IBM HX5 7873D1U Leaflet

Product codes

7873D1U

IBM

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Type-model

Qty x Processor/Core

Watts

cache

Memory

Ethernet

Available

date

I/O slots

Disk

controller

Disk

bays

Mechanical

LIMITED WARRANTY

(HX5C) ��IBM Corp. April 2011

See footnotes for important warranty information

IBM BladeCenter

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HX5

xREF by STG Field Skills and Education Team

Maximum internal disk capacity for each HX5

: 100GB with two 50GB SSD disks

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3 year parts and labor

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International Warranty Service

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On site, 8 am-5 pm,
Mon-Fri excluding holidays,
next business day response time

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On site service upgrade

options (in eligible locations):

4 year IOR 9x5, NBD response
(ServicePac

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part num 84Y2402)

4 year IOR 9x5, 4 hr avg response
(ServicePac part num 84Y2403)
4 year IOR 24x7, 4 hr avg response
(ServicePac part num 84Y2404)
4 year IOR 24x7, 2 hr avg response
(ServicePac part num 84Y2405)

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Other ServicePac options at
http://www.ibm.com/services/us/its/pdf/
wamomxeu.pdf

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24x7

toll-free support for warranty

issues during the warranty period

* Express Models

Positioning

Maximum performance and ﬂexiblity, optimized for database and virtualization in a scalable two-socket blade

Processor(s)

Up to two Next Generation Intel

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Xeon EX featuring Quick Path Interconnect(QPI) at up to 2.67GHz with up to 24MB L3 /

up to 10 Core / with Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper-Threading

L3 cache

Up to 30MB std and max / shared

SMP

2-way SMP / up to two Xeon Processors (same speed/cache size)

Implementation

Systemboard contains two Socket-LS(LGA1567-pin) sockets, sixteen DIMM slots, one High Speed Daughter Card connector,

one I/O expansion option connector, integrated graphics and dual Gigabit ethernet ports

Scalability

Scalable to four-socket, 32 DIMM, double-wide form factor, two-node via QPI links

Memory

Up to 16GB std / 128GB max per processor(

using 16GB DIMMs)

/ PC3-10600 1333MHz VLP 240-pin ECC DDR3 SDRAM

DIMMs / sixteen slots on base blade / ChipKill / memory mirroring

MAX5

24 DIMM slots / single-wide / tool-free / memory expansion drawer / optional(std on A1, A2 & A3) / system max of 40 DIMM slots

Disk Controller

LSI Logic

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1064E SAS controller / four port / 300MB/sec / on SSD expansion card / 64-bit PCI-Express / RAID 0/1 /

Disks

Two Solid State Disk (SSD) connectors / supports 1.8" non-hot swap SSD disks

Flash Storage

Dedicated USB-based slot on systemboard for optional Hypervisor USB key

External Storage

Support for IBM TotalStorage� solutions

Mechanical

Single-wide blade / single-wide blade + MAX5 (std on A1, A2 & A3) / Supported in IBM BladeCenter S, H and HT(AC power only)***

Architecture/Chipset

Intel 7500 chipset / Intel IO Hub provides PCI-Express bridge to: ICH10 South Bridge, High Speed Daughter Card

connector and Legacy Daughter Card connector(CIOv), LSI 1064E SAS / ICH10 South Bridge provides: BCM5709S,

USB, PCI-Express and LPC bus to IMM for video and limited Super I/O

BUS slots

Base blade expansion via modules or network-interface option connector only / up to two PCI-E 2.0 slots via optional BPE4

Ethernet

Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports / Broadcom

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5709S / two full gigabit ethernet MAC and PHY layer functions / integrated /

PCI-Express / full duplex / TCP/IP Ofﬂoad Engine (TOE) / Wake on LAN

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/ iSCSI / Serial over LAN / PXE 2.0 /

Failover, adapter fault tolerance / Load balancing / one of the dual controllers connects to an optional, supported

Ethernet switch or Passthrough Module (the second controller requires a second optional switch or PM) /

Emulex

10Gb dual-port Virtual Fabric adapter standard on

F1U

, others upgradeable via option

Network Interface

One high-speed and one legacy connector for I/O expansion options / PCI-Express / requires same interface modules in bays

3 and 4 of BladeCenter / all blades in a single BladeCenter must contain the same expansion card (or no expansion card)

Optical / diskette / USB

None / requests for optical, diskette and USB port in BladeCenter by pressing media select button on front control panel

Kybd / video / mouse

None / requests for keyboard, video and mouse in BladeCenter by pressing the display button on front control panel

Graphics controller

SVGA / Matrox

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G200e integrated in IMM on systemboard / 16MB DDR2-250MHz SDRAM std/max / PCI Express

Systems Mgmt

Integrated Management Module(IMM) / VSC452 / H8S2472 / integrated / provides system and environmental

monitoring, event recording, alert capability / TPM 1.2 / ASR / SOL / IPMI 2.0 / RS-485 interface for intermanagement

communication with BladeCenter Management module / remote supervision and cKVM standard

Diagnostics

Light Path Diagnostics

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Security

No security intrusion protection / Trusted Platform Module(TPM) / Power-on password / administrator password /

unattended boot / selectable boot / unattended start mode

Software ship group

Documentation CD, Broadcom CD, ServerGuide CD

Cooling

Uses cooling from BladeCenter / thermal sensors on

each processor, BladeCenter modules and front panel

Power supply(s)

Uses power module(s) in BladeCenter chassis

Prerequisites

Monitor, keyboard, mouse for setup; ethernet switch

module, disk, BladeCenter chassis, operating system

4x4GB

2x4GB

May 2011

2 x 1Gb

1 x 10Gb

single+MAX5

single

up to 2

SAS

up to 2

7873 A1U

7873 A2U

7873 A3U

7873 B1U

7873 B2U

7873 C1U

7873 D1U

7873 F1U

24MB

30MB

18MB

24MB

30MB

24MB

105W

130W

95W

105W

2 x Xeon

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E7-2830 2.13GHz/8C

2 x Xeon E7-2860 2.26GHz/10C

2 x Xeon E7-2870 2.4GHz/10C

1 x Xeon E7-4807 1.86GHz/6C

1 x Xeon E7-4830 2.13GHz/8C

1 x Xeon E7-8837 2.67GHz/8C

1 x Xeon E7-8867L 2.13GHz/10C

1 x Xeon E7-4830 2.13GHz/8C

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Stealth black front bezel

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single-wide-H 9.7" x W 1.14" x D 17.6";
single-wide-H 24.5cm x W 2.9cm x D 44.6cm

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double-wide-H 9.7" x W 2.28" x D 17.6";
double-wide-H 24.5cm x W 5.8cm x D 44.6cm

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12 to 21 lbs; 5.4 to 9.5kg (max conﬁguration)

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Conﬁguration/Setup Utility: F1 at startup

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Diagnostics: F2 at startup

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System Partition Boot: ALT+F1 at startup

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Network Boot: F12 at startup

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PXE Boot Agent Utility: Ctrl+S at startup

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Blade control panel on each HSX5 blade server provides
media select button, kbd/mouse/video select button and LEDs

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Predictive Failure Analysis

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alerts on memory and

processor(s) with IBM Director

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connector for non-hot swap, optional 1.8" solid state disk

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connector for non-hot swap, optional 1.8" solid state disk

Front control panel LEDs: Power, Activity, Location,Information and Fault

Xeon E7-4807 1.86GHz/6C/95W/18MB L3/4.8GT/s Proc Upg

88Y6070

Xeon E7-4830 2.13GHz/8C/105W/24MB L3/6.4GT/s Proc Upg

88Y6082

Xeon E7-8837 2.67GHz/8C/105W/24MB L3/6.4GT/s Proc Upg

88Y6112

Xeon E7-8867L 1.86GHz/10C/105W/30MB L3/6.4GT/s Proc Upg

88Y6124

2GB (1x2GB)1Rx8 PC3-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333MHz VLP RDIMM 46C0560
4GB (1x4GB)2Rx8 PC3-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333MHz VLP RDIMM 46C0564
8GB (1x8GB)4Rx8 PC3-8500 CL7 ECC DDR3 1066MHz VLP RDIMM

46C0570

16GB (1x8GB)4Rx8 PC3-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1066MHz VLP RDIMM 46C0599
IBM MAX5 V2 for IBM BladeCenter

88Y6128

IBM 50GB SSD 1.8"

43W7734

SSD Expansion Card for BladeCenter HX5

46M6908

SAS Connectivity Card for IBM BladeCenter

43W4068

Ethernet Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter

44W4475

IBM HX5 1-Node Speed Burst Card

59Y5889

IBM HX5 2-Node Scalability Kit

46M6975

Other options at ibm.com/products/us

Server blade

(side view)

blade

expansion

connector

daughter card

connector

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CPU

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CPU

DIMM slot 16

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DIMM slot 1

scalability
connector

** Some models come preinstalled with Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapter

This adapter is not currently supported under SUSE

Linux Enterprise Server 11

16+24

Dimm

slots