[1]

History

Older Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY line of x86 servers

PRIMERGY exists since 20 years (status: 2014).[2][3] Back in 1994, this brand name was initially used by Siemens Nixdorf Computers.[4] Due to certain acquisitions and takeovers, PRIMERGY survived the time of the joint-venture between Fujitsu and Siemens, namely, Fujitsu Siemens Computers until today.[5]

Current Portfolio

Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY are available in different form factors and height units.[6]

Naming Scheme

All PRIMERGY servers follow a dedicated naming scheme, as shown in the graphic below. First, it delivers information about the form factor of the system, secondly the number of sockets is given, thirdly, it incorporates the used processor family (currently only intel processors), and then a number for the feature-set of the system and lastly, the appendix gives insight about the system generation according to the Intel Xeon processor family generation development.[7]

TX - Tower Servers

Different form factors of Fujitsu PRIMERGY Tower Server

The abbreviation TX stands for tower servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY TX consists of the following:[8]

RX - Rack Servers

1U and 2U rack servers

The abbreviation RX stands for rack servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY RX consists of the following:[9]

BX - Blade Servers

Rack mounted blade server chassis PRIMERGY BX400

The abbreviation BX stands for blade servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY BX consists of the following:[10]

Server Blades

Storage Blades

CX - Scale-out Servers

The abbreviation CX stands for scale-out or cloud Servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY CX consists of the following:[11]

Chassis

Server Nodes

Family features

Some features in PRIMERGY servers are available in all systems.

Cool-safe Advanced Thermal Design

Cool-safe Advanced Thermal Design[12] is Fujitsu's brand name for systems that can operate in higher ambient temperatures. The extended temperature range is from 5 °C-40 °C,[13] supposedly allowing to raising the temperature in a data center and thus saving on cooling costs.

ServerView Suite

ServerViev Suite is the administration software[14] which is used to manage Fujitsu's PRIMERGY and PRIMEQUEST servers or to integrate these servers in enterprise management solutions like Microsoft System Center,[15] VMware vSphere and Nagios Core. To monitor other vendors' systems in ServerView their Management Information Base (MIB) can be integrated.[16]

PRIMEQUEST - differentiation

PRIMEQUEST is the brand-name for business- and mission-critical servers.[17] FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST is also an x86 architecture designed server, but with extended RAS-features.

PRIMEFLEX

FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX is Fujitsu's brand name for solutions, addressing different markets, segments and customers.[18][19] Many of the PRIMEFLEX solutions incorporate PRIMERGY server systems. PRIMEFLEX is a combination of hardware, software and service that are "pre-defined, pre-integrated and pre-tested".[20]

See also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ "Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Business-Centric PRIMERGY Servers : Fujitsu Global". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Fujitsu Primergy RX2540 M1". IT PRO. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  4. ↑ "CPU95 Results -- Query". www.spec.org. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Siemens, Pleiten und Green IT: Die Geschichte von Fujitsu - computerwoche.de". www.computerwoche.de. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Officials say the new RX2530 M1 rack system and BX2580 M1 blade are both powered by Intel's latest Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors.". www.eweek.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  7. ↑ "» New Naming System for PRIMERGY Servers". blog.ts.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Tower systems". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  9. ↑ "Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Rack Systems". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  10. ↑ "Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY Blade Systems". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  11. ↑ "FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY Scale out systems - Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  12. ↑ "Fujitsu TechCommunity". techcommunity.ts.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  13. ↑ Stevens, Alan. "Fujitsu Primergy RX2540 M1 review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  14. ↑ "Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY - System Management - Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  15. ↑ "Fujitsu | Microsoft SCA". tool.microsoftsca.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  16. ↑ "White paper Integration of HP Servers into ServerView® Operations Manager" (PDF). July 2012.
  17. ↑ "FUJITSU Server PRIMEQUEST systems - Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  18. ↑ "Fujitsu rebrands its converged-infrastructure line, adds Hadoop integration | Information Age". www.information-age.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  19. ↑ "New PrimeFlex system from Fujitsu | 4-Traders". www.4-traders.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  20. ↑ "FUJITSU Integrated System PRIMEFLEX - Fujitsu CEMEA&I". www.fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
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