IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 5. IBM BladeCenter HX5 181
5.2 Target workloads
The HX5 is designed for business-critical workloads, such as database and virtualization.
Virtualization provides many benefits, including improved physical resource utilization,
improved hardware efficiency, and reduced power and cooling expenses. Server
consolidation helps reduce the cost of overall server management and the number of assets
that have to be tracked by a company or department.
Virtualization and server consolidation can provide the following benefits:
򐂰 Reduce the rate of physical server proliferation
򐂰 Simplify infrastructure
򐂰 Improve manageability
򐂰 Lower the total cost of IT, including power and cooling costs
The HX5 2-socket and HX5 4-socket are strong database systems. They are ideal upgrade
candidates for database workloads that are already on a blade. The multicore processors,
large memory capacity, and I/O options make the HX5 proficient at taking on database
workloads that are being transferred to the blade form factor.
DIMMs per
channel
Two Three One HX5: One
MAX5: Two
DIMM sockets 12 18 30 mm: 16
60 mm: 32
40
Maximum
installable RAM
(8 GB DIMMs)
96 GB 144 GB 30 mm: 128 GB
60 mm: 256 GB
320 GB
Memory type DDR3 ECC VLP
RDIMMs
DDR3 ECC and
non-ECC VLP
RDIMMs
DDR3 ECC VLP
RDIMMs
DDR3 ECC VLP
RDIMMs
Internal disk
drives
2x Hot-swap 2.5”
drive
SAS, SATA, or SSD
2x Non-hot-swap 1.8”
SSD
Two or four
non-hot-swap 1.8”
SSDs (require the
SSD Expansion Card)
Two non-hot-swap 1.8”
SSDs (require the SSD
Expansion Card)
I/O expansion 򐂰 One CIOv
򐂰 One CFFh
򐂰 One CIOv
򐂰 One CFFh
Per 30mm blade:
򐂰 One CIOv
򐂰 One CFFh
Per 60mm blade:
򐂰 One CIOv
򐂰 One CFFh
serial-attached
SCSI (SAS)
controller
Onboard LSI 1064
Optional ServeRAID
MR10ie (CIOv)
Onboard LSI 1064
Optional ServeRAID
MR10ie (CIOv)
LSI 1064 controller on
the optional SSD
Expansion Card
LSI 1064 controller on
the optional SSD
Expansion Card
Embedded
Hypervisor
Internal USB socket
for VMware ESXi
Internal USB socket
for VMware ESXi
Internal USB socket
for VMware ESXi
Internal USB socket for
VMware ESXi
Onboard
Ethernet
Broadcom 5709S Broadcom 5709S Broadcom 5709S Broadcom 5709S
Chassis
supported
򐂰 BladeCenter E (certain restrictions)
򐂰 BladeCenter H
򐂰 BladeCenter S
򐂰 BladeCenter HT
򐂰 BladeCenter H
򐂰 BladeCenter S
򐂰 BladeCenter HT (ac model only)
Feature HS22 HS22V HX5 HX5 with MAX5

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3850 X5
Category	Server
Language	English