IBM BladeCenter HX5, Product Manual

Page 1: ...r a high performance single image with four processors and up to 1 TB of RAM in a blade form factor Suggested uses Front end and mid tier applications requiring high performance CPU memory or I O ente...

Page 2: ...eases the clock speed of the cores in use by up to three model frequencies For example with 7 10 cores active a 2 4 GHz E7 2870 10 core processor can run the cores at up to 2 53 GHz With 5 6 cores act...

Page 3: ...asy access to upgrades and serviceable parts such as CPU memory and adapter cards The server offers hot swap drives supporting integrated RAID 1 redundancy for data protection and greater system uptim...

Page 4: ...er and cooling savings The Intel Xeon processor E7 product family offers significantly better performance over the previous generation while fitting into the same thermal design power TDP limits Intel...

Page 5: ...components Figure 2 IBM BladeCenter HX5 two nodes shown Figure 3 shows the internals of the MAX5 memory expansion blade The MAX5 memory expansion blade is a device with the same dimensions as the HX5...

Page 6: ...MAX5 1 25 TB I O expansion slots Single node One CIOv connector two ports and one CFFh connector four ports Two nodes Two CIOv connectors two ports each and two CFFh connectors four ports each Single...

Page 7: ...66MHz 2x 1Gb Opt 0 2 7873 F1x 1x Xeon E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz Opt Opt 2x 4GB 1066MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E1 Opt 0 2 7873 F2x 1x Xeon E7 4870 10C 2 40 GHz 30 MB 1066 MHz Opt Opt 2x 4GB 1066MHz 2x...

Page 8: ...GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E1 Opt 0 2 7873 F6x 2x Xeon E7 4807 6C 1 86GHz 18MB 800MHz Std No support 4x 4GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E2 Opt 0 2 7873 G1x 2x Xeon E7 2830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz Std N...

Page 9: ...BladeCenter PCIe Gen 2 Expansion Blades G2x 2x E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz Opt Opt 8x 8GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E1 2x 320GB PCIe SSD 0 2 G4x 2x E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz Opt Opt 8x 8...

Page 10: ...z Opt No support 8x 8 GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb B2 2x 8Gb FC 2x 100 GB MLC SSD 2 2 ABx 2x E7 2830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz Opt No support 16x 8 GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb B2 2x 8Gb FC 2x 100 GB MLC...

Page 11: ...30 MB 1066 MHz No support Connect to DHx 2x 4GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb Opt 0 2 7873 FHx 1x Xeon E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz No support Std 2x 4GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E1 Opt 0 2 7873 FAx 1x Xeon E...

Page 12: ...th optional MAX5 E1x 2x Xeon E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz 105w Opt Opt 16x 8GB 1066 MHz 2x 1Gb 2x 10Gb E1 Opt 0 2 E3x 2x Xeon E7 4830 8C 2 13 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz 105w Opt Opt 16x 8GB 1066 MHz 2x...

Page 13: ...ported 46M6973 1740 IBM MAX5 for BladeCenter 1 88Y6128 A16N IBM MAX5 V2 for BladeCenter 1 59Y5877 1742 IBM HX5 MAX5 1 node Scalability Kit Used to connect the HX5 to a MAX5 1 The following table lists...

Page 14: ...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...

Page 15: ...C 2 13 GHz 30 MB 1066 MHz 105w Yes D1x 88Y6112 A174 A17M Xeon E7 8837 8C 2 67 GHz 24 MB 1066 MHz 130w Yes C1x 88Y6160 A18S A18W Xeon E7 4870 10C 2 40 GHz 30 MB 1066 MHz 130w Yes F2x F5x FEx FNx 88Y610...

Page 16: ...MAX5 V2 Maximum supported Models where used 46C0560 A0WX 2GB 1x2GB 1Rx8 1 35V PC3L 10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333MHz VLP RDIMM Yes 16 40 46C0564 A0WZ 4GB 1x4GB 2Rx8 1 35V PC3L 10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333MHz VLP...

Page 17: ...one or two SSDs Table 10 SSD Expansion Card Part number Feature code Name Maximum supported 46M6908 5765 SSD Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter HX5 1 The following tables list the hard drive options a...

Page 18: ...tions that require special telecommunications network interfaces or hardware acceleration using a PCI Express card The expansion blade provides one full height and full length PCI Express slot and one...

Page 19: ...dcom 10Gb Gen2 2 port Ethernet Exp Cd CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 1 46M6164 0098 Broadcom 10Gb Gen2 4 port Ethernet Exp Cd CFFh for IBM BladeCenter 1 81Y3133 A1QR Broadcom 2 port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adap...

Page 20: ...the following table The adapters must be installed in on of the supported expansion blades listed in Table 12 Table 15 PCIe SSD High IOPS adapters Part number Feature code Description Expansion blade...

Page 21: ...monitoring and an alerting function If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails LEDs on the system board are lit to help you diagnose the problem records the error...

Page 22: ...Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 0 Realtime x64 Solaris 10 Operating System SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 EM...

Page 23: ...arrive at your customer s location within four hours after remote problem determination is completed We provide service around the clock every day including IBM holidays 9x5x4 hour A service technicia...

Page 24: ...storage expansion External disk storage systems The following table lists the external storage systems that are supported by the server and can be ordered through System x sales channel The server may...

Page 25: ...neCord Tape enclosure adapters with cables 44E8869 USB Enclosure Adapter Kit 40K2599 SAS Enclosure Adapter Kit Internal backup drives supported by external tape enclosures 46C5364 IBM RDX Removable Ha...

Page 26: ...age TS2250 Tape Drive Express Model H5S 3580S5X System Storage TS2350 Tape Drive Express Model S53 3572S4R TS2900 Tape Library with LTO4 HH SAS drive rack mount kit 3572S5R TS2900 Tape Library with LT...

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Page 28: ...ompatibility page for the HX5 http ibm com systems info x86servers serverproven compat us blade 7873 html ServerProven compatibility page for operating system support http ibm com systems info x86serv...

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