Hardware Description

The hardware block diagram above shows the configuration for the IBM System X. Below are descriptions of each server node that includes processing power, storage capability, memory, etc.

Storage and Management Nodes
Configuration Quantity Description
3650 Storage Server Node   
Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5345 (2.33GHz/1333MHz 2x4MB L2 80w) 2 8 Processing Cores
146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 2 292GB Storage 2 292GB Storage
2GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 Chipkill FBDIMM 667MHz 4 8GB Memory
3650 Management Server Node   
Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5345 (2.33GHz/1333MHz 2x4MB L2 80w) 2 8 Processing Cores
146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 2 2 292GB Storage
2GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 Chipkill FBDIMM 667MHz 4 8GB Memory

Visualization Nodes
Configuration Quantity Description
x3755 Visualization Node 4 of 4   
Dual-Core AMD Opteron Model 8220 (2.8GHz 1MB L2 1MB L3) 4 8 Processing Cores
73GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 1 73 GB Storage
2.0GB 667MHz DDR2 DIMM 16 32 GB Memory
Cisco Single-port 4X DDR IB PCI-E HCA (memory free) 1 1 IB Port
x3755 Visualization Node 3 of 4    
Dual-Core AMD Opteron Model 8220 (2.8GHz 1MB L2 1MB L3) 4 8 Processing Cores
73GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 1 73 GB Storage
2.0GB 667MHz DDR2 DIMM 16 32 GB Memory
Cisco Single-port 4X DDR IB PCI-E HCA (memory free) 1 1 IB Port
x3755 Visualization Node 2 of 4    
Dual-Core AMD Opteron Model 8220 (2.8GHz 1MB L2 1MB L3) 4 8 Processing Cores
73GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 1 73 GB Storage
2.0GB 667MHz DDR2 DIMM 16 32 GB Memory
Cisco Single-port 4X DDR IB PCI-E HCA (memory free) 1 1 IB Port
x3755 Visualization Node 1 of 4    
Dual-Core AMD Opteron Model 8220 (2.8GHz 1MB L2 1MB L3) 4 8 Processing Cores
73GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD 1 73 GB Storage
2.0GB 667MHz DDR2 DIMM 16 32 GB Memory
Cisco Single-port 4X DDR IB PCI-E HCA (memory free) 1 1 IB Port

Blade Nodes, Storage Server and Switches

Configuration Quantity Description
Blade Nodes    
(Blade_Comp) HS21 XM Base Model 24  
Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5450 (3.0GHz 12MB L2 1333MHz 80w) 48 192 Processing Cores
4GB PC2-5300 CL5 ECC DDR2 Chipkill FBDIMM 667MHz 96 384 GB Memory
73GB 10K 2.5" NHS SAS HDD   1.75 TB Storage
Storage Server    
(Storage_5932) DS4700 Express Model 70    
IBM 750 GB SATA E-DDM 16 12 TB Storage
Storage Expansion_5932    
(Storage Expansion_5932) DS4000 EXP810 Storage Expansion Unit 1  
IBM 750 GB SATA E-DDM 11 8.25 TB
Switches    
(Highspeed_Compute Main) Cisco SFS 7012D 144-port DDR IB Switch    
(Ethernet_Management Main) Cisco HPC-E 2960G 24-port Ethernet Switch    
Storage Total   22.878 TB
Memory Total   528 GB
Processing Core Total   240