Lenovo Flex System x240 M5
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Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components
Specification
Models
9532-x2x, 9532-x4x, 9532-x6x
Firmware
Lenovo-signed firmware
Form factor
Standard-width compute node.
Chassis
support
Flex System Enterprise Chassis.
Processor
Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family CPUs with 18 cores (2.3 GHz), 16 cores
(2.3 GHz), 14 cores (up to 2.6 GHz), 12 cores (up to 2.6 GHz) or 10 cores (up to 2.6 GHz), 8 cores
(up to 3.2 GHz), 6 cores (up to 3.4 GHz), or up to 4 cores (up to 3.5 GHz). Two QPI links up to 9.6
GTps each. Up to 2133 MHz memory speed. Up to 45 MB L3 cache.
Chipset
Intel C612
Memory
Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs and LRDIMMs are supported.
Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2133 MHz. Four memory channels per
processor (3 DIMMs per channel).
Memory
maximums
With LRDIMMs: Up to 1.5 TB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors
With RDIMMs: Up to 768 GB with 24x 32 GB RDIMMs and two processors
Memory
protection
ECC, optional memory mirroring and memory rank sparing.
Disk drive
bays
Two 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays that support SAS, SATA, and SSDs. Optional
support for 2.5-inch NVMe Enterprise PCIe SSDs. Optional support for up to four 1.8-inch SSDs in
place of the two 2.5-inch bays. Up to 12 more 2.5-inch drive bays with the optional Storage
Expansion Node.
Maximum
internal
storage
With two 2.5-inch hot-swap drives: Up to 3.2 TB that uses 1.6 TB 2.5-inch SATA SSDs or up to 2.4
TB that uses 1.2 TB SAS HDDs. An intermix of SAS HDDs or SATA HDDs or SSDs is supported.
With two 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs: Up to 4 TB that uses 2 TB NVMe 2.5-inch G3HS Enterprise Value
PCIe SSDs.
With four 1.8-inch SSDs: Up to 3.2 TB that uses 800 GB 1.8-inch SSDs.
More storage is available with an attached Flex System Storage Expansion Node.
RAID support RAID 0 and 1 with integrated LSI SAS3004 controller or optional ServeRAID M5215. Optional
RAID 5 support with ServeRAID M1200 RAID 5 Enablement Kit and 1.8-inch SSDs
Network
interfaces
x2x models: None standard; optional 1 Gb or 10 GbE adapters.
x4x models: Two 10 GbE ports with EN4172 2-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter.
x6x models: Two 10 GbE ports with CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter.
PCI
Expansion
slots
Two I/O connectors for adapters. PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface. Includes an Expansion Connector
(PCIe 3.0 x16) to connect an expansion node, such as the PCIe Expansion Node. PCIe Expansion
Node supports two full-height PCIe adapters, two low-profile PCIe adapters, and two Flex System
I/O adapters.
Ports
Front: One USB 3.0 port and one console breakout cable port that provides local KVM and serial
ports (cable standard with chassis; more cables optional).
Internal: Optional SD Media Adapter provides two SD Media slots for VMware vSphere hypervisor
support (RAID 1 pair).
