IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 5. IBM BladeCenter HX5 215
Figure 5-28 Two unpartitioned HX5s
For information about setup options and common errors, see 8.6, “Creating an HX5 scalable
complex” on page 402.
5.17 Operating system support
The HX5 supports the following operating systems:
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 HPC Edition
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition
򐂰 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Web x64 Edition
򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
򐂰 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T

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