IBM BladeCenter HX5 Express

• Flexible systems that can be independently scaled for processor and memory
• Compute capacity of up to 20 processor cores in little more than .5U space
• Up to two Intel Xeon E7-8800, E7-2800 or E7-4800 series processors. Scalable to four processors in a double-wide form factor
• Up to 512 GB of memory with 16 VLP DDR3 DIMMs per single-wide 2-socket node; up to 1.0 TB in double-wide 4-socket configuration
• Scalable MAX5 memory expansion module for up to 1.25 TB capacity in a double-wide form factor
• Supports 95 W, 105 W and 130 W CPU skews in 2-socket and 4-socket configurations
• Partition a 4-processor blade to two 2-processor blades without physical reconfiguration
• 1 CFFh slot (high-speed PCIe daughter card) and 1 CIOv slot (standard PCIe daughter card) per 2-socket node
• Optional embedded hypervisor
• Support for up to two 1.8-inch solid-state drives per 2-socket node
• Integrated Virtual Fabric adapter in select models

HX5 4-socket configuration:

• You can order an HX5 4-socket configuration via the “Build your own” section