IBM System x3850 X5 10
About these models:
Models 7143-D3x, D4x: These models are designed for database applications and use solid state
drives for the best I/O performance.
Backplane connections for sixteen 1.8-inch solid state drives (SSD) are standard, as are sixteen 200
GB high-performance solid-state drives. Model D3x includes two SSD host bus adapters. Model D4x
includes four ServeRAID M5015 RAID controllers with four ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance
Accelerator Keys.
Models 7143-HAx, HBx, HCx: These models are optimized to run the SAP High-Performance Analytic
Appliance (HANA) solution.
The x3950 X5 Workload Optimized Solution for SAP HANA is an integrated, ready-to-run,
hardware-software offering, featuring the new SAP HANA software. Models HDx and HEx are
specifically designed for SAP Business Suite, powered by SAP HANA (OLTP) workloads.
Models HAx, HBx, HDx include a preload comprising SLES for SAP, IBM GPFS, and the SAP HANA
software stack.
HCx, HEx are add-on models designed to be connected to model HBx or HDx system respectively to
form an eight-processor system. HCx and HEx include the four QPI cables necessary to join two
systems together to form a two-node complex. HCx and HEx also include the additional GPFS
software and SLES licenses to cover the extra four sockets, but do not include any preload because
the are designed as an add-on to the HBx and HDx offerings respectively.
All H models include either 256 GB, 512 GB or 1024 GB of RAM, SAS disk drives, and a high IOPS
solid-state storage PCIe adapter.
Model 7143-F1x, B9x: These models are designed for virtualization applications and include VMware
ESXi 4.1 Update 1 on an integrated bootable USB memory key. The model comes standard with the
MAX5 memory expansion unit and 384 GB of memory implemented using 4GB memory DIMMs (256
GB in the server and 128 GB in the MAX5).
F1x is available world-wide and includes a MAX5 V2, 88Y6529. Model B9x is for China only and
includes a MAX5 V2, 88Y6529.
Model 7143-F2x: This model is designed for Open Virtualization and includes Red Hat Enterprise
Linux with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, KVM).
The software is not preloaded. The model comes standard with the MAX5 memory expansion unit
and 384 GB of memory implemented using cost-effective 4GB memory DIMMs (256 GB in the server
and 128 GB in the MAX5).
Refer to the Standard Specifications section for information about standard features of the server.