IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual - page 16
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16.
BladeCenter HX5 Specifications
Machine type
7872-42x, 61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx
, 82x/83x/84x/86x, E6x/E8x
Form factor (standard /
maximum)
30mm
/ 120mm (2 30mm HX5 blades + 2 30mm MAX5 memory expansion blades)
Processor type
Eight-core
Xeon
(X75xx/L75xx/X65xx)
1.86GHz
L7555 (82x),
2.0MHz
, X6550 (83x, E8x),
2.26GHz
X7560 (84x/86x)
Six-core
Xeon
(E75xx/E65xx)
1.86GHz
E7530 (61x), 2.0GHz
E6540 (63x/68x, 6Dx), 2.0GHz
E7540 (64x/65x/66x, E6x)
Four-core
Xeon
(E75xx/E65xx)
1.73GHz
E6510 (CTO),
1.86GHz
E7520 (42x)
Processor cores per 2-socket
blade (30mm)
16
(82x/83x/84x/86x, E8x)
12
(61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx,
E6Y)
8
(42x)
Processor cores per 4-socket
blade server (60mm)
32
(82x/83x/84x/86x, E8x)
24
(61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx,
E6Y)
16
(42x)
Maximum processor power draw
130W
(83x/84x/86x, E8x)
105W
(61x/63x/64x/65x/
68x/6Dx, E6Y)
95W
(42x, 82x)
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
speed (gigatransfers per second)
6.4 GTps
(64x/65x,
83x/84x/86x, E6Y, E8x)
5.86 GTps
(61x/63x/65x/
68x/6Dx, 82x)
4.8 GTps
(42x)
# of processors standard /
maximum per blade and per 2-
node system
1 / 2
; up to 4 total (2-node configuration)—
42x, 61x/64x/65x, 82x/86x
2 / 2
; up to 4 total (2-node configuration)—
63x/68x/6Dx, 83x/84x, E6x/E8x
Internal L3 cache
24MB
(82x/83x/84x/86x,
E8x)
18MB
(42x,
63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx, E6x)
12MB
(61x,E6510)
XceL4v Dynamic Server (L4)
cache with MAX5
Up to 256MB per chassis (512GB max.)
Chipset
Intel 7500 / IBM eX5
Scalability ports
4 QPI Ports per chassis
3 EXA ports per MAX5
# of DIMM sockets total /
available
16 / 14
16 / 0
Standard / maximum memory
8
per blade
160GB
(40 x
4GB) / 128GB
(68x)
112GB
(28 x
4GB) / 128GB
(E8x)
64GB
(16 x 4GB)
/ 128GB
(E6x)
16GB
(4 x
4GB) / 128GB
(63x/6Dx,
83x/84x)
8GB
(2 x 4GB)
/ 128GB
(42x,
61x/64x/65x,
82x/86x)
Maximum memory per HX5 blade
plus 1 MAX5 expansion blade
320GB
(40 x 8GB)
Maximum memory with 2 HX5
blades
256GB
(32 x 8GB)
Maximum memory with 2 HX5
blades and 2 MAX5 expansion
blades
640B
(80 x 8GB)
MAX5 expansion blades included
Standard—63x/6Dx/68x, 83x/84x, E8x
Optional—All other models
Standard memory type
Registered
PC3-10600 DDR3 ECC (1066MHz)
Maximum memory speed
978MHz—
82x/83x/84x/86x, E8x
(1066MHz with MAX5)
978MHz—
61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx, E6x
800MHz—42x, E6510 (via
CTO)
Memory interleaving
Yes
DIMM capacities supported
2GB, 4GB, 8GB VLP
Chipkill protection supported
Yes
Memory ProteXion supported
Yes