Storage Host Bus Adapters; Pcie Ssd Adapters; Power Supplies - IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual

Storage host bus adapters

The following table lists storage HBAs supported by the HX5 server.
Table 14. Storage adapters
Part Feature
number code
Combination Ethernet and Fibre Channel
44X1940 5485
Fibre Channel
46M6140 3598
46M6065 3594
44X1945 1462
SAS
43W4068 1593
* The SSD Expansion Card (46M6908) is required to support the SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv).

PCIe SSD adapters

The server supports the High IOPS SSD adapters listed in 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 Feature
number code
46C9078 A3J3
46C9081 A3J4
46M0878 0097
90Y4377 A3DY
90Y4397 A3DZ
For information about this adapter, see the IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters at-a-glance guide,
TIPS0729: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0729.html?Open

Power supplies

Server power is derived from the power supplies installed in the BladeCenter chassis. There are no server
options regarding power supplies.
IBM BladeCenter HX5
Description
QLogic Eth and 8Gb Fibre Channel Exp Card (CFFh)
Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv)*
Description
IBM 365GB High IOPS MLC Mono
Adapter
IBM 785GB High IOPS MLC Mono
Adapter
IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD
PCIe Adapter
IBM 1.2TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
IBM 2.4TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter
Expansion blades
supported
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
Gen 2 Expansion Blade
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
Maximum
supported
1
1
1
1
1
Maximu
m
supporte
d
2
2
2
1
1
20