IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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5.3 Chassis support
The HX5 is supported in BladeCenter chassis S, H, and HT, as listed in Table 5-3.
Table 5-3 HX5 chassis compatibility (BC is BladeCenter)
The number of HX5 servers supported in each chassis depends on the thermal design power
of the processors that are used in the HX5 servers. Table 5-4, which uses the following
conventions, shows the HX5 servers:
򐂰 A green square in a cell means the chassis can be filled with HX5 blade servers up to
the maximum number of blade bays in the chassis (for example, 14 blades in the
BladeCenter H).
򐂰 A yellow square in a cell means that the maximum number of HX5 blades that the
chassis can hold is fewer than the total available blade bays (for example, 12 in a
BladeCenter H).
All other bays must remain empty. The empty bays must be distributed
evenly between the two power domains of the chassis (bays 1 - 6 and bays 7 - 14).
Table 5-4 HX5 chassis compatibility
Description BC-E
8677
BC-S
8886
BC-H
8852
BC-HT ac
8750
BC-HT dc
8740
HX5 server No
Ye s Ye s
a
a. One-node and 2-node HX5 configurations with 130W processors are not supported in chassis
with standard cooling modules. See Table 5-4.
Ye s N o
b
b. Support for the BC-HT dc model can be granted for specific configurations with the SPORE
process.
HX5+MAX5 server No
Ye s Ye s
a
Ye s N o
b
Server
Thermal
design
power
(TDP) of
the CPUs
Maximum number of servers supported in each chassis
BC-S
(8886)
BC-H (models other than 4Tx) BC-H
(-4Tx)
BC-HT
AC
(8750)
2900W supplies 2980W supplies
a
a. IBM BladeCenter H 2980W AC Power Modules, 68Y6601 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H chassis
models)
2980W
Std.
blower
Enh.
blower
b
b. IBM BladeCenter H Enhanced Cooling Modules, 68Y6650 (standard in 4Tx, optional with all other BC-H chassis
models)
Std.
blower
Enh.
blower
b
Enh.
blower
b
HX5 1-node (30 mm)
95W, 105W
5 14 14 14 14 14 10
130W
4 None
c
c. Not supported
10 None
c
12 12 8
HX5 2-node (60 mm)
95W, 105W
2 7 7 7 7 7 5
130W
2 None
c
5 None
c
6 6 4
HX5 1-socket + MAX5
(60 mm)
95W, 105W
2 7 7 7 7 7 5
130W
2 6 6 7 7 7 5

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3850 X5
Category	Server
Language	English