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IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG12-0133
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Description
BladeCenter HS23E
High-performance, blade server subsystem
The IBM BladeCenter HS23E blade server is high-throughput, two-way, SMP-
capable, and highly scalable when you add memory and other options.
The BladeCenter HS23E can have up to two Intel Xeon processors. The processor
board has the following major components:
• Two Socket B2 (LGA1356) sockets for two Intel Xeon E5-2400 processors (two
processors may be shipped standard).
• Twelve DDR3 VLP DIMM memory sockets.
• One Broadcom BCM5718 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet LAN controller.
• On-board Software RAID solution using Intel C600 Series Chipset supporting
SATA hard drives in RAID 0/1. SAS hard drives and solid-state drives supported
by optional CIOv RAID card.
• Two SAS/SATA connectors for two 2.5-inch SAS or SATA storage drives.
• One Renesas SH7757 Super Baseboard Management Controller with Integrated
VGA Controller.
• Two VHDM midplane connectors.
• One CFFh expansion connector.
• One CIOv daughter card connector.
• One TPM 1.2 chip.
• One internal USB connector for bootable flash key.
The HS23E server memory is contiguous and is shared by both processors when
both processors are installed. It is Error Correction Code (ECC) protected and
supports up to 192 GB using 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, or 16 GB VLP DDR3 DIMMs on 12
DIMM connectors. The processors have integrated DDR3 memory controllers and
interface directly with their six associated DDR3 DIMMs. For each CPU, a minimum
of one DIMM must be installed. Additional DIMMs may be installed one at a time as
needed.
The HS23E supports the Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family. For these
processors, memory speed is a specific attribute of the processor. The system
memory speed (that is, the speed at which the memory is actually running) depends
on several factors including:
• CPU capability
• DIMM speed