IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Guide

IBM BladeCenter HX5 20
Storage host bus adapters
The following table lists storage HBAs supported by the HX5 server.
Table 14. Storage adapters
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
Combination Ethernet and Fibre Channel
44X1940 5485 QLogic Eth and 8Gb Fibre Channel Exp Card (CFFh) 1
Fibre Channel
46M6140 3598 Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter 1
46M6065 3594 QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter 1
44X1945 1462 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter 1
SAS
43W4068 1593 SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv)* 1
* The SSD Expansion Card (46M6908) is required to support the SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv).
PCIe SSD adapters
The server supports the High IOPS SSD adapters listed in the following table. The adapters must be
installed in on of the supported expansion blades listed in Table 12.
Table 15. PCIe SSD High IOPS adapters
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Expansion blades
supported
Maximu
m
supporte
d
46C9078 A3J3 IBM 365GB High IOPS MLC Mono
Adapter
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II 2
46C9081 A3J4 IBM 785GB High IOPS MLC Mono
Adapter
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II 2
46M0878 0097 IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD
PCIe Adapter
Gen 2 Expansion Blade
Gen 2 Expansion Blade II
2
90Y4377 A3DY IBM 1.2TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter Gen 2 Expansion Blade II 1
90Y4397 A3DZ IBM 2.4TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter Gen 2 Expansion Blade II 1
For information about this adapter, see the IBM High IOPS SSD PCIe Adapters at-a-glance guide,
TIPS0729: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0729.html?Open
Power supplies
Server power is derived from the power supplies installed in the BladeCenter chassis. There are no server
options regarding power supplies.

IBM BladeCenter HX5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	BladeCenter HX5
Category	Server
Language	English