Technology Mindset

Its look like that IBM is not the one play in Blade server technology, the leading hardware industry such HP, DELL and SUN also take a part of it. Blade server claims as a green data center storage.

Virtualization is also the top news and now more possible to do it in blade technology.

Server virtualisation is rapidly gaining market acceptance for server provisioning. The introduction of virtual HBA technology will allow users to combine and leverage virtual servers and storage networks into flexible, secure and reliable solutions. The early generations of blades offered little synergy with virtualisation, but the convergence of blades and virtualisation is accelerating due to various factors outlined in this whitepaper.

“If the blades are completely diskless, that means they are booting via Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). This is probably the area where the concern lies due to the http-like nature of PXE. This environment, at least today, does not provide a way for detecting and disallowing unknown servers from performing remote installations. Because of this, one would follow the same best practices to secure the PXE as they would to secure their overall network such as:

* Physical security

* Firewalls

* Auditing and monitoring for intrusions

* Strong password protocols/procedures”

No more security issue in server, Blade server security is not unlike rack or standalone server security, but here you’ll find a few ways to ensure a secure blade server environment. As we know, data storage the first target for hackers, with blade server your network admin can take a rest any time they want.