IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

212 IBM eX5 Implementation Guide
In a BladeCenter S chassis, the CFFh I/O expansion card requires a supported switch
module in bay 2. When used in a BladeCenter S chassis, a maximum of two ports are routed
from the CFFh I/O expansion card to the switch module in bay 2.
See the IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide for the latest information about the switch
modules that are supported with each CFFh I/O expansion card at the following website:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073016
5.14 Standard onboard features
This section describes the standard onboard features of the HX5 blade server:
򐂰 UEFI
򐂰 Onboard network adapters
򐂰 Integrated systems management processor called Integrated Management Module (IMM)
򐂰 Video controller
򐂰 Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
5.14.1 UEFI
The HX5 2-socket uses an integrated Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
next-generation BIOS.
The UEFI provides the following capabilities:
򐂰 Human readable event logs; no more beep codes
򐂰 Complete setup solution by allowing adapter configuration function to be moved to UEFI
򐂰 Complete out-of-band coverage by Advanced Settings Utility to simplify remote setup
Using all of the features of UEFI requires an UEFI-aware operating system and adapters.
UEFI is fully backward-compatible with BIOS.
For more information about UEFI, see the IBM white paper, Introducing UEFI-Compliant
Firmware on IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers, which is available at the following
website:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5083207
For the UEFI menu setup, see 8.5, “UEFI settings” on page 396.
5.14.2 Onboard network adapters
The HX5 2-socket includes a dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller with the following
specifications:
򐂰 Broadcom BCM5709S dual-port Gigabit Ethernet controller
򐂰 Support for TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
򐂰 Support for failover and load balancing for better throughput and system availability
򐂰 Support for highly secure remote power management using Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0
򐂰 Support for Wake on LAN and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
򐂰 Support for IPv4 and IPv6

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

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Brand	IBM
Model	System x3850 X5
Category	Server
Language	English