Optimized for virtualization and database applications with maximummemory and compute capacity in a bladePlease see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 18.BladeCenter HX5 Specifications# of Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 (standard per blade); 12 with BladeCenter Virtual Fabric Adapter# of RS485 ports None# of serial ports None (1 direct via BladeCenter H chassis, or Serial over LAN in BladeCenter H)# of parallel ports None# of mouse ports None (1 via chassis)# of keyboard ports None (1 via chassis)# of USB ports 1 (plus 2 via chassis)Systems management controller Integrated Management ModuleDiagnostic LEDs (front panel) Power good, blade location, over temperature, information, general faultPredictive Failure Analysissupport Processor, memory, SSDs, PCIe expansion cardsBIOS type UEFI 2.1Power supply size Contained in chassis# of power supplies standard /maximum Contained in chassis# of fans/blowers standard /maximum Contained in chassisDimensions (HWD) / weight9.7” (245mm) H1.14” (29mm) W17.6” (446mm) D12 lbs (maximum)5.44 kg (maximum)Operating systems supportedMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 and R2 (Standard/Web/Enterprise/Datacenter Editions)32/64-bit, Windows HPC Server 2008 64-bit, RHEL 6 64-bit—without Xen, RHEL 5.3 64-bit—with or without Xen, SLES 11 64-bit with or without Xen, SLES 10 64-bit with or withoutXen, VMware ESX/ESXi/vSphere Hypervisor 4.0Extended/long life support Selected blades are supported for long life. (Contact IBM sales for details.)Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) onsiteThe Bottom Line The HX5 offers maximum bang for the buck by incorporating industry-leading features in a tinypackage:Price/Performance• Multi-core processors — Up to two 1.86GHz 4-core, 1.86 to 2.26GHz 6-core, or 1.86GHz 4-coreXeon 7500 Series processors; up to two 1.73GHz 4-core Xeon 6500 Series processors (via CTO)• Large cache — 12MB to 24MB of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)• Huge memory capacity — Up to 128GB per blade; up to 320GB (using MAX5)• Fast memory access — 978MHz or 800MHz access (depending on the processor model andDIMMs used); up to 1066MHz, using MAX5• Embedded virtualization (Separately orderable option)• High-IOPS technology — Optional High IOPS SSD adapters• Fast I/O — 10Gb Ethernet, 4X InfiniBand, iSCSI, 6Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel connectivity via anoptional expansion card• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, with the option for two or four additionalGigabit Ethernet ports via expansion cards and expansion unit (total 12 ports per blade); support for10Gb EthernetFlexibility• Single- and double-wide configurations (up to 2 blade servers or 1 blade server and 1 MAX5memory expansion unit)• Flexible memory configurations —16 DIMMs per blade; 32 DIMMs with two blades; 40 DIMMs