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1. Part number Description External backup units 362516X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System External USB 160 GB Bundle 362532X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System External USB 320 GB Bundle 362550X IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System External USB 500 GB Bundle 3628L3X IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 External SAS Tape Drive with US power cord 3628L4X IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 External SAS Tape Drive with US power cord 3628L5X IBM Half High LTO Gen 5 External SAS Tape Drive with US power cord 3628N3X IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 External SAS Tape Drive without power cord 3628N4X IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 External SAS Tape Drive without power cord 3628N5X IBM Half High LTO Gen 5 External SAS Tape Drive without power cord 3580S3V System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model H3V 3580S4V System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Express Model H4V 3580S5E System Storage TS2250 Tape Drive Express Model H5S 3580S5X System Storage TS2350 Tape Drive Express Model S53 3572S4R TS2900 Tape Library with LTO4 HH SAS drive amp rack mount kit 3572S5R TS2900 Tape Library with LTO5 HH SAS drive amp rack mount kit 35732UL TS3100 Tape Library Model L2U Driveless 35734UL TS3200 Tape Library Model L4U Driveless 46X2682t LTO Ultrium 5 Fibre Channel Drive 46X2683t LTO Ultrium 5 SAS Drive Sled 46X2684 LTO Ultrium 5 Hal
2. No RAID Hardware RAID Quantity of drives On board N2215 ServeRAID ServeRAID Drive type supported SATA HBA M1215 M5210 1 8 inch SS SATA SSD 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 5 inch SS SATA HDD 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 5 inch SS SAS HDD 2 No Yes Yes Yes 2 5 inch HS SATA or SAS HDD 2 No Yes Yes Yes 3 5 inch SS SATA HDD 1 Yes No No No Controller specifications The ServeRAID M5210 SAS SATA Controller has the following specifications Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS SATA ports 12 Gbps throughput per port Based on the LSI SAS3108 12 Gbps ROC controller Two mini SAS HD internal connectors SFF8643 Supports connections to SAS SATA drives and SAS Expanders Supports RAID levels 0 1 and 10 Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional M5200 Series RAID 5 upgrades Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade Supports 1 GB cache no battery backup or 1 GB or 2 GB flash backed cache Supports performance upgrades through IBM Features on Demand The ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller has the following specifications Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS SATA ports Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port Two internal mini SAS HD connectors SFF8643 Based on the LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps RAID on Chip ROC controller Support for RAID levels 0 1 and 10 standard support for RAID 5 and 50 with optional FoD upgrade Zero Controller Cache no battery flash backup Optional support for self encryp
3. 00D2026 A40S Broadcom NetXtreme II ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT for IBM System x 00D2028 A40T Broadcom NetXtreme I ML2 Dual Port 10GbE SFP for IBM System x 00D1996 A40Q Emulex VFA5 ML2 Dual Port 1OGbE SFP Adapter for IBM System x 00D1994 A40P Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port 10GbaseT Adapter for IBM System x OOFP650 A5RK Mellanox ConnectX 3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE FDR VPI Adapter for IBM System x ML2 InfiniBand adapters OOFP650 ASRK Mellanox ConnectX 3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE FDR VPI Adapter for IBM System x FCoE iSCSI upgrades IBM Features on Demand 00D8544 A4NZ Emulex VFA5 ML2 FCoE iSCSI License for IBM System x FoD Features on Demand upgrade for 00D1996 IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 20 The following table lists additional supported network adapters in the standard full height half length PCle slot The usage of an adapter in this slot also requires the installation of the PCle Riser card Table 14 Network adapters Part number Feature code Description Riser card for PCle adapters OOFL464 A5JY nx360 M5 Compute Node Front Riser 40 Gb Ethernet 00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX 3 40GbE FDR IB VPI Adapter for IBM System x 10 Gb Ethernet 44T1370 A5GZ Broadcom NetXtreme 2x10GbE BaseT Adapter for IBM System x 00JY830 A5UU Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP Adapter
4. Systems UEFI IBM Integrated Management Module II IMM2 1 with Renesas SH7758 controller management Predictive Failure Analysis Light Path Diagnostics Automatic Server Restart and IBM ServerGuide Browser based chassis management through an Ethernet port on the Fan and Power Controller at the rear of the enclosure IMM2 upgrades are available to IMM2 Standard and IMM2 Advanced for web GUI and remote presence features Video Matrox G200eR2 video core with 16 MB DDR3 video memory that is integrated into the IMM2 Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 with 16M colors 32 bpp at 75 Hz or 1680x1050 with 16M colors at 60 Hz Security Power on password administrator s password and Trusted Platform Module 1 2 features Operating Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 12 Red systems Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 6 VMware vSphere 5 1 and 5 5 supported Limited Three year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 NBD warranty Service and Optional service upgrades are available through IBM ServicePac 4 hour or 2 hour response support time 8 hour fix time 1 year or 2 year warranty extension remote technical support for IBM hardware and some IBM and OEM software Dimensions nx360 M5 server Width 216 mm 8 5 in height 41 mm 1 6 in depth 659 mm 25 9 in n1200 enclosure Width 447 mm 17 6 in height 263 mm 10 4 in depth 915 mm 36 in Weight nx360 M5 maximum we
5. Dynamic Enterprise V2 Expansion Rack For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Rack cabinets and options category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat rack Rack options The server supports the rack console switches and monitor kits that are listed in the following table Table 25 Rack options Part number Feature code Description Monitor kits and keyboard trays 17238BX 1723HC1 FC A3EK IBM 1U 18 5 Standard Console 17238EX 1723HC1 FC A3EL IBM 1U 18 5 Enhanced Media Console 172317X 1723HC1 FC 0051 1U 17in Flat Panel Console Kit 172319X 1723HC1 FC 0052 1U 19in Flat Panel Console Kit Console switches 3858D3X 3858HC1 FC A4X1 Avocent Universal Management Gateway 6000 for IBM 1754D2X 1754HC2 FC 6695 IBM Global 4x2x32 Console Manager GCM32 1754D1X 1754HC1 FC 6694 IBM Global 2x2x16 Console Manager GCM16 1754A2X 1754HC4 FC 0726 IBM Local 2x16 Console Manager LCM16 1754A1X 1754HC3 FC 0725 IBM Local 1x8 Console Manager LCM8 Console cables 00AK142 A4X4 UM KVM Module VGA SD Dual RJ45 43V6147 3757 IBM Single Cable USB Conversion Option UCO 39M2895 3756 IBM USB Conversion Option 4 Pack UCO 39M2897 3754 IBM Long KVM Conversion Option 4 Pack Long KCO 46M5383 5341 IBM Virtual Media Conversion Option Gen2 VCO2 46M5382 5340 IBM Serial Conversi
6. Energy Manager 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4004 IBM 1U 12 C13 Active Energy Manager DPI PDU 46M4005 IBM 1U 12 C13 Active Energy Manager 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4167 IBM 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Switched and Monitored 30A 3 Phase PDU Enterprise PDUs 71762MX IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 PDU WW 71762NX IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 PDU WW 71763MU IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 3 Phase 60A PDU NA 71763NU IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 3 Phase 60A PDU NA 39M2816 IBM DPI C13 Enterprise PDU without power cord 39Y8923 DPI 60A Three Phase C19 Enterprise PDU with IEC309 3P G 208 V fixed power cord 39Y8941 DPI Single Phase C13 Enterprise PDU without power cord 39Y8948 DPI Single Phase C19 Enterprise PDU without power cord Front end PDUs 39Y8934 DPI 32 amp 250 V Front end PDU with IEC 309 2P Gnd connector 39Y8935 DPI 63amp 250 V Front end PDU with IEC 309 2P Gnd connector 39Y8938 30 amp 125 V Front end PDU with NEMA L5 30P connector 39Y8939 30 amp 250 V Front end PDU with NEMA L6 30P connector 39Y8940 60 amp 250 V Front end PDU with IEC 309 60A 2P N Gnd connector IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 40 Table 31 Power distribution units part 2 Part number Description Universal PDUs 39Y8951 DPI Universal Rack PDU with US LV and HV power cords 39Y8952 DPI Unive
7. and FCoE iSCSI SW for IBM System x 00JY820 A5UT Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP PCle Adapter for IBM System x 00JY824 A5UV Emulex VFA5 FCoF iSCSI SW for PCle Adapter for IBM System x FoD 00D9690 A3PM Mellanox ConnectX 3 10 GbE Adapter for IBM System x OOFP650 A5RK Mellanox ConnectX 3 Pro ML2 2x40GbE FDR VPI Adapter for IBM System x 4709977 A522 Solarflare SFN7122F 2x10GbE SFP Flareon Ultra for IBM System x Gigabit Ethernet 94Y5180 A4Z6 Broadcom NetXtreme Dual Port 10GbE SFP Adapter for IBM System x 90Y9370 A2V4 Broadcom NetXtreme Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x 90Y9352 A2V3 Broadcom NetXtreme Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x InfiniBand 00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX 3 40GbE FDR IB VPI Adapter for IBM System x For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Network adapters category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat networkadapters IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 21 Storage host bu s adapters The following table lists the storage HBAs that are supported by the nx360 M5 server These are installed in the full height PCle slot and require the riser also to be installed Table 15 Storage adapters Part number Feature code Description Riser card for PCle adapters OOFL464 A5JY nx360 M5 Compute Node Front Riser Fibre Channel 16 Gb 81Y166
8. and tuned on every IBM System x server to maximize performance and reliability IBM TruDDR4 Memory has a unique signature that is programmed into the DIMM that enables IBM System x servers to verify whether the memory installed is qualified supported by IBM Because IBM TruDDR4 Memory is authenticated certain extended memory performance features can be enabled to extend performance over industry standards From a service and support standpoint IBM memory automatically assumes the IBM system warranty and IBM provides service and support worldwide The NeXtScale nx360 M5 supports up to eight TruDDR Memory DIMMs when one processor is installed and up to 16x DIMMs when two processors are installed Each processor has four memory channels and there are two DIMMs per memory channel 2 DPC RDIMMs and LRDIMMs are supported but the mixing of these different types is not supported UDIMMs are not supported The following table lists the memory options that are available for the nx360 M5 server Table 5 Memory options Part Feature Description Maximum Models number code supported where used RDIMMs 46W0784 A5B6 4GB TruDDR4 Memory 1Rx8 1 2V 16 PC4 17000 CL15 2133MHz LP RDIMM 46W0788 ASB5 8GB TruDDR4 Memory 1Rx4 1 2V 16 PC4 17000 CL15 2133MHz LP RDIMM 46W0792 A5B8 8GB TruDDR4 Memory 2Rx8 1 2V 16 22x 42x PC4 17000 CL15 2133MHz LP RDIMM 46W0796 A5B7 16GB TruDDR4 Memory 2Rx4 1 2V 16 62x PC4 17000 CL15 2
9. or 60 Hz 5 0 A Input kilovolt amperes kVA approximately e Minimum configuration 0 1 kVA e Maximum configuration 6 0 kVA BTU output Minimum configuration 341 Btu hr 100 watts Maximum configuration 20 471 Btu hr 6 000 waits Noise level 7 0 bels idle Regulatory compliance The server conforms to the following international standards Energy Star 2 0 FCC Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Class A Canada ICES 003 issue 5 Class A UL IEC 60950 1 CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 NOM 019 Argentina IEC60950 1 Japan VCCI Class A IEC 60950 1 CB Certificate and CB Test Report China CCC GB4943 1 GB9254 Class A and GB17625 1 Taiwan BSMI CNS13438 Class A CNS14336 1 Australia New Zealand AS NZS CISPR 22 Class A AS NZS 60950 1 Korea KN22 Class A KN24 Russia GOST ME01 IEC 60950 1 GOST R 51318 22 and GOST R 51318 24 GOST R 51317 3 2 GOST R 51317 3 3 IEC 60950 1 CB Certificate and CB Test Report CE Mark EN55022 Class A EN60950 1 EN55024 and EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 CISPR 22 Class A TUV GS EN60950 1 IEC 60950 1 and EK1 ITB2000 IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 32 Warranty options The IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 and IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure have a 3 year onsite warranty with 9x5 next business day terms IBM offers the warranty service upgrades through IBM ServicePac offerings The IBM ServicePac is a series of prepackaged warranty maintenance upgrades and post warranty maintenance ag
10. support internal optical drive options Instead use an external USB drive such as the IBM and Lenovo part numbers 73P4515 or 73P4516 I O expansion options The nx360 M5 offers the following I O expansion options e One PCle 3 0 x16 ML2 adapter slot optional front accessible e One PCle 3 0 x16 full height half length slot optional front accessible e One PCle 2 0 x8 slot for internal RAID controller optional not front accessible Notes e Each slot requires a riser card as listed in the following table e The use of the PCle full height slot and the use of the two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays are mutually exclusive e When the PCle Native Expansion Tray is installed the full height half length slot becomes a PCle 3 0 x8 interface physically still a x16 connector The front accessible slots are shown in the following figure The internal slot for the RAID controller is shown in Figure 3 Optional ML2 Optional PCle 3 0 full height adapter slot half length slot Figure 9 Optional front accessible PCle slots With the addition of the IBM NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray the server has two additional PCle 3 0 x16 full height full length double width slots as described in the IBM NexXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray section The ordering information for optional risers for the three slots is listed in the following table Table 12 Riser card options Partnumber Feature code Description Maximum
11. system error LED lights up Review the logs through the web interface of the IMMv2 see the Remote server management section If needed power off the server and remove it from the enclosure Then press and hold the power button to activate the system board LEDs The LED next to the failed component lights up Remote server management The server contains IBM Integrated Management Module II IMM2 which provides advanced service processor control monitoring and an alerting function If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails the IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem records the error in the event log and alerts you about the problem The server includes IMM2 Basic and can be upgraded to IMM2 Standard and IMM2 Advanced with Feature on Demand FoD licenses IMM2 Basic has the following features Industry standard interfaces and protocols Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI Version 2 0 Common Information Model CIM Advanced Predictive Failure Analysis PFA support Continuous health monitoring Shared Ethernet connection Domain Name System DNS server support Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP support Embedded Dynamic System Analysis DSA LAN over USB for in band communications to the IMM Serial over LAN Remote power control Server console serial redirection IMM2 Standard as enabled by using the Feature on Demand software license key using part number 9
12. 0Y3900 has the following features in addition to the IMM2 Basic features Remote access through a secure web console Access to server vital product data VPD Automatic notification and alerts Continuous health monitoring and control Email alerts Syslog logging support Enhanced user authority levels Event logs that are time stamped saved on the IMM and that can be attached to email alerts OS watchdogs Remote configuration through Advanced Settings Utility ASU Remote firmware updating User authentication using a secure connection to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP server IMM2 Advanced as enabled by using the Feature on Demand software license key using part number 90Y3901 adds the following features on top of those of IMM Standard e Remotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 75 Hz with up to 23 bits per pixel color depths regardless of the system state e Remotely accessing the server by using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 27 e Mapping the CD or DVD drive diskette drive and USB flash drive on a remote client and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the server e Uploading a diskette image to the IMM memory and mapping it to the server as a virtual drive The blue screen capture feature captures the video display contents before the IMM restarts the server when the IMM detects an operating system
13. 133MHz LP RDIMM LRDIMMs 46W0800 A5B9 32GB TruDDR4 Memory 4Rx4 1 2V 16 PC417000 CL15 2133MHz LP LRDIMM In the nx360 M5 the maximum memory speed of a configuration is the lower of the following two values e The memory speed of the processor e The memory speed of the DIMM The following memory protection technologies are supported e ECC e Chipkill x4 memory options only 1Rx4 2Rx4 and 4Rx4 IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 12 The following table shows the maximum memory speeds that are achievable The table also shows the maximum memory capacity at any speed that is supported by the DIMM and the maximum memory capacity at the rated DIMM speed Table 6 Maximum memory speeds Spec RDIMMs LRDIMMs Rank Single rank Dual rank Quad rank Part numbers 46W0784 4GB 46W0792 8GB 46W0800 32GB 46W0788 8GB 46W0796 16GB Rated speed 2133 MHz 2133 MHz 2133 MHz Rated voltage 1 2V 1 2V 1 2V Operating voltage 1 2V 1 2V 1 2V Max quantity 16 16 16 Largest DIMM 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB Max memory capacity 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB Max memory at rated speed 64 GB 128 GB 512 GB Maximum operating speed MHz 1 DIMM per channel 2133 MHz 2133 MHz 2133 MHz 2 DIMMs per channel 2133 MHz 2133 MHz 2133 MHz The maximum quantity that is supported is shown for two installed processors When one processor is ins
14. 64T SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64 EM64T SP3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition U5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SUSE Enterprise Linux Server SLES 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 with XEN VMware vSphere 5 5 ESXi U2 VMware vSphere 5 1 ESXi U2 For the latest information about the specific versions and service levels that are supported and any other prerequisites see the IBM ServerProven website http www ibm com systems info x86servers serverproven compat us nos matrix shtml The following table lists the operating system support for GPUs and coprocessors Table 23 Operating system support for GPU and coprocessor adapters Operating system Intel Xeon Phi 7120P Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 EM64T SP3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition U5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VMware vSphere ESXi 5 1 z z lt j lt lt J WNVIDIA Tesla K40m lt l lt xlzlz z lt lt NVIDIA Grid K1 VMware vSphere ESXi 5 5 lt lt j z zJ z lt lt NVIDIA Grid K2 zl z lt lt lt lt lt IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 30 Physical and electrical specifications Here are the NexXtScale nx360 M5 dimensions Width 216 mm 8 5 in Height 41 mm 1 6 in Depth 659 mm 25 9 in Maxim
15. 8 A2XU Brocade 16Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 81Y1675 A2XV Brocade 16Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x 81Y1655 A2W5 Emulex 16Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 81Y1662 A2W6 Emulex 16Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x 00Y3337 A3KW QLogic 16Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 00Y3341 A3KX QLogic 16Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x Fibre Channel 8 Gb 46M6049 3589 Brocade 8Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 46M6050 3591 Brocade 8Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x 42D0485 3580 Emulex 8Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 42D0494 3581 Emulex 8Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x 42D0501 3578 QLogic 8Gb FC Single port HBA for IBM System x 42D0510 3579 QLogic 8Gb FC Dual port HBA for IBM System x For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Host Bus Adapters category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat hba PCle SSD adapters The server does not support High IOPS SSD adapters IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 22 IBM NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray The IBM NexXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray is a half wide 1U expansion tray that attaches to the nx360 M5 to provide two full height full length double width PCle 3 0 x16 slots The tray is designed to support two GPU adapters or coprocessors Note The PCle Native Expansion Tray and the Storage Native Expansion Tray cannot be connected to the same compute node The following figure shows the PCl
16. ASHL A5J3 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2650 v3 10C 2 3GHz 25MB 2133MHz 105W 42x OOFL160 A5HM A5J4 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2650L v3 12C 1 8GHz 30MB 2133MHz 65W OOFL158 ASHK A5J2 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2660 v3 10C 2 6GHz 25MB 2133MHz 105W OOFL167 ASHU A5JB Intel Xeon Processor E5 2667 v3 8C 3 2GHz 20MB 2133MHz 135W OOFL157 A5HJ A5J1 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2670 v3 12C 2 3GHz 30MB 2133MHz 120W OOFL156 ASHH A5JO Intel Xeon Processor E5 2680 v3 12C 2 5GHz 30MB 2133MHz 120W 62x OOKA829 A5V0 A5V1 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2683 v3 14C 2 0GHz 35MB 2133MHz 120W OOFL155 ASHG ASHZ Intel Xeon Processor E5 2690 v3 12C 2 6GHz 30MB 2133MHz 135W OOFL154 ASHF ASHY Intel Xeon Processor E5 2695 v3 14C 2 3GHz 35MB 2133MHz 120W OOFL153 ASHE A5HX Intel Xeon Processor E5 2697 v3 14C 2 6GHz 35MB 2133MHz 145W OOKA945 AS4L AS4P Intel Xeon Processor E5 2698 v3 16C 2 3GHz 40MB 2133MHz 135W 00KA947 AS4M AS4Q Intel Xeon Processor E5 2699 v3 18C 2 3GHz 45MB 2133MHz 145W The first feature code corresponds to the first processor the second feature code corresponds to the second processor Processor detail Model core count core speed L3 cache memory speed and TDP power IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 Memory options IBM TruDDR4 Memory uses the highest quality components that are sourced from Tier 1 DRAM suppliers and only memory that meets the strict requirements of IBM is selected It is compatibility tested
17. ATA 3 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 1 00AD020 A489 IBM 3TB 7 2K 6Gbps SATA 3 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 1 00AD025 A4GC IBM 4TB 7 2K 6Gbps SATA 3 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 1 3 5 inch simple swap SATA HDDs 512e format OOFN123 ASVV IBM 2TB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3 5 512e HDD for NextScale System 1 OOFN138 ASVW IBM 3TB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3 5 512e HDD for NextScale System 1 OOFN153 A5VX IBM 4TB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3 5 512e HDD for NextScale System 1 OOFN168 ASVY IBM 5TB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3 5 512e HDD for NextScale System 1 OOFN183 ASVZ IBM 6TB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3 5 512e HDD for NextScale System 1 2 5 inch simple swap SAS HDDs 00AD055 A48D IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 2 00AJ290 ASNG IBM 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 2 OOFNO40 ASNC IBM 1 2TB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 HDD for NeXtScale System 2 2 5 inch hot swap HDDs OOAJO96 A4TL IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS HDD 2 00AJ136 A4TW IBM 500GB 7 2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2 5 G3HS HDD 2 00AJ126 A4TS IBM 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS HDD 2 00AJ146 A4TP IBM 1 2TB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2 5 G3HS HDD 2 1 8 inch simple swap Enterprise Value SSDs 00AJ040 A4KV 3500 80GB SATA 1 8 MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x 4 00AJ050 A4KX 3500 400GB SATA 1 8 MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x 4 IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 Internal tape drives The server does not support internal tape drive options Optical drives The server does not
18. Gb top of rack switches 7309DRX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS Rear to Front 7309DFX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264CS Front to Rear 7309BR6 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8124ER 7309BF7 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8124EF 7309G64 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264R 730964F IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264F 7309CR9 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264TR 7309CF9 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8264TF IBM System Networking 40 Gb top of rack switches 8036BRX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8332 Rear to Front 8036BFX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8332 Front to Rear 8036ARX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8316R 8036AFX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8316F For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Top of rack switches category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat tor IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 38 Additional edge switches are offered as part of the IBM Intelligent Cluster program as listed in the following table Table 29 Switches in the IBM Intelligent Cluster program Feature code Description 1 Gb top of rack switches 2733 Cisco 2960G 48TC L 48 port Layer 2 Not available Juniper EX4200 48 port Layer 2 3 6941 SMC 8126L2 26 port Layer 2 6673 SMC 8150L2 50 port Laye
19. High Efficiency HE Platinum AC power supplies are 80 PLUS Platinum certified to allow for the best efficiency values of your data center The following table lists the supported power supply options Table 18 Power supplies Part number Feature code Description Min Max Chassis model supported where used 00Y8569 A41T CFF 900W Power Supply 6 6 A2x 00Y8652 A4MM CFF 1300W Power Supply 2 6 A3x A4x The power supply options have the following features Supports N N or N 1 Power Redundancy or Non redundant power configurations to support higher density Power management controller and configured through the Fan and Power Controller Integrated 2500 RPM fan 80 PLUS Platinum certified Built in overload and surge protection 900 W power supply specifications Supports dual range voltage 100 240 V 100 127 nominal V AC 50 or 60 Hz 6 8 A maximum 200 240 nominal V AC 50 or 60 Hz 5 0 A maximum 1300 W power supply specifications Supports high range voltage only 200 240 V 200 240 nominal V AC 50 or 60 Hz 6 9 A maximum Integrated virtualization The server supports VMware vSphere ESXi which is installed on a USB memory key The key is installed in a USB socket inside the server The following table lists the virtualization options Customized VMware vSphere images can be downloaded from the following website http ibm com systems x os vmware Table 19 V
20. at promote low total cost of ownership and low monthly payments IBM Global Financing operates in more than 50 countries For financing options in your country and to contact a local financing specialist go to http ibm com financing IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients Rates and availability subject to client s credit rating financing terms offering type equipment and product type and options and might vary by country Non hardware items must be one time non recurring charges and are financed by means of loans Other restrictions might apply Rates and offerings are subject to change extension or withdrawal without notice and might not be available in all countries Contact your local IBM Global Financing representative for additional details IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 42 Related publications and links For more information see these resources IBM US Announcement Letter http ibm com common ssi cgi bin ssialias infotype dd amp subtype ca amp amp htmlfid 89 7 ENUS 1 14 142 IBM NexXtScale System home page http www ibm com systems x hardware highdensity nextscale IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 Installation and Service Guide http ibm com support IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure Installation and Service Guide http ibm com support entry portal docdisplay Indocid migr 5093698 ServerPro
21. cabling enables you to quickly and easily make changes in networking power connections and storage The nx360 M5 and n1200 enclosure are also available in direct water cooled configurations for the ultimate in data center cooling efficiencies IBM NextScale nx360 M5 1 Key features IBM NexXtScale System M5 is the next generation dense platform from IBM System x following on from the NextScale System M4 offering and its predecessor IBM iDataPlex The NeXtScale system includes a dense chassis half wide compute nodes plus storage and GPU nodes all fitting within a standard rack footprint With M5 IBM extends the feature set to drive further growth in High Performance Computing and also to reach even more segments and workloads requiring dense performance such as Cloud Grid and Analytics Designed with industry standard off the shelf components IBM NeXtScale System is a general purpose platform that is designed to give customers a flexible IT infrastructure The offering includes compute intensive systems and GPU offerings and storage offerings Customized solutions can be configured to provide an application appropriate platform with a choice of servers networking switches adapters and racks This modular system is designed to scale and grow with data center needs to protect and maximize IT investments Because it is optimized for standard racks users can easily mix high density NextScale server offerings and non NeXtScale compone
22. can be removed from the front of the rack by sliding out the trays or the chassis for easy quick servicing e Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts such as HDDs and memory e Optional RAID arrays enable the server to keep operating if there is a failure of any one drive e SSDs offer better reliability than traditional mechanical HDDs for greater uptime e Predictive Failure Analysis PFA detects when system components processors memory and hard disk drives operate outside of standard thresholds and generates proactive alerts in advance of possible failure therefore increasing uptime e The built in Integrated Management Module II IMM2 continuously monitors system parameters triggers alerts and performs recovering actions in case of failures to minimize downtime e The IMM2 offers optional remote management capability to enable remote keyboard video and mouse KVM control of the server e There is a three year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with next business day 9x5 Optional service upgrades are available IBM NextScale nx360 M5 4 Locations of key components and connectors The following figure shows the front of the nx360 M5 server Optional One PCle 3 0 slot ML2 adapter full height half length slot or two 2 5 in HS drive bays _ Optional dedicated IMM2 GbE port connector 1 GbE or IMM2 Power button 1 GbE port Management and information port s
23. designed to scale with your business needs The NexXtScale nx360 M5 is also available as a warm water cooled server for the ultimate in energy efficiency cooling nois e and TCO Scalability and performance The IBM NexXtScale System and the NexXtScale nx360 M5 server offer numerous features to boost performance improve scalability and reduce costs e Upto 12 compute nodes each with two of the latest Xeon processors 16 DIMMs and three PCle slots in 6U of rack space It is a highly dense scalable and price optimized offering e The Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 v3 product family improves productivity by offering superior system performance with 18 core processors core speeds up to 3 2 GHz L3 cache sizes up to 45 MB DDR4 memory speeds up to 2133 MHz and QPI interconnect links of up to 8 GTps e Two processors up to 36 cores and 72 threads maximize the concurrent execution of multi threaded applications IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 2 Intelligent and adaptive system performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2 0 allows CPU cores to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond processor thermal design power TDP Intel Hyper Threading Technology boosts performance for multi threaded applications by enabling simultaneous multi threading within each processor core up to two threads per core Intel Virtualization Technology integrates hardware level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendo
24. e Native Expansion Tray attached to an nx360 M5 shown with the top cover removed The figure shows two NVIDIA GPUs installed Figure 10 IBM NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray attached to an nx360 M5 compute node Ordering information is listed in the following table Table 16 Ordering information Part number Feature code Description 00Y8393 A4MB IBM NexXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray When the PCle Native Expansion Tray is used it is connected to the compute node through two riser cards each providing a PCle x16 connector to the GPUs or coprocessors that are installed in the tray e A 2 slot PCle 3 0 x24 riser card is installed in the front riser slot riser slot 1 see Figure 3 This riser card replaces the standard 1 slot riser that is used to connect standard PCle cards that are internal to the compute node The 2 slot riser card offers these connections e PCle 3 0 x8 slot for the slot internal to the compute node e PCle 3 0 x16 slots for the front adapter in the PCle Native Expansion Tray IBM NextScale nx360 M5 23 e A 1 slot PCle 3 0 x16 riser card is installed in the rear riser slot riser slot 2 see Figure 3 This riser is used to connect the rear adapter in the PCle Native Expansion Tray Only GPUs and coprocessors are supported in the PCle Native Expansion Tray and only those that are listed in the following section The PCle Native Expansion Tray also includes the auxiliary power con
25. e materials conductive flooring conductive footwear on all personnel that go into the data center and all mobile furnishings and equipment will be made of conductive or static dissipative materials e During maintenance on any hardware a properly functioning wrist strap must be used by any personnel who come into contact with IT equipment If you adhere to ASHRAE Class A3 Temperature 36 C 40 C 96 8 F 104 F with relaxed support e A support cloud like workload with no performance degradation is acceptable Turbo Off e Under no circumstance can any combination of worst case workload and configuration result in system shutdown or design exposure at 40 C e The worst case workload like Linpack and Turbo On might have performance degradation IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 31 Specific component restrictions Processor E5 2699 v3 E5 2697 v3 E5 2667 v3 E5 2643 v3 E5 2637 v3 Temperature 5 C 30 C 41 F 86 F Altitude 0 304 8 m 1000ft Intel Xeon Phi 7120P Temperature 5 C 30 C 41 F 86 F Altitude 0 304 8 m 1000ft nx360 M5 with rear HDD Temperature 5 C 30 C 41 F 86 F Altitude 0 304 8 m 1000ft nx360 M5 servers in configuration that also includes nx360 M4 servers are not supported by any of the following processors E5 2699 v3 E5 2697 v3 E5 2667 v3 E5 2643 v3 E5 2637 v3 Electrical requirements 100 127 nominal V AC 50 Hz or 60 Hz 6 8 A 200 240 nominal V AC 50 Hz
26. f HigH Fibre Drive Sled 46X2685t LTO Ultrium 5 Half High SAS Drive Sled 46X6912 LTO Ultrium 4 Half High Fibre Channel Drive Sled 46X7117tT LTO Ultrium 4 Half High SAS DriveV2 Sled 46X7122 LTO Ultrium 3 Half High SAS DriveV2 Sled Note The external tape drives that are listed can be ordered through the System x sales channel The server might support other IBM tape drives that are not listed in this table For more information see IBM System Storage Interoperability Center t Note These part numbers are the tape drives options for 35732UL and 35734UL For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Backup units category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat tape IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 37 Top of rack Ethernet switches The server supports the top of rack Ethernet switches from IBM System Networking that are listed in the following table Table 28 IBM System Networking Top of rack switches Part number Description IBM System Networking 1 Gb top of rack switches 7309BAX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G7028 24 ports 7309CAX IBM System Networking RackSwitch G7028 48 ports 0446013 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8000R 7309CFC IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8000F 7309G52 IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8052R 730952F IBM System Networking RackSwitch G8052F IBM System Networking 10
27. f Lenovo in the United States other countries or both These and other Lenovo trademarked terms are marked on their first occurrence in this information with the appropriate symbol or indicating US registered or common law trademarks owned by Lenovo at the time this information was published Such trademarks may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at http www lenovo com legal copytrade html The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States other countries or both Advanced Settings Utility BladeCenter Dynamic System Analysis Flex System iDataPlex Intelligent Cluster Lenovo NeXtScale NeXtScale System RackSwitch Lenovo logo ServeRAID ServerGuide ServerProven System x TruDDR4 The following terms are trademarks of other companies Intel Intel Xeon Intel logo Intel Inside logo and Intel Centrino logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 45
28. g table lists the RAID controllers and SAS HBA that are used for internal disk storage of the nx360 M5 server and the Riser card that is needed to install the adapter Table 9 Drive controllers for internal storage Part Feature Description Maximum number code supported Riser card for RAID adapter OOFL179 A5JZ nx360 M5 RAID Riser 1 RAID Controllers and SAS Host Bus Adapters 4609110 A3YZ ServeRAID M5210 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x 1 4609114 A45w ServeRAID M1215 SAS SATA Controller for IBM System x aL 47C8675 A3YY N2215 SAS SATA HBA for IBM System x 1 Features on Demand Upgrades ServeRAID M5210 47C8706 A3Z5 ServeRAID M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade FoD 1 47C8708 A3Z6 ServeRAID M5200 Series Zero Cache RAID 5 Upgrade FoD 1 47C8710 A3Z7 ServeRAID M5200 Series Performance Accelerator FoD 1 47C8712 A3Z8 ServeRAID M5200 Series SSD Caching Enabler FoD 1 Features on Demand Upgrades ServeRAID M1215 00AE930 ASH5 ServeRAID M1200 Zero Cache RAID 5 Upgrade FOD 1 Mutually exclusive Only one of these adapters is supported in the nx360 M5 and is installed in the internal RAID slot and it requires RAID Riser OOFL179 IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 The following table lists the adapters that are supported for each drive configuration Table 10 Drive type and RAID adapter support
29. hang condition A system administrator can use the blue screen capture to assist in determining the cause of the hang condition The following table lists the remote management options Note The IMM2 Advanced upgrade requires the IMM2 Standard upgrade Table 21 Remote management options Part number Feature Description Maximum codes supported 90Y3900 A1MK IBM Integrated Management Module Standard Upgrade 1 90Y3901 A1ML IBM Integrated Management Module Advanced Upgrade 1 requires Standard Upgrade 90Y3900 The nx360 M5 provides two Ethernet ports standard one of which port 1 is configured in UEFI by default to be shared between the operating system and the IMM2 In shared mode this port enables you to connect remotely to the IMM2 to perform systems management functions A third Ethernet port is optional and provides a dedicated 10 100 Mbps Ethernet connection to the IMM2 Shared IMM2 OS Optional dedicated Ethernet port IMM2 Ethernet port Figure 13 IMM ports The following table lists the ordering information for the dedicated IMM2 port option Table 22 Dedicated IMM2 Ethernet port option Part number Feature Description Maximum codes supported OOFL177 A5JX nx360 M5 IMM Management Interposer 1 IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 28 Remote enclosure management The IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure offers a remote management capability through t
30. hared LEDs Figure 2 Front view of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 The following figure shows the locations of key components inside the server USB hypervisor ML2 card CPU 1 and PCle 3 0 Rear drive socket riser eight DIMMs riser slot 2 bay s PCle Tray only PCle 3 0 CPU 2 and SD Media RAID adapterin Midplane riser slot 1 eight DIMMs connector internal slot connector Figure 3 Inside view of the NeXtScale nx360 M5 IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 The compute nodes are installed in the IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure as shown in the following figure Figure 4 Front view of the IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure The rear of the enclosure contains the power supplies fans and the Fan and Power Controller as shown in the following figure 3x Power supplies 5x Fan Modules 3x Power supplies 5x Fan Modules Fan and Power Supply Bays Lim k K K K k K K At LS K lix K K K K x L K K K K K E Fan and Power Controller Figure 5 Rear view of the IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 6 Standard specifications The following table lists the standard specifications of the NextScale nx360 M5 compute node and NeXtScale n1200 enclosure Table 1 Standard specifications part 1 Components Specification Form factor Standard server Half wide 1U compute node With optional NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray Half wide 2U compu
31. he Fan and Power Controller which is at the back of the enclosure as shown in the following figure Fan and Power Controller Default informat ih HHH A hh sh Ad Figure 14 Fan and Power Controller The Fan and Power Controller has one external RJ45 port which provides a 10 100 Mbps Ethernet connection for browser based remote control The port provides the following interfaces e AnHTTP web browser interface for remote management e AnIPMI interface to the IMM in each server e An IPMI interface to higher managers such as xCAT The module provides the following functions e Power supply redundancy and over subscription configuration e Power capping saving configuration e Power restore policy e Acoustic mode setting e Configuration log export to USB a USB port is provided inside the module e IMM remote reset or Server remote reseat AC cycle e Status monitor Power consumption node status power supply status and fan status e Network configuration The FPC also includes a USB key that is housed inside the unit The USB key stores the event log for the FPC plus power cooling and network configuration data IBM NextScale nx360 M5 29 Supported operating systems The server supports the following operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 UEFI mode only Legacy mode not supported Microsoft Windows Server 2012 UEFI mode only Legacy mode not supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 EM
32. ight 6 17 kg 13 6 Ib n1200 enclosure Fully configured stand alone 112 kg 247 Ib empty chassis 28 kg 62 Ib IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 The nx360 M5 servers are shipped with the following items e Statement of Limited Warranty e Important Notices e Documentation CD that contains the nstallation and Service Guide Standard models The following table lists the standard models Table 2 Standard models Model Intel Xeon Processort Memory and RAID Drive bays Disks Network Optical 2 maximum speed controller 5465 22x 2x E5 2620 v3 6C 2 4GHz 2x 8 GB 6 Gbps SATA 1x 3 5 inch SS Open 2x GbE None 15MB 1866MHz 85W 2133 MHz No RAID bay 5465 42x 2x E5 2650 v3 10C 2 3GHz 2x 8 GB 6 Gbps SATA 1x 3 5 inch SS Open 2x GbE None 25MB 2133MHz 105W 2133 MHz No RAID bay 5465 62x 2x E5 2680 v3 12C 2 5GHz 2x 16 GB 6 Gbps SATA 2x 2 5 inch SS Open 2x GbE None 30MB 2133MHz 120W 2133 MHz No RAID bays Processor detail Processor quantity and model cores core speed L3 cache memory speed and power consumption For information about the standard features of the server see the Standard specifications section IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure models The NeXtScale nx360 M5 is supported in the IBM NexXtScale n1200 Enclosure The standard n1200 Enclosure models are listed in the following table Table 3 Standard enclosure m
33. irtualization options Part number Feature Description Maximum code supported 41Y8298 A2G0 IBM Blank USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi Downloads 1 41Y8385 A584 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 5 5 Update 2 1 IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 25 Local server management The nx360 M5 provides local console access through the KVM connector at the front of the server A console breakout cable is used with this connector which provides a VGA port two USB ports anda DB9 serial port The cable is shown in the following figure Figure 11 Console breakout cable One console breakout cable is shipped with the NextScale n1200 enclosure Additional cables can be ordered per the following table Table 20 Console breakout cable Part number Feature Description Maximum code supported 00Y8366 A4AK Console breakout cable KVM Dongle cable 1 Tip This is the same cable that is used with IBM Flex System but has a different part number because of the included materials To aid with problem determination the server includes light path diagnostics which is a set of LEDs on the front of the server and inside the server that show you which component is failing The LEDs are shown in the following figure Locator Check log error LED LED blue LED yellow yellow Figure 12 Power button and system LEDs IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 26 When an error occurs the
34. is integrated into the Intel Xeon processor E5 family which reduces I O latency and increases overall system performance Manageability and security Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the nx360 M5 The server includes an Integrated Management Module II IMM2 to monitor server availability and perform remote management There is a standard Ethernet port that can be shared between the operating system and IMM2 for remote management with optional Features on Demand upgrade There is an optional additional Ethernet port for dedicated IMM2 connectivity An integrated industry standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI enables improved setup configuration and updates and simplifies error handling Integrated Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 support enables advanced cryptographic functions such as digital signatures and remote attestation Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware based resistance to malicious software attacks allowing the application to run in its own isolated space that is protected from all other software running on a system The Intel Execute Disable Bit function can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 3 Energy efficiency IBM NexXtScale System offers the following energy efficiency features to save energy reduce operational c
35. lenovo i THOSE fae IBM NextScale nx360 M5 Lenovo Product Guide IBM NeXtScale System is the next generation of dense computing It is an open flexible and simple data center solution for users of technical computing grid deployments analytics workloads and large scale cloud and virtualization infrastructures The IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure and new IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 server are designed to optimize density and performance within typical data center infrastructure limits The 6U NeXtScale n1200 enclosure fits in a standard 19 inch rack and up to 12 nx360 M5 servers can be installed into the enclosure With more computing power per watt and the latest Intel Xeon v3 processors you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability Suggested use HPC technical computing grid deployments analytics workloads and large scale cloud managed service providers and virtualization infrastructures The following figure shows the IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 server Figure 1 The IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 server is based on the Intel Xeon E5 2600 v3 processor family Did you know IBM NexXtScale System is built with industry standard components to create flexible configurations of servers chassis and networking switches that integrate easily in a standard 19 inch rack It is a general purpose platform that provides flexibility to clients for creating unique and differentiated solutions using off the shelf components Front access
36. n amp page pg amp cat externalstorage IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 35 External backup units The server supports the external backup attachment options that are listed in the following table Table 27 External backup options Part 1 Part number Description External tape expa nsion enclosures for internal tape drives 87651UX 1U Tape Drive Enclosure 8767HHX Half High Tape Drive Enclosure 87651NX 1U Tape Drive Enclosure with Nema 5 15P LineCord 8767HNX Half High Tape Drive Enclosure with Nema 5 15P LineCord Tape enclosure adapters with cables 44E8869 USB Enclosure Adapter Kit 40K2599 SAS Enclosure Adapter Kit Internal backup drives that are supported by external tape enclosures 46C5364 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System Internal USB 160 GB Bundle 46C5387 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System Internal USB 320 GB Bundle 46C5388 IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System Internal USB 500 GB Bundle 46C5399 IBM DDS Generation 5 USB Tape Drive 39M5636 IBM DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive 43W8478 IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive 44E8895 IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive 49Y9898 IBM Half High LTO Gen 5 Internal SAS Tape Drive 00D8924 IBM Half High LTO Ultrium Gen 6 Internal SAS Tape Drive IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 36 Table 27 External backup options Part 2
37. nch drive internal internal storage e Using 2 5 inch drives 5 6 TB using 2x 1 2 TB HDDs internal 2x 1 6 TB HS SSDs front e Using 1 8 inch drives 1 6 TB using 4x 400 GB SSDs internal RAID support Four 6 Gb SATA ports through onboard Intel C612 chipset No RAID standard Optional 12 Gb SAS SATA RAID adapter installed in dedicated internal PCle slot Supports ServeRAID M5210 or M1215 both standard with RAID 0 and 1 Optional M5210 upgrades RAID 5 50 zero cache or 1 GB non backed cache or 1 GB or 2 GB or 4 GB flash backed cache RAID 6 60 FoD performance upgrades Optional upgrade to M1215 for RAID 5 support zero cache No support for ServeRAID C100 or C105 software RAID Optical drive No internal bays Use an external USB drive such as the IBM and Lenovo part number bays 73P4515 or 73P4516 Tape drive bays No internal bays Use an external USB drive IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 Table 1 Standard specifications part 2 Components Specification Network Integrated two port Gigabit Ethernet Broadcom BCM5717 with RJ45 connectors One port interfaces dedicated for use by the operating system and one configurable either as shared by the operating system and Integrated Management Module IMM or as dedicated to the IMM Optional third GbE port for dedicated IMM2 access Optionally two InfiniBand ports or two 10 GbE ports through a Mezzanine LOM Gen 2 ML2 adapter slot ML2 adapters support shared acces
38. nectors and cables for each adapter slot that is necessary for each supported GPU and coprocessor GPU and coprocessor adapters The nx360 M5 supports GPU adapters and coprocessors when the IBM NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray is attached as described in the IBM NexXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray section The following table lists the supported adapters The operating systems that are supported by each GPU and coprocessor adapter is listed in the Supported operating systems section Here are the configuration rules e The usage of GPUs or coprocessors require the usage of the IBM NeXtScale PCle Native Expansion Tray Table 17 GPU adapters and coprocessors One or two GPUs or coprocessors can be installed If two GPU adapters or coprocessors are installed they must be identical 1300 W power supplies are required in the chassis 200 240 V AC utility power is required 100 127 V AC is not supported Part number Feature code Description Power Maximum consumption supported 00J6162 A3GP Intel Xeon Phi 7120P 300 W 2 00J6160 A3GM NVIDIA GRID K1 130W 2 00J6161 A3GN NVIDIA GRID K2 225 W 2 00FL133 A564 NVIDIA Tesla K40 235 W 2 IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 24 Power supplies The IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure supports up to six redundant hot plug power supplies providing N N or N 1 redundancy Power policies with no redundancy also are supported These
39. nts within the same rack IBM NeXtScale System also provides tremendous time to value by enabling users to set up and start it in a shorter period The NeXtScale nx360 M5 server provides a dense flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership TCO The half wide dual socket NeXtScale nx360 M5 server is designed for data centers that require high performance but are constrained by floor space By taking up less physical space in the data center the NeXtScale server enhances density and it supports the Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 v3 series up to 145 W and 18 core processors thus providing more performance per server The nx360 M5 compute node contains only essential components in the base architecture to provide a cost optimized platform The nx360 M5 also supports additional expansion options in the form of trays that attach to the top of the server The PCle Native Expansion Tray can be added to the nx360 M5 to form a powerful compute engine supporting two GPU or coprocessor adapters Planned for support is the Storage Native Expansion Tray which can be added to the nx360 M5 to form a storage dense server supporting up to 48 TB of local SAS attached storage The NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure is an efficient 6U 12 node chassis with no built in networking or switching capabilities and therefore requires no chassis level management Sensibly designed to provide shared high efficiency power and cooling for housed servers the n1200 enclosure is
40. odels Model Description Fans Power standard max standard max 5456 A2x IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure 10x 80mm 10 6x 900 W 6 5456 A3x IBM NeXtScale n1200 Enclosure 10x 80mm 10 2x 1300 W 6 5456 A4x IBM NexXtScale n1200 Enclosure 10x 80mm 10 6x 1300 W 6 The chassis ships with these items e Rail kit 88Y6763 e Four detachable chassis lift handles e One Console breakout cable also known as a KVM Dongle e A Torx 8 T8 screwdriver for use with components such as drive cages mounted on the rear of the chassis e OneAC power cord for each power supply that is installed 1 5m 10A IEC320 C14 to C13 part number 39Y7937 The n1200 provides a shared high efficiency power supply and fans Like IBM BladeCenter and IBM Flex System the NeXtScale System compute nodes connect to a midplane but this connection is for power and control only the midplane does not provide any I O connectivity IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 Processor options The nx360 M5 supports the processor options that are listed in the following table Table 4 Processor options Part Feature code Intel Xeon processors Where number used OOFL163 A5HQ A5J7 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2620 v3 6C 2 4GHz 15MB 1866MHz 85W 22x OOFL161 ASHN A5J5 Intel Xeon Processor E5 2640 v3 8C 2 6GHz 20MB 1866MHz 90W OOFL159
41. on Option SCO For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Rack cabinets and options category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat rack IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 34 External disk storage systems The following table lists the external storage systems that are supported by the server and can be ordered through the System x sales channel The server might support other IBM disk systems that are not listed in this table For more information see IBM System Storage Interoperability Center at http www ibm com systems support storage ssic Table 26 External disk storage systems Part number Description 1746A2D IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Dual Controller Storage System 1746A2S IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Single Controller Storage System 1746A4D IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Dual Controller Storage System 1746A4S IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Single Controller Storage System 181494H IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 94 181498H IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 98 181492H IBM System Storage EXP395 Expansion Unit 1746A2E IBM System Storage EXP3512 Express Storage Expansion Unit 1746A4E IBM System Storage EXP3524 Express Storage Expansion Unit For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Storage Systems category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Ope
42. osts increase energy availability and contribute to a green environment e Support for S3 standby power states in the processor e Shared 80 Plus Platinum power supplies ensure energy efficiency e Large 80 mm fans maximize air flow efficiencies e The Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 v3 product family offers better performance over the previous generation while fitting into the same TDP limits e Intel Intelligent Power Capability powers on and off individual processor elements as needed to reduce power draw e Low voltage Intel Xeon processors draw less energy to satisfy the demands of power and thermally constrained data centers and telecommunication environments e Low voltage 1 2 V DDR4 memory DIMMs consume up to 20 less energy compared to 1 35 V DDR3 DIMMs e SSDs consume as much as 80 less power than traditional 2 5 inch HDDs e The server uses hexagonal ventilation holes in the front and rear of the casing which can be grouped more densely than round holes providing more efficient airflow through the system e There are power monitoring and power capping capabilities through the Power and Fan Management Module in the chassis Availability and serviceability IBM NeXtScale System and the nx360 M5 server provide many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime e The NeXtScale n1200 chassis supports N N and N 1 power policies for its six power supplies which means greater system uptime e All components
43. r 2 10 Gb top of rack switches A1M6 Cisco 3750X 48T L 48 port Layer 2 3 Uninterruptible power supply units The server supports attachments to the uninterruptible power supply UPS units that are listed in the following table Table 30 Uninterruptible power supply units Part number Description Rack mounted UPS 21304RX IBM UPS 10000XHV 53951AX IBM 1500VA LCD 2U Rack UPS 100V 120V 53951KX IBM 1500VA LCD 2U Rack UPS 230V 53952AX IBM 2200VA LCD 2U Rack UPS 100V 120V 53952KX IBM 2200VA LCD 2U Rack UPS 230V 53953AX IBM 3000VA LCD 3U Rack UPS 100 V 120 V 53953JX IBM 3000VA LCD 3U Rack UPS 200 V 208 V 53956AX IBM 6000VA LCD 4U Rack UPS 200 V 208 V 53956KX IBM 6000VA LCD 4U Rack UPS 230 V 53959KX IBM 11000VA LCD 5U Rack UPS 200V 208V 230V For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Power infrastructure category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat power IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 39 Power distribution units The server supports attachments to the power distribution units PDUs that are listed in the following table Table 31 Power distribution units part 1 Part number Description Switched and Monitored PDUs 46M4002 IBM 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Active Energy Manager DPI PDU 46M4003 IBM 1U 9 C19 3 C13 Active
44. reements with a well defined scope of services including service hours response time term of service and service agreement terms and conditions IBM ServicePac offerings are country specific Each country might have its own service types service levels response times and terms and conditions Not all covered types of ServicePac offerings might be available in a particular country For more information about IBM ServicePac offerings that are available in your country visit the IBM ServicePac Product Selector https www 304 ibm com sales gss download spst servicepac The following table explains warranty service definitions in more detail Table 24 Warranty service definitions Term Description IBM onsite A service technician comes to the server s location for equipment repair repair IOR 24x7x2 hour A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer s location within two hours after remote problem determination is completed We provide service around the clock every day including IBM holidays 24x7x4 hour A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer s location within four hours after remote problem determination is completed We provide service around the clock every day including IBM holidays 9x5x4 hour A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer s location within four business hours after remote problem determination is completed We provide se
45. rs to better use the hardware for virtualization workloads Intel Advanced Vector Extensions AVX improve floating point performance for compute intensive technical and scientific applications Sixteen DIMMs of registered 2133 MHz DDR4 ECC memory provide speed high availability and a memory capacity of up to 512 GB Supports drives up to 6 TB capacity in the 3 5 inch form factor Support for internal simple swap drives either one 3 5 inch drive two 2 5 inch drives or four 1 8 inch drives Plus in place of a PCle slot add two 2 5 inch hot swap drives Boosts performance with PCle Native Expansion Tray by offering support for two high powered GPUs or Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors within a single node The use of solid state drives SSDs instead of or with traditional hard disk drives HDDs can improve I O performance An SSD can support up to 100 times more I O operations per second LOPS than a typical HDD Three PCle slots internal to the nx360 M4 Full height PCle slot mezzanine LOM Generation 2 ML2 slot and dedicated internal RAID adapter slot Supports new mezzanine LOM Generation 2 ML2 cards for 40 Gb Ethernet and FDR InfiniBand that offer network performance in the smallest footprint PCI Express 3 0 I O expansion capabilities improve the theoretical maximum bandwidth by 60 8 GTps per link compared with the previous generation of PCI Express 2 0 With Intel Integrated I O Technology the PCI Express 3 0 controller
46. rsal Rack PDU with CEE7 VII Europe LC 39Y8953 DPI Universal Rack PDU with Denmark LC 39Y8954 DPI Universal Rack PDU with Israel LC 39Y8955 DPI Universal Rack PDU with Italy LC 39Y8956 DPI Universal Rack PDU with South Africa LC 39Y8957 DPI Universal Rack PDU with UK LC 39Y8958 DPI Universal Rack PDU with AS NZ LC 39Y8959 DPI Universal Rack PDU with China LC 39Y8962 DPI Universal Rack PDU Argentina 39Y8960 DPI Universal Rack PDU Brazil 39Y8961 DPI Universal Rack PDU India OU Basic PDUs 46M4122 IBM OU 24 C13 16A 3 Phase PDU 46M4125 IBM OU 24 C13 30A 3 Phase PDU 46M4128 IBM OU 24 C13 30A PDU 46M4131 IBM OU 24 C13 32A PDU 46M4140 IBM OU 12 C19 12 C13 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4143 IBM OU 12 C19 12 C13 32A 3 Phase PDU For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Power infrastructure category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat power IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 41 IBM Global Financing IBM Global Financing can help you obtain the IT solution that you need while preserving funding for other strategic investments and optimizing cash flow Our Fair Market Value FMV lease helps ensure that you have the latest IBM technology and with our mid lease upgrade capability you can increase the capacity of the system with little to no change in monthly payments At the end of the lease take advantage of our flexible end of lease op
47. rvice from 8 00 a m 5 00 p m in the customer s local time zone Monday through Friday excluding IBM holidays If after 1 00 p m it is determined that onsite service is required the customer can expect the service technician to arrive the morning of the following business day For noncritical service requests a service technician arrives by the end of the following business day 9x5 next A service technician is scheduled to arrive at your customer s location on the business day after we business day receive your call following remote problem determination We provide service from 8 00 a m 5 00 p m in the customer s local time zone Monday through Friday excluding IBM holidays In general these are the types of IBM ServicePac offerings e Warranty and maintenance service upgrades e One 2 3 4 or 5 years of 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage e Onsite repair from next business day to 4 or 2 hours e One or 2 years of warranty extension e Remote technical support services One or three years with 24x7 coverage severity 1 or 9x5 next business day for all severities Installation and start support for System x servers Remote technical support for System x servers Software support Support Line e Microsoft or Linux software e VMware IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 33 Rack cabinets The NextScale n1200 enclosure is supported in the following racks e IBM 42U 1100 mm Enterprise V2 Deep Dynamic Rack e IBM 42U 1100 mm
48. s to the IMM PCI Expansion slots nx360 M5 without PCle Native Expansion Tray e One PCle 3 0 x16 ML2 adapter slot e One PCle 3 0 x16 full height half length slot or two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays e One PCle 2 0 x8 slot for internal RAID controller nx360 M5 with PCle Native Expansion Tray e One PCle 3 0 x16 ML2 adapter slot e One PCle 3 0 x8 full height half length slot or two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays e One PCle 2 0 x8 slot for internal RAID controller e Two PCle 3 0 x16 full height full length double width slots Ports Front of the server KVM connector with the addition of a console breakout cable 1 cable standard with the chassis supplies one RS232 serial port one VGA port and two USB 1 1 ports for local console connectivity Two 1 Gbps Ethernet ports with RJ45 connectors Optional third GbE port for dedicated IMM2 access nternal One internal USB port for VMware ESXi hypervisor key Rear of the enclosure provided by the Fan and Power Controller for chassis management Gb Ethernet connection RJ45 for remote management Cooling Supplied by the NexXtScale n1200 enclosure 10 hot swap dual rotor 80 mm system fans with tool less design Power supply Supplied by the NexXtScale n1200 enclosure Up to six hot swap power supplies either 900 W or 1300 W depending on the chassis model Support power policies N N or N 1 power redundancy 80 PLUS Platinum certified
49. supported OOFL180 A5JV nx360 M5 ML2 Riser 1 OOFL464 A5JY nx360 M5 Compute Node Front Riser 1 00FL179 A5JZ nx360 M5 RAID Riser 1 IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 19 Network adapters The nx360 M5 offers two Gigabit Ethernet ports with the following features Broadcom BCM5717 Gigabit Ethernet controller TCP IP Offload Engine TOE support Wake on LAN support Receive side Scaling RSS and Transmit side Scaling TSS support MSI and MSI X capability up to five MSI X vectors VLAN tag support IEEE 802 1Q Layer 2 priority encoding IEEE 802 1p Link aggregation IEEE 802 3ad Full duplex flow control IEEE 802 3x IP TCP and UDP checksum offload hardware based on Tx Rx over IPv4 IPv6 Hardware TCP segmentation offload over IPv4 IPv6 Jumbo frame support NIC Teaming Load Balancing and Failover One port that is shared with IMM2 by using the Network Controller Sideband Interface NC SI The nx360 M5 server supports a Mezzanine LOM Generation 2 ML2 adapter with a dedicated slot at the front of the server as shown in the previous figure The usage of an ML2 adapter also requires the installation of the ML2 Riser card The Riser card and supported adapters are listed in the following table Table 13 Mezzanine LOM Gen 2 ML2 Adapters Part number Feature code Description Riser card for ML2 adapters OOFL180 ASJV nx360 M5 ML2 Riser ML2 Ethernet adapters
50. talled the maximum quantity that is supported is half of that shown IBM NexXtScale nx360 M5 Internal storage The NexXtScale nx360 M5 server supports one of the following drives internally in the server e One 3 5 inch simple swap SATA drive e Two 2 5 inch simple swap HDDs or SSDs e Four 1 8 inch simple swap SSDs The following figure shows the three variations One 3 5 inch HDD Up to two 2 5 inch HDDs or SSDs Up to four 1 8 inch SSDs Figure 6 Drive bay options These internal drives are installed in a drive cage Ordering information for these drive cages are listed in the following table Table 7 Internal drive cages for the drive bay in the nx360 M5 Partnumber Feature code Description Models where used OOKA895 A5V3 nx360 M5 1 8 Rear Drive Cage OOKA894 A5V2 nx360 M5 2 5 Rear Drive Cage 62x OOFL465 A5K1 nx360 M5 3 5 Rear Drive Cage 22x 42x In addition if the internal drives are 2 5 inch drive bays then the server also supports two additional 2 5 inch drive bays These are front accessible and are hot swap drive bays These hot swap drive bays take the place of the full height PCle slot as shown in the following figure IBM NextScale nx360 M5 14 RERERREGRGRRRRREEE a ill 2 1 The nx360 M5 supports either a full height PCle slot or two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays Figure 7 NeXtScale nx360 M5 configurations hot swap 2 5 inch drive bays or f
51. te node Supported IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure 6U high up to 12 compute nodes per chassis chassis Processor Two Intel Xeon Processor E5 2600 v3 series processors QuickPath Interconnect QPI links speed up to 8 0 GTps Hyper Threading Technology and Turbo Boost Technology Intel C612 chipset e 6 core processors 2 4 GHz and 15 MB L3 cache e 8 core processors up to 3 2 GHz and 20 MB L3 cache e 10 core processors up to 2 6 GHz and 25 MB L3 cache e 12 core processors up to 2 6 GHz and 30 MB L3 cache e 14 core processors up to 2 6 GHz and 35 MB L3 cache e 16 core processors 2 3 GHz and 40 MB L3 cache e 18 core processors 2 3 GHz and 45 MB L3 cache Memory Up to 16 DIMM sockets 8 DIMMs per processor supporting DDR4 DIMMs up to 2133 MHz memory speeds RDIMMs and LRDIMMs are supported Four memory channels per processor two DIMMs per channel Memory Up to 512 GB with 16x 32 GB LRDIMMs and two processors maximums Memory Chipkill x4 memory options only ECC protection Disk drive bays nternal to the nx360 M5 not front accessible One 3 5 inch simple swap SATA or two 2 5 inch simple swap SAS SATA HDDs or SSDs or four 1 8 inch simple swap SSDs Front accessible bays Two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays optional replaces the full height PCle slot only supported if internal drive bays are also 2 5 inch bays NeXtScale Storage Native Expansion Tray currently is not supported Maximum e Using 3 5 inch drives 6 0 TB using 1x 6TB 3 5 i
52. ting drives SEDs with MegaRAID SafeStore with RAID 5 upgrade Fixed stripe size of 64 KB For more information see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the RAID adapters category http www redbooks ibm com portals systemx Open amp page pg amp cat raid IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 17 Internal drive options The following table lists hard disk drive options for the internal disk storage of the nx360 M5 server Here are the rules for mixing drive types e The server supports multiple drive types SATA HDDs simple swap or hot swap SAS HDDs simple swap or hot swap SAS SSDs and SATA SSDs These drive types can be intermixed in a server and on the same RAID controller but they cannot be intermixed in the same RAID array In other words all drives in a single RAID array must be either all SAS HDDs or all SATA HDDs or all SATA SSDs or all SAS SSDs e Mixing hot swap front and simple swap internal HDDs Only 2 5 inch simple swap drives are supported in combination with 2 5 inch hot swap drives The 1 8 inch and 3 5 inch internal drives are not supported when 2 5 inch hot swap drives are installed Table 11 Disk drive options for internal disk storage Part Feature Description Maximum number code supported 3 5 inch simple swap SATA HDDs 00AD010 A487 IBM 1TB 7 2K 6Gbps S
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54. ull height PCle slot The following table shows the ordering information for the two 2 5 inch hot swap drive bays Table 8 Drive cage for the hot swap drive bay in the nx360 M5 Partnumber Feature code Description Models where used OOFL175 ASNA nx360 M5 2 5 Front Hot Swap Drive Cage Controllers for internal storage The onboard SATA controller integrated into the Intel C612 chipset supports any of the following drive configurations e One 3 5 inch simple swap SATA or NL SATA drive e Two 2 5 inch simple swap NL SATA drives e Four 1 8 inch SATA Enterprise Value SSDs The following drive combinations may be used instead with a RAID controller or SAS HBA that is installed in the internal RAID adapter riser slot e Two 2 5 inch simple swap NL SATA drives e Four 1 8 inch SATA Enterprise Value SSDs Any of the following drive configurations require a RAID controller or SAS HBA that is installed in the internal RAID adapter riser slot e Two 2 5 inch simple swap SAS drives e Two 2 5 inch hot swap drives installed in the front drive bays The supported RAID controller or SAS host bus adapter is installed in a dedicated RAID adapter slot through a riser card at the rear of the server that is adjacent to the internal drive bays Installation of the adapter is shown in the following figure IBM NextScale nx360 M5 15 Figure 8 RAID controller and RAID riser card installation The followin
55. um weight 6 17 kg 13 6 Ib Here are the NextScale n1200 enclosure dimensions Width 447 mm 17 6 in Height 263 mm 10 4 in Depth 915 mm 36 in Fully configured stand alone 112 kg 247 Ib empty chassis 28 kg 62 Ib Supported environment The NextScale nx360 M5 compute node complies with ASHRAE class A3 specifications The supported environment when powered on is as follows Temperature 5 C 40 C 41 F 104 F up to 950 m 3 117 ft Above 950m de rated maximum air temperature 1C 175m Humidity non condensing 12 C dew point 10 4 F and 8 85 relative humidity Maximum dew point 24 C 75 F Maximum altitude 3050 m 10 000 ft and 5 C 28 C 41 F 82 F The minimum humidity level for class A3 is the higher more moisture of the 12 C dew point and the 8 relative humidity These intersect at approximately 25 C Below this intersection 25 C the dew point 12 C represents the minimum moisture level while above it relative humidity 8 is the minimum Moisture levels lower than 0 5 C DP but not lower 10 C DP or 8 relative humidity can be accepted if appropriate control measures are implemented to limit the generation of static electricity on personnel and equipment in the data center All personnel and mobile furnishings and equipment must be connected to ground through an appropriate static control system The following items are considered the minimum requirements e Conductiv
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