Ibm bladecenter hx5 1 i b m ® ibm bladecenter hx5 ibm redbooks product guide the ibm® bladecenter® hx5 server is a blade server based on the fifth generation of the enterprise x-architecture®, delivering innovation with enhanced scalability, reliability, and availability features to enable optimal p...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 2 key features the ibm bladecenter hx5 is a scalable 2-to-4-socket blade server optimized for virtualization, consolidation, database, and erp. It offers outstanding performance, and superior reliability and fault-tolerant memory characteristics. Ibm® has been designing and imple...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 3 the hx5 scales to 12 i/o ports on a single-wide blade with integrated gigabit ethernet and optional virtual fabric expansion cards, offering the choice of ethernet, fibre channel, sas, iscsi, and fcoe connectivity. Availability and serviceability the bladecenter hx5 provides ma...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 4 ibm systems director is included for proactive systems management. It offers comprehensive systems management tools that help to increase up-time, reduce costs, and improve productivity through advanced server management capabilities. Ibm fabric manager simplifies deployment of...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 5 locations of key components figure 2 shows the inside of the server and indicates key components. Figure 2. Ibm bladecenter hx5 (two nodes shown) figure 3 shows the internals of the max5 memory expansion blade. The max5 memory expansion blade is a device with the same dimension...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 6 standard specifications the following table lists the standard specifications. Table 1. Standard specifications components specification form factor single node: 30 mm blade (single-wide) two node: 60 mm blade (double-wide) single node + max5: 60 mm blade (double-wide) processo...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 7 standard models the hx5 is offered as machine type 7873 with intel xeon e7 processors. Base models with max5 optional as shown in part 1 of the standard models table, some models optionally support the max5 memory expansion unit. If the max5 is attached you cannot also attach t...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 8 base models with max5 standard as shown in part 2 of table 2, some models include the max5 standard. These models do not support the two-node scalability kit to form a two-node system since adding a max5 and adding a second node are mutually exclusive. Table 2. Standard models ...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 9 workload optimized models - database and cloud part 3 of table 2 lists the database and cloud workload optimized models: workload optimized models for database, with standard ibm bladecenter pcie gen 2 expansion blade. Two ibm 320 gb high iops sd class ssd pcie adapters (pcie f...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 10 workload optimized models - zenterprise bladecenter extension (zbx) part 4 of table 2 lists the workload optimized models for zenterprise bladecenter extension (zbx). These models can be installed in the ibm zenterprise bladecenter extension (zbx) or within a traditional ibm b...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 11 two-node models as shown in part 5 of the standard models table, some models are designed to be used in a two-node configuration. For these models, order one model with the two-node scalability kit and order one model with the same processor without the scalability kit. For ex...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 12 express models the following table lists the region-specific express models. Express models are preconfigured with additional components such as processors and memory to make the ordering and installation process simpler. Models with optional max5. These models can optionally ...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 13 two-node and max5 scaling the hx5 supports the following scalable configurations: a single hx5 server with two processor sockets. This configuration is sometimes referred to as a single-node server. In this configuration, install the ibm hx5 1-node speed burst card, 59y5889, f...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 14 the number of hx5 servers supported in each chassis depends on the thermal design power of the processors used in the hx5 servers (table 7), which uses the following conventions: a green square in a cell means that the chassis can be filled with hx5 blade servers up to the max...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 15 processor options the hx5 supports the processor options listed in the following tables. The server supports one or two processors. It is supported to have one processor in a single-node + max5 configuration. It is also supported to have one processor in each node of a two-nod...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 16 memory options ibm ddr3 memory is compatibility tested and tuned for optimal system x performance and throughput. Ibm memory specifications are integrated into the light path diagnostics for immediate system performance feedback and optimum system uptime. From a service and su...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 17 internal disk storage options the storage system on the hx5 blade is based on the use of the optional ssd expansion card for ibm bladecenter hx5, which contains an lsi 1064e sas controller and two 1.8-inch micro sata drive connectors. The ssd expansion card allows the attachme...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 18 i/o expansion options the hx5 server offers the following pci express 2.0 slots. Neither are hot-swap. Ciov expansion slot cffh expansion slot the ciov i/o expansion connector provides i/o connections through the midplane of the chassis to modules located in bays 3 and 4 of a ...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 19 network adapters the hx5 offers two integrated gigabit ethernet ports, based on the broadcom bcm5709s controller: failover, adapter fault tolerance pxe 2.0 boot agent wake on lan load balancing or teaming some models also have an emulex virtual fabric 10gb expansion card insta...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 20 storage host bus adapters the following table lists storage hbas supported by the hx5 server. Table 14. Storage adapters part number feature code description maximum supported combination ethernet and fibre channel 44x1940 5485 qlogic eth and 8gb fibre channel exp card (cffh) ...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 21 integrated virtualization the server supports vmware esxi installed on a usb memory key. The key is installed in a usb socket inside the server. The following table lists the virtualization options. Table 16. Virtualization options part number feature code description maximum ...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 22 supported operating systems the server supports the following operating systems: microsoft windows server 2008 hpc edition microsoft windows server 2008 r2 microsoft windows server 2008, datacenter x64 edition microsoft windows server 2008, enterprise x64 edition microsoft win...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 23 warranty options the bladecenter hx5 has a 3-year onsite warranty with 9x5/next-business-day terms. Ibm offers the warranty service upgrades through ibm servicepacs®, discussed in this section. The ibm servicepac is a series of prepackaged warranty maintenance upgrades and pos...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 24 regulatory compliance the server conforms to the following international standards: australia and new zealand c-tick mark, class a ce mark (en55022:1998 class a, en60950, en55024:1998, en61000-3-2 and en61000-3-3) cispr 22, class a csa c22.2 no.60950 safety of information tech...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 25 external backup units the server supports the external backup attachment options listed in the following table. Table 19. External backup options (part 1) part number description external tape expansion enclosures for internal tape drives 87651ux 1u tape drive enclosure 8767hh...
Ibm bladecenter hx5 26 table 19. External backup options (part 2) part number description external backup units* 362516x ibm rdx removable hard disk storage system - external usb 160 gb bundle 362532x ibm rdx removable hard disk storage system - external usb 320 gb bundle 362550x ibm rdx removable h...
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Ibm bladecenter hx5 28 related publications and links for more information see the following resources: ibm bladecenter hx5 product page http://ibm.Com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/hx5 ibm bladecenter information center http://publib.Boulder.Ibm.Com/infocenter/bladectr/documentation installa...
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