The Bottom Line - IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual

Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum
memory and compute capacity in a blade
# of Gigabit Ethernet ports
# of RS485 ports
# of serial ports
# of parallel ports
# of mouse ports
# of keyboard ports
# of USB ports
Systems management controller
Diagnostic LEDs (front panel)
Predictive Failure Analysis
support
BIOS type
Power supply size
# of power supplies standard /
maximum
# of fans/blowers standard /
maximum
Dimensions (HWD) / weight
Operating systems supported
Extended/long life support
Length of limited warranty

The Bottom Line

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BladeCenter HX5 Specifications
2 (standard per blade); 12 with BladeCenter Virtual Fabric Adapter
None (1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis, or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter H)
Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general fault
Processor, memory, SSDs, PCIe expansion cards
9.7" (245mm) H
1.14" (29mm) W
17.6" (446mm) D
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise/Datacenter Editions)
32/64-bit, Windows HPC Server 2008 64-bit, RHEL 6 64-bit—without Xen, RHEL 5.3 64-
bit—with or without Xen, SLES 11 64-bit with or without Xen, SLES 10 64-bit with or without
Selected blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)
The HX5 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating industry-leading features in a tiny
package:
Price/Performance
• Multi-core processors — Up to two 1.86GHz 4-core, 1.86 to 2.26GHz 6-core, or 1.86GHz 4-core
Xeon 7500 Series processors; up to two 1.73GHz 4-core Xeon 6500 Series processors (via CTO)
• Large cache — 12MB to 24MB of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
• Fast memory access — 978MHz or 800MHz access (depending on the processor model and
DIMMs used); up to 1066MHz, using MAX5
• Embedded virtualization (Separately orderable option)
• High-IOPS technology — Optional High IOPS SSD adapters
• Fast I/O — 10Gb Ethernet, 4X InfiniBand, iSCSI, 6Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity via an
optional expansion card
• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, with the option for two or four additional
Gigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards and expansion unit (total 12 ports per blade); support for
10Gb Ethernet
Flexibility
• Single-, double-, triple-, and quad-wide configurations (up to 2 blade servers and 2 MAX5 memory
expansion units)
• Large memory capacity — Up to 128GB per blade; 320GB with 1 blade and 1 MAX5 unit; up to
640GB with 2 blades and 2 MAX5 units
None
None
None (1 via chassis)
None (1 via chassis)
1 (plus 2 via chassis)
Integrated Management Module
UEFI 2.1
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
Contained in chassis
Xen, VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0
3 years (parts and labor) onsite
12 lbs (maximum)
5.44 kg (maximum)
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