IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 5. IBM BladeCenter HX5 183
5.4 Models
The base models of the BladeCenter HX5, with and without the MAX5 memory expansion
blade, are shown in Table 5-5. In the table,
Opt indicates optional and Std indicates standard.
Table 5-5 Models of the HX5
Also available is a virtualization workload-optimized model of the HX5. This model is a
preconfigured, pretested model that is targeted at large-scale consolidation. Table 5-6 on
page 184 shows the model.
Network Equipment Building System (NEBS): The HX5 is currently not a
NEBS-compliant offering in the BC-HT.
Model
a
a. This column lists worldwide, generally available variant (GAV) model numbers. They are not orderable as listed and
must be modified by country. The US GAV model numbers use the following nomenclature: xxU. For example, the
US orderable part number for 7870-A2x is 7870-A2U. See the product-specific official IBM announcement letter for
other country-specific GAV model numbers.
Intel Xeon
model and
cores
Clock
speed
TDP HX5 max
memory
speed
MAX5
memory
speed
MAX5 Scale
to four
socket
10
GbE
card
b
b. Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter Expansion Card (CFFh).
Standard
memory
c
c. The HX5 has 16 DIMM sockets and can hold 128 GB using 8 GB memory DIMMs. The MAX5 has 24 DIMM sockets
and can hold 192 GB using 8 GB memory DIMMs. A 1-node HX5 + MAX5 support 320 GB total using 8 GB DIMMs.
7872-42x 1x E7520 4C 1.86 GHz 95W 800 MHz 800 MHz Opt
Yes Opt 2x 4 GB
7872-82x 1x L7555 8C 1.86 GHz 95W 978 MHz 978 MHz Opt
Yes Opt 2x 4 GB
7872-61x 1x E7530 6C 1.86 GHz 105W 978 MHz 978 MHz Opt
Yes Opt 2x 4 GB
7872-64x 1x E7540 6C 2.00 GHz 105W 978 MHz 1066 MHz Opt
Yes Opt 2x 4 GB
7872-65x 1x E7540 6C 2.00 GHz 105W 978 MHz 1066 MHz Opt
Ye s Std 2x 4 GB
7872-63x 2x E6540 6C 2.00 GHz 105W 978 MHz 1066 MHz
Std No Opt
HX5: 4x 4GB
MAX5: None
7872-6Dx 2x E6540 6C 2.00 GHz 105W 978 MHz 1066 MHz
Std No Std
HX5: 4x 4GB
MAX5: None
7872-83x 2x X6550 8C 2.00 GHz 130W 978 MHz 1066 MHz
Std No Opt
HX5: 4x 4GB
MAX5: None
7872-84x 2x X7560 8C 2.26 GHz 130W 978 MHz 1066 MHz
Std No Opt
HX5: 4x 4GB
MAX5: None
7872-86x 1x X7560 8C 2.26 GHz 130W 978 MHz 1066 MHz Opt Ye s Std 2x 4 GB
7872-E8x 1x X6550 8C 2.26 GHz 130W 978 MHz 1066 MHz Opt No
Std 2x 4 GB
7872-E6x 1x X7540 6C 2.00 GHz 105W 978 MHz 1066 MHz Opt
Ye s Std 2x 4 GB

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

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Model	System x3850 X5
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