IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

180 IBM eX5 Implementation Guide
unit occupies two blade bays in the BladeCenter chassis. The MAX5 cannot be removed
separately from the HX5.
Figure 5-3 MAX5 memory slots
5.1.1 Comparison to the HS22 and HS22V
The BladeCenter HS22 is a general-purpose 2-socket blade server and the HS22V is a
virtualization blade offering. Table 5-2 compares the HS22 and HS22V with the HX5 offerings.
Table 5-2 HX5 comparison to HS22 and HS22V
MAX5
HX5
Memory
buffers
Memory DIMM
slots
eX5 chip set
Feature HS22 HS22V HX5 HX5 with MAX5
Form factor 30 mm blade (1-wide) 30 mm blade (1-wide) 30 mm blade (1-wide)
60 mm blade (2-wide)
60 mm blade (2-wide)
Processor Intel Xeon Processor
5500 and 5600
Intel Xeon Processor
5500 and 5600
Intel Xeon Processor
6500 or 7500
(Nehalem EX)
Intel Xeon Processor
6500 or 7500
(Nehalem EX)
Maximum
number of
processors
Two Two 30 mm blade: two
60 mm blade: four
Two
Number of cores 2, 4, or 6 cores 2, 4, or 6 cores 4, 6, or 8 cores 4, 6, or 8 cores
Cache 4 MB or 8 MB 8 MB 12 MB, 18 MB, or 24 MB (shared between cores)
Memory Speed Up to 1333 MHz Up to 1333 MHz 978 or 800 MHz
(scalable memory
interconnects (SMI)
link-speed
dependent)
HX5: Up to 978 MHz
MAX5: Up to 1066MHz
(SMI link-speed
dependent)

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack