IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 5. IBM BladeCenter HX5 211
Table 5-26 lists the supported CFFh I/O expansion cards.
Table 5-26 Supported CFFh expansion cards
See the IBM ServerProven compatibility website for the latest information about the
expansion cards that are supported by the HX5:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
CFFh expansion cards are installed in the CFFh slot in the HX5, as shown in Figure 5-26.
Figure 5-26 The HX5 type 7872 showing the CFFh I/O expansion card position
A CFFh I/O expansion card requires that a supported high-speed I/O module or a Multi-switch
Interconnect Module is installed in bay 7, 8, 9, or 10 of the BladeCenter H or BladeCenter HT
chassis.
Part number Feature code Description
39Y9306 2968 QLogic Ethernet and 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card
a
a. IBM System x has withdrawn this card from marketing.
44X1940 5485 QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card
46M6001 0056 2-Port 40Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card
42C1830 3592 QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter
44W4465 5479 Broadcom 4-port 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card
a
44W4466 5489 Broadcom 2-Port 10Gb Ethernet CFFh Expansion Card
a
46M6164 0098 Broadcom 10Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card
46M6168 0099 Broadcom 10Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card
49Y4235 5755 Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter
44W4479 5476 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card
46m6003 0056 2-port 40Gb InfiniBand Expansion Card (CFFh)
CFFh 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