With the completely newly developed FUJITSU Server BS2000 SE Series, FUJITSU now offers a server infrastructure which consists of three server lines. Under the umbrella of this SE infrastructure, multiple application scenarios are possible in various combinations for both mainframe applications and applications of the open world. This new platform stands out on account of the unrivaled performance scalability (scale-up and scale-out), and ensures that users can manage their application workloads securely, quickly and efficiently across technological boundaries with maximum availability.
One major aim in developing the SE series was to provide a uniform management strategy which offers customers significant added value through maximum integration, and guarantees extremely cost-effective operation of their IT.
The new SE server line succeeds the tried and tested S and SQ server lines, integrating the advantages of both lines in an optimal manner. The heart of the SE series is formed by the /390-based Server Units, the x86-based Server Units, the Net Unit (NU) and the Management Unit (MU). All components are integrated into a standard 19" rack and are supplied to customers ready to use. With its newly developed processors and appreciably higher system performance, the new generation of the SE series offers enhanced configuration options, maximum availability and, not least of all, significantly reduced power consumption.
Depending on requirements, the SE server contains all the system components needed for operation as an overall application:
Server Unit /390 for BS2000 guest systems
Server Unit x86 with BS2000, Linux or Windows guest systems
Application Units x86 for operating Native or hypervisor systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, VMware, OVM, etc.)
Shareable tape and disk periphery
A high-speed, server-internal infrastructure to connect the components with each other and with the customer's IP and FC networks.
The SE server offers the following advantages:
Cross-system administration with state-of-the-art, browser-based GUI (SE Manager) as a single point of operation
Centralized system monitoring of all components
End-to-end redundancy concept
Joint service process
All options for consolidation through virtualization
SE components and infrastructure are preconfigured and supplied to customers ready to use
SE servers consequently enable flexible and application-specific implementation which fulfills high SLAs through the use of high-end components and an end-to-end redundancy concept, and nevertheless permits cost-effective operation of the overall system with few resources thanks to its uniformity.
Intel x86-based server systems with their VMware, Linux or Windows system platforms also profit from the concepts for stable system operation tested on the mainframe:
Selection of high-quality server components
Redundant hardware components
Prepared operating concepts which also include high availability
Comprehensive tests before release
Comprehensive service concept.
The management interface which is uniform for all SE servers, the SE Manager, permits a view of all the system components involved and, from this higher-level perspective, enables the resources to be optimized through efficient distribution of the application to the systems which are currently utilized least.
It is possible to combine two SE servers in a management cluster to a management entity and therefore utilize the advantages of the SE Manager for two SE servers at the same time. Every Management Unit can be used to control all components of the cluster, thus enhancing protection against failure. Within an SU Cluster, a live migration can be performed to migrate BS2000 systems without interruption.
SE servers consequently permit particularly stable system operation which includes not only the mainframe platforms which have to date been known to be particularly failsafe, but also other Server Units and the infrastructure and peripherals employed by the SE server. This can be achieved with fewer resources for administration and system operation than for separate operation of different IT systems.