ITPEC IP April 2022 Question 23

Topic: System ComponentAlso asked in October 2018

Which of the following is an appropriate description of a blade server?

a)It uses multiple board-type computers equipped with CPU and memory, housed in a dedicated body.b)It enables the use of office software, e-mail software, etc. as web services over the Internet.c)It is embedded in equipment such as home appliances or automobiles.d)It supports handwriting input function by using a liquid crystal display with a touch panel.

Explanation

Board-type computers with CPU and memory, housed in a dedicated body — that is a blade server: many thin server boards sharing one enclosure.

Each blade is a complete computer on a board, with its own CPU and memory (and often storage), and slides into a slot of a chassis, the dedicated body. The chassis supplies what the blades share: power, cooling fans, network connections and management. Compared with the same number of stand-alone servers this saves rack space and cabling, and blades can be added or swapped one at a time.

Answer (a)

Why not others:

•(b) — describes SaaS (or an ASP): office, e-mail and other software used as services over the Internet; a way of delivering software, not server hardware
•(c) — describes an embedded system, a computer built into a product such as a home appliance or a car
•(d) — describes a tablet or pen-input device, whose touch-panel LCD accepts handwriting

Key rule: A blade server is a hardware form: many server boards in one chassis share its power, cooling and network, packing more servers into less space.

System Component · AI-written, may contain errors

Previous Next

Practice this exam

This question comes from an official ITPEC past paper. ITPEC Practice is an independent study tool and is not affiliated with ITPEC. See the official IP past-paper collection or Report an issue.