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15
(5Gx/5Rx/5Sx)
Processor cores per chassis
32 (4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Rx/4Sx,
5Gx/5Rx/5Sx)
24 (2Rx/2Sx, 3Rx) 16 (1Rx)
Processor cores per 2-chassis
system
64 (4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Rx/4Sx,
5Gx/5Rx/5Sx)
48 (2Rx/2Sx, 3Rx) 32 (1Rx)
Maximum processor power draw 130W (5Gx/5Rx/5Sx)
105W (3Rx,
4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Rx/4Sx)
95W (1Rx, 2Rx/2Sx)
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
speed (gigatransfers per second)
6.4 GTps (3Rx,
4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Rx/4Sx,
5Gx/5Rx/5Sx)
5.86 GTps (2Rx/2Sx) 4.8 GTps (1Rx)
# of processors standard /
maximum per chassis
2 / 4; up to 8 total (2 chassis)—1Rx, 2Rx,
3Rx, 4Rx, 5Rx
4 / 4; up to 8 total (2 chassis)—2Sx,
4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Sx, 5Gx/5Sx
Internal L3 cache
24MB (2Rx/2Sx,
4Cx/4Dx/4Fx/4Rx/4Sx)
18MB (3Rx, 5Gx/5Rx/5Sx) 12MB (1Rx)
Chipset Intel 7500 chipset / IBM eX5
Scalability ports 4 QPI Ports per chassis
# of interconnected nodes
(chassis) maximum
2
Maximum memory per node / with
2 nodes
1TB / 2TB
Standard memory
10
(per chassis)
384GB
(64 DIMMs x 4GB
on 8 memory cards;
32 x 4Gb in
MAX5)—4Cx/4Dx
128GB
(32 x 4GB on 8
memory cards)—
4Fx, 5Gx
40GB
(8 x 4GB on 4
memory cards in
chassis; 2 x 4Gb in
MAX5)
—2Sx, 4Sx, 5Sx
16GB
(4 x 4GB on 2
memory cards)—
1Rx, 2Rx, 3Rx, 4Rx,
5Rx
# of DIMM sockets total / available
for chassis and MAX5
96 / 0 (4Cx/4Dx) 64 / 32 (4Fx, 5Gx)
96 / 86
(2Sx, 4Sx, 5Sx)
64 / 60
(1Rx, 2Rx, 3Rx,
4Rx, 5Rx)
MAX5 memory expansion unit
capacity
512GB (32 x 16GB)
Maximum memory for 1 node plus
MAX5 expansion unit
1.5TB (96 x 16GB)
Supported memory types PC3-10600 DDR3 (1333MHz) ECC RDIMMs
Memory interleaving Yes (up to four-way depending on memory configuration)
DIMM capacities supported 2GB (x8 dual-rank), 4GB (x8 quad-rank), 8GB (x8 quad-rank), 16GB (x4 quad-rank)
Chipkill protection supported Yes (using x4 or x8 DIMMs)
Memory ProteXion supported Yes
Memory rank sparing supported Yes
Memory mirroring supported Yes
Memory scrubbing supported Yes
# of HDD/SSD drive bays total /
available
8 / 8 2.5-inch HDDs; or
16 / 16 1.8-inch SSDs
# of 5.25" bays total / available 1 / 1 (optional optical drive with SATA interface)
Maximum HDD/SSD capacity
2.5-inch SAS
4.0TB (8 x 500GB) hot-
swap
2.5-inch SATA
4.0TB (8 x 500GB) hot-
swap
1.8-inch SSD
800GB (16 x 50GB) hot-
swap (16 x 200GB when
available)