IBM BladeCenter HS23 Product Guide

IBM BladeCenter HS23 9
Chassis support
The HS23 is supported in the various BladeCenter chassis listed in Table 4.
Table 4. Chassis support
Description BC-E
(8677)
BC-T BC-S
(8886)
BC-H
(8852)
BC-HT AC
(8750)
BC-HT DC
(8740)
HS23 with 115W or 130W CPUs No No Full Some limits* Full Full
HS23 with up to 95W CPUs Some limits* No Full Some limits* Full Full
* See Table 5 for details.
The number of HS23 servers supported in each chassis depends on the thermal design power of the
processors used in the servers (Table 5). Table 5 uses the following conventions:
A green cell means that the chassis can be filled with HS23 blade servers up to the maximum number

of blade bays in the chassis (for example, 14 blades in the BladeCenter H).
A yellow cell means that the maximum number of HS23 blades that the chassis can hold is fewer than

the total available blade bays (for example, 12 in a BladeCenter E). Other bays in the chassis must
remain empty. Consult the BladeCenter Interoperability Guide for specific details:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073016
Note: The HS23 is not supported in the BladeCenter E with power supplies smaller than 2000 W.
Table 5. Chassis support (detailed)
Maximum number of HS23 servers supported in each chassis
BC-E with AMM
(8677) (14 bays)
BC-H (models other than 4Tx)
(14 bays)
BC-H
(-4Tx)
(14 bays)
2900W supplies 2980W supplies** 2980W
CPU
TDP*
2000 W
power
supplies
2320 W
power
supplies
BC-S
(8886)
(6
bays)
Standard
blowers
Enhanced
blowers†
Standard
blowers
Enhanced
blowers†
Enhanced
blowers†
BC-HT
AC§
(8750)
(12
bays)
BC-HT
DC§
(8740)
(12 bays)
Intel Xeon processors
130W None‡ None‡ 6 None‡ 14 None‡ 14 14 12 12
115W None‡ None‡ 6 None‡ 14 None‡ 14 14 12 12
95W None‡ None‡ 6 None‡ 14 None‡ 14 14 12 12
80W 6+7 14 6 14 14 14 14 14 12 12
70W None‡ None‡ 6 None‡ 14 None‡ 14 14 12 12
60W None‡ None‡ 6 None‡ 14 None‡ 14 14 12 12
Intel Xeon Embedded processors #
95W 5+7 14 6 14 14 14 14 14 12 12
70W 14 14 6 14 14 14 14 14 12 12
* Thermal Design Power.
** IBM BladeCenter H 2980W AC Power Modules, 68Y6601 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H models).
† IBM BladeCenter H Enhanced Cooling Modules, 68Y6650 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H models).
‡ Not supported.
# Intel Xeon E5-2648L (70 W) and E5-2658 (95 W) are embedded processors used in HS23.
§ Support shown is for non-NEBS environments.

IBM BladeCenter HS23 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	BladeCenter HS23
Category	Server
Language	English