Target Workloads; Ibm Bladecenter Hx5 - IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Manual

Feature HS22
DIMMs per Two
channel
DIMM sockets 12
Maximum 96 GB
installable RAM
(8 GB DIMMs)
Memory type DDR3 ECC VLP
RDIMMs
Internal disk 2x Hot-swap 2.5"
drives drive
SAS, SATA, or SSD
I/O expansion One CIOv
One CFFh
serial-attached Onboard LSI 1064
SCSI (SAS) Optional ServeRAID
controller MR10ie (CIOv)
Embedded Internal USB socket
Hypervisor for VMware ESXi
Onboard Broadcom 5709S
Ethernet
Chassis BladeCenter E (certain restrictions)
supported BladeCenter H
BladeCenter S
BladeCenter HT

5.2 Target workloads

The HX5 is designed for business-critical workloads, such as database and virtualization.
Virtualization provides many benefits, including improved physical resource utilization,
improved hardware efficiency, and reduced power and cooling expenses. Server
consolidation helps reduce the cost of overall server management and the number of assets
that have to be tracked by a company or department.
Virtualization and server consolidation can provide the following benefits:
Reduce the rate of physical server proliferation
Simplify infrastructure
Improve manageability
Lower the total cost of IT, including power and cooling costs
The HX5 2-socket and HX5 4-socket are strong database systems. They are ideal upgrade
candidates for database workloads that are already on a blade. The multicore processors,
large memory capacity, and I/O options make the HX5 proficient at taking on database
workloads that are being transferred to the blade form factor.
HS22V HX5
Three One
18 30 mm: 16
60 mm: 32
144 GB 30 mm: 128 GB
60 mm: 256 GB
DDR3 ECC and DDR3 ECC VLP
non-ECC VLP RDIMMs
RDIMMs
2x Non-hot-swap 1.8" Two or four
SSD non-hot-swap 1.8"
SSDs (require the
SSD Expansion Card)
One CIOv Per 30mm blade:
One CFFh
Onboard LSI 1064 LSI 1064 controller on
Optional ServeRAID the optional SSD
MR10ie (CIOv) Expansion Card
Internal USB socket Internal USB socket
for VMware ESXi for VMware ESXi
Broadcom 5709S Broadcom 5709S
HX5 with MAX5
HX5: One
MAX5: Two
40
320 GB
DDR3 ECC VLP
RDIMMs
Two non-hot-swap 1.8"
SSDs (require the SSD
Expansion Card)
Per 60mm blade:
One CIOv One CIOv
One CFFh One CFFh
LSI 1064 controller on
the optional SSD
Expansion Card
Internal USB socket for
VMware ESXi
Broadcom 5709S
BladeCenter H
BladeCenter S
BladeCenter HT (ac model only)
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