Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximum memory and compute capacity in a blade

 

 

BladeCenter HX5 Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory mirroring supported

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory rank sparing supported

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory scrubbing supported

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of 1.8-inch drive bays total /

2 / 2 SSD (per server blade)

 

4 / 4 SSD (per 4-socket server

 

available

 

configuration)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of 2.5-inch drive bays total /

 

None

 

available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of 3.5-inch drive bays total /

 

None

 

available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum internal SSD capacity

100GB (2 x 50GB) fixed

 

200GB (4 x 50GB) fixed

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSD capacities supported

 

50.0GB

 

 

 

 

 

# of SSDs standard

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter

 

Additional Internal SSD storage

320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter

 

320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter

 

via 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

1 standard (preloaded with VMware

 

1 optional (preloaded with hypervisor)—all

 

supported

vSphere 4.1 hypervisor)—68x

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up to 3 total, using 1 BladeCenter PCI

 

Up to 10 total using 4 BladeCenter PCI

 

# of PCIe expansion slots

Express I/O Expansion Unit 3 (BPE3)

 

Express Gen 2 Expansion Blade (BPE4)

 

 

blade with one HX5 blade

 

blades with one HX5 blade

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe expansion units standard

 

Optional

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of I/O ports per blade

8 (16 in a 4-socket server configuration)

 

(maximum)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of video ports

None (chassis-attached)

 

 

 

 

Video controller

Matrox G200eV (in IMM)

 

 

 

 

Video memory

16MB SDRAM

 

 

 

 

Maximum video resolution at 32-

1024x768 resolution (analog), with a color depth of 32 bits at 85Hz;

 

bit color

1440x90 resolution (digital), with a color depth of 32 bits at 60Hz

 

 

 

 

Gigabit Ethernet controllers std

Dual-portBroadcom BCM5709S—TOE-enabled

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM HX5 Memory mirroring supported, Memory rank sparing supported, Memory scrubbing supported, Supported, # of video ports