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The number of HX5 servers supported in each chassis depends on the thermal design power of the
processors used in the HX5 servers (Table 7), which uses the following conventions:
A green square in a cell means that the chassis can be filled with HX5 blade servers up to the
maximum number of blade bays in the chassis (for example, 14 blades in the BladeCenter H).
A yellow square in a cell means that the maximum number of HX5 blades that the chassis can hold is
fewer than the total available blade bays (for example, 12 in a BladeCenter H).
All other bays must
remain empty
. Empty bays must be distributed evenly between the two power domains of the chassis
(for BladeCenter H, bays 1 - 6 and bays 7 - 14).
Table 7. Chassis support (detailed)
Maximum number of servers supported in each chassis
BC-H (models other than 4Tx)
(14 bays)
BC-H
(-4Tx)
(14 bays)
2900 W supplies
2980 W supplies*
2980W
Server
Thermal
design
power (TDP)
of the CPUs
BC-S
(8886)
(6 bays)
Standard
blowers
Enhanced
blowers†
Standard
blowers
Enhanced
blowers†
Enhanced
blowers†
BC-HT
AC
(8750)
(12
bays)
95 W, 105 W
5
14
14
14
14
14
10
HX5 1-node
(30 mm)
130 W
4
None‡
10
None‡
12
12
8
95 W, 105 W
2
7
7
7
7
7
5
HX5 2-node
(60 mm)
130 W
2
None‡
5
None‡
6
6
4
95 W, 105 W
2
7
7
7
7
7
5
HX5 1-node
+ MAX5
(60mm)
130 W
2
6
6
7
7
7
5
95 W, 105 W
None‡
7
7
7
7
7
6
HX5 1-node
+ 1x BPE4
(60mm)
130 W
None‡
7
7
7
7
7
6
* IBM BladeCenter H 2980W AC Power Modules, 68Y6601 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H chassis
models)
† IBM BladeCenter H Enhanced Cooling Modules, 68Y6650 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H chassis
models)
‡ Not supported
