Power Supplies; Integrated Virtualization; Storage Host Bus Adapters - IBM BladeCenter HS23 Product Manual

Storage host bus adapters

Table 13 lists storage HBAs supported by the HS23 server.
Table 13. Storage adapters
Part Description
number
Fibre Channel
46M6140 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
44X1940 QLogic Eth and 8Gb Fibre Channel Exp Card (CFFh)
44X1945 Qlogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
46M6065 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
SAS
43W4068 SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv)
PCIe SSD adapters
The HS23 server supports the High IOPS SSD adapters listed in Table 14. The adapters must be installed
in an IBM BladeCenter PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade II.
Table 14. SSD adapters
Part number Description
46M0878 IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe
Adapter
For information about this adapter, see the
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.

Integrated virtualization

The server supports VMware ESXi installed on a USB memory key. The key is installed in a USB socket
inside the server. Table 15 lists the virtualization options.
Table 15. Virtualization options
Part number Description
41Y8298 IBM Blank USB Memory Key for VMWare ESXi Downloads
41Y8300 IBM USB Memory Key for VMWare ESXi 5.0
IBM BladeCenter HS23
Slots
supported
PCI Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
(68Y7484)
IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters
Slots Max quantity
supported supported
CIOv 1
CFFh 1
CIOv 1
CIOv 1
CIOv 1
Max
quantity
2
at-a-glance guide:
Max quantity supported
1
1
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