IBM eX5 Implementation Guide

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unit occupies two blade bays in the BladeCenter chassis. The MAX5 cannot be removed

separately from the HX5.

Figure 5-3 MAX5 memory slots

5.1.1 Comparison to the HS22 and HS22V

The BladeCenter HS22 is a general-purpose 2-socket blade server and the HS22V is a

virtualization blade offering. Table 5-2 compares the HS22 and HS22V with the HX5 offerings.

Table 5-2 HX5 comparison to HS22 and HS22V

MAX5

HX5

Memory

buffers

Memory DIMM

slots

eX5 chip set

Feature HS22 HS22V HX5 HX5 with MAX5

Form factor 30 mm blade (1-wide) 30 mm blade (1-wide) 30 mm blade (1-wide)

60 mm blade (2-wide)

60 mm blade (2-wide)

Processor Intel Xeon Processor

5500 and 5600

Intel Xeon Processor

5500 and 5600

Intel Xeon Processor

6500 or 7500

(Nehalem EX)

Intel Xeon Processor

6500 or 7500

(Nehalem EX)

Maximum

number of

processors

Two Two 30 mm blade: two

60 mm blade: four

Two

Number of cores 2, 4, or 6 cores 2, 4, or 6 cores 4, 6, or 8 cores 4, 6, or 8 cores

Cache 4 MB or 8 MB 8 MB 12 MB, 18 MB, or 24 MB (shared between cores)

Memory Speed Up to 1333 MHz Up to 1333 MHz 978 or 800 MHz

(scalable memory

interconnects (SMI)

link-speed

dependent)

HX5: Up to 978 MHz

MAX5: Up to 1066MHz

(SMI link-speed

dependent)