IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual - page 17
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17.
BladeCenter HX5 Specifications
Memory mirroring supported
Yes
Memory rank sparing supported
Yes
Memory scrubbing supported
Yes
# of 1.8-inch drive bays total /
available
2 / 2 SSD
(per server blade)
4 / 4 SSD
(per 4-socket server
configuration)
# of 2.5-inch drive bays total /
available
None
# of 3.5-inch drive bays total /
available
None
Maximum internal SSD capacity
100GB
(2 x 50GB) fixed
200GB
(4 x 50GB) fixed
SSD capacities supported
50.0GB
# of SSDs standard
None
Additional Internal SSD storage
via PCIe adapter
160GB
High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter
320GB
High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter
320GB
High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter
320GB
High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter
640GB
High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter
High IOPS Adapters standard
None
Modular Flash Drives supported
1
Internal USB Flash Drive
supported
1
standard (preloaded with VMware
vSphere 4.1 hypervisor)—68x
1
optional (preloaded with hypervisor)—all
other models
# of optical drives standard
None (one in BladeCenter chassis)
# of diskette drives standard
None (one standard in BladeCenter H chassis)
Internal tape drives supported
None (SAN-attached)
SSD drive interface
SATA
Integrated disk controller
SATA controller integrated into the processor
Optional RAID controller
LSI Logic 1064
RAID levels supported
RAID-0/1/1E (optional)
External disk drive support
NAS/SAN-attach
# of PCIe slots
1
CIOv and 1 CFFh per node
2
CIOv and 2 CFFh per 4-socket/2-node
server configuration
# of PCIe expansion slots
Up to 3 total, using 1 BladeCenter PCI
Express I/O Expansion Unit 3 (BPE3
)
blade with one HX5 blade
Up to 10 total using 4 BladeCenter PCI
Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade (BPE4
)
blades with one HX5 blade
PCIe expansion units standard
Optional
# of I/O ports per blade
(maximum)
8 (16 in a 4-socket server configuration)
# of video ports
None (chassis-attached)
Video controller
Matrox G200eV (in IMM)
Video memory
16MB SDRAM
Maximum video resolution at 32-
bit color
1024x768
resolution (analog), with a color depth of 32 bits at 85Hz;
1440x90
resolution (digital), with a color depth of 32 bits at 60Hz
Gigabit Ethernet controllers std
Dual-port
Broadcom BCM5709S—TOE-enabled