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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".
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History
PRIMERGY exists since 20 years (status: 2014). Back in 1994, this brand name was initially used by Siemens Nixdorf Computers. Due to certain acquisitions and takeovers, PRIMERGY survived the time of the joint-venture between Fujitsu and Siemens, namely, Fujitsu Siemens Computers until today.
Current Portfolio
Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY are available in different form factors and height units.
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.
TX - Tower Servers
The abbreviation TX stands for tower servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY TX consists of the following:
RX - Rack Servers
The abbreviation RX stands for rack servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY RX consists of the following:
BX - Blade Servers
The abbreviation BX stands for blade servers. The current portfolio of PRIMERGY BX consists of the following:
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:
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 is Fujitsu's brand name for systems that can operate in higher ambient temperatures. The extended temperature range is from 5 °C-40 °C, supposedly allowing to raising the temperature in a data center and thus saving on cooling costs.
ServerView Suite
ServerViev Suite is the administration software which is used to manage Fujitsu's PRIMERGY and PRIMEQUEST servers or to integrate these servers in enterprise management solutions like Microsoft System Center, VMware vSphere and Nagios Core. To monitor other vendors' systems in ServerView their Management Information Base (MIB) can be integrated.
PRIMEQUEST - differentiation
PRIMEQUEST is the brand-name for business- and mission-critical servers. 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. 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".