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

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