IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Figure 5-5 HX5 1-Node Speed Burst Card block diagram
Figure 5-6 shows where the Speed Burst Card is installed on the HX5.
Figure 5-6 Installing the Speed Burst Card
5.7 IBM MAX5 for BladeCenter
IBM MAX5 for BladeCenter, which is shown in Figure 5-3 on page 180, is a memory
expansion blade that attaches to HX5 2-socket blade servers. It has the following system
architecture features:
򐂰 IBM EXA memory controller
򐂰 Twenty-four DIMM slots and 6 memory buffers
򐂰 Four DIMM slots per memory buffer (two per channel)
򐂰 VLP DDR3 memory in 4 GB and 8 GB capacities, 1333 MHz
SMI
links
QPI
links
16 DDR3 memory DIMMs: one DIMM per channel
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Memory
buffer
Speed
Burst
Card
Intel
Xeon
Processor 2
Intel
Xeon
Processor 1

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3850 X5
Category	Server
Language	English