IBM BladeCenter HS23

Form factor/height Single-width (30 mm)
Processor (max) Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 product family, with up to 8 cores, processing up to 16 simultaneous threads
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
Cache (max) 20 MB
Memory (max) 512 GB (assuming 32 GB DIMMs), 16 DIMM sockets - VLP Registered ECC DDR3, memory mirroring and sparing supported
Expansion slots 1 CIOv slot (standard PCIe daughter cards) and 1 CFFh slot (high-speed PCIe daughter card)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 2 hot-swappable HDDs (SATA/SAS) or SSDs
Maximum internal storage 2 TB
Network interface Integrated Virtual Fabric for BladeCenter, Emulex BE3 Dual 10 Gb/1 Gb
RAID support RAID-0, -1
System management Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), IBM Integrated Management Module, Predictive Failure Analysis, optional embedded hypervisor for virtualisation, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, light path diagnostics, IBM Systems Director, IBM Server Guide, UpdateXpress, Dynamic System Analysis with Integrated RT Diagnostics, BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
Operating systems supported Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, VMware
Limited warranty 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9×5, service upgrades available

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