
Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum memory and compute capacity in a blade
BladeCenter HX5 Specifications
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| Form factor (standard / | 30mm / 120mm (2 30mm HX5 blades + 2 30mm MAX5 memory expansion blades) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Processor type | 1.86GHz L7555 (82x), | 1.86GHz E7530 (61x), | 2.0GHz | |||||||||||||||
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| Processor cores per  | 16 (82x/83x/84x/86x, E8x) | 12 (61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx, | 8 | (42x) | ||||||||||||||
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| Processor cores per  | 32 (82x/83x/84x/86x, E8x) | 24 (61x/63x/64x/65x/68x/6Dx, | 16 | (42x) | ||||||||||||||
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| Maximum processor power draw | 130W (83x/84x/86x, E8x) | 
 | 105W (61x/63x/64x/65x/ | 
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| QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) | 6.4 GTps (64x/65x, | 
 | 5.86 GTps (61x/63x/65x/ | 4.8 GTps (42x) | ||||||||||||||
| speed (gigatransfers per second) | 83x/84x/86x, E6Y, E8x) | 
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| # of processors standard / | 1 / 2; up to 4 total  | 
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| 42x, 61x/64x/65x, 82x/86x | 
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| Internal L3 cache | 24MB (82x/83x/84x/86x, | 
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| XceL4v Dynamic Server (L4) | 
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 | Up to 256MB per chassis (512GB max.) | 
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| Chipset | 
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| Scalability ports | 
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 | 4 QPI Ports per chassis | 
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| # of DIMM sockets total / | 
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 | 16GB (4 x | 
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 | 112GB (28 x | 
 | 64GB (16 x 4GB) | 
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| per blade | 4GB) / 128GB | 
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| Maximum memory per HX5 blade | 
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 | 320GB (40 x 8GB) | 
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| Maximum memory with 2 HX5 | 
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 | 256GB (32 x 8GB) | 
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| Maximum memory with 2 HX5 | 
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| blades and 2 MAX5 expansion | 
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 | 640B (80 x 8GB) | 
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| Memory interleaving | 
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| DIMM capacities supported | 
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| Chipkill protection supported | 
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| Memory ProteXion supported | 
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