PRIMERGYisFujitsu's brand name for x86-architecture designed servers. The brand name PRIMERGY represents a range of servers from single-socket over dual-socket to quad-socket systems. Eight socket systems are branded differently with "PRIMEQUEST", whereas Fujitsu servers in the UNIX/Mainframe world, also known as SPARC systems, are named "Fujitsu M10" and mainframes "BS2000."[1]
History
[edit]Older Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY line of x86 servers
The brand PRIMERGY was initially made in 1994 by Siemens Nixdorf Computers.[2][3][4] Due to certain acquisitions and takeovers, PRIMERGY survived the time of the joint-venture between Fujitsu and Siemens, who became Fujitsu Siemens Computers, until today.[5]
All PRIMERGY servers follow a dedicated naming scheme. First, the name 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
[edit]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]
Cool-safe Advanced Thermal Design[12]isFujitsu's brand name for systems that can operate in higher ambient temperatures. The extended temperature range is from 5 °C to 40 °C,[13] allowing the raising of temperature in a data center and thus saving on cooling costs.
ServerView 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 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.
