
Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum
memory and compute capacity in a blade
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BladeCenter HX5 Specifications
Systems management controller Integrated Management Module
Diagnostic LEDs (front panel) Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general fault
Predictive Failure Analysis
support
Processor, memory, SSDs, PCIe expansion cards
BIOS type UEFI 2.1
Power supply size Contained in chassis
# of power supplies standard /
maximum
Contained in chassis
# of fans/blowers standard /
maximum
Contained in chassis
Dimensions (HWD) / weight
9.7” (245mm) H
1.14” (29mm) W
17.6” (446mm) D
12 lbs (maximum)
5.44 kg (maximum)
Operating systems supported
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 Xen,
VMware ESX/ESXi/vSphere Hypervisor 4.0
Extended/long life support Selected blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)
Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsite
The Bottom Line
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);
up to two 1.73GHz 6-core to 2.40GHz 10-core E7-2800 series processors; up to two 1.86GHz 6-
core to 2.40GHz 10-core E7-4800 series processors; up to two 2.67GHz 8-core or 2.13GHz 10-
core E7-8800 series processors.
• Large cache — 12MB to 30MB of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
• Huge memory capacity — Up to 256GB per blade; up to 640GB (using MAX5)
• Fast memory access — 1066MHz, 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- and double-wide configurations (up to 2 blade servers or 1 blade server and 1 MAX5
memory expansion unit)
• Flexible memory configurations —16 DIMMs per blade; 32 DIMMs with two blades; 40 DIMMs
with 1 blade and 1 MAX5 expansion unit
• Up to two internal 1.8-inch non-hot-swap SSDs per node
• Solid-state drives are an energy-saving, higher-reliability alternative to HDD storage
• Optional IBM 160GB, 320GB, or 640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters for extremely high IOPS and
bandwidth storage (requires BPE4 expansion unit)
• Integrated RAID — RAID-1 mirrored arrays optional
• Two available adapter slots standard :
Two CFF (compact form factor) slots: one high-speed CFFh and one standard-speed CIOv
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