IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 5. IBM BladeCenter HX5 189
Figure 5-8 2-node HX5 with the 2-node scalability card indicated
The double-wide configuration consists of two connected HX5 servers. This configuration
consumes two blade slots and has the 2-node scalability card attached. The scaling is
performed through QPI scaling. The 2-node scalability card is not included with the server
and must be ordered separately, as listed in Table 5-9.
Table 5-9 HX5 2-Node Scalability Kit
The IBM HX5 2-Node Scalability Kit contains the 2-node scalability card, plus the necessary
hardware to physically attach the two HX5 servers to each other.
Part number Feature code Description
46M6975 1737 IBM HX5 2-Node Scalability Kit
Scalability
card

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