Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Datasheet

DATASHEET
Do more in your data center with the Hitachi

Compute Blade 500 blade server. This highly
reliable enterprise platform is designed for
virtualization and is the ideal platform for cloud
computing applications.
Enterprise Blade Computing With Hitachi Compute Blade 500:

Flexibility, Scalability and Outstanding Performance
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 (CB 500)
delivers top computing power and
performance, as well as unprecedented
scalability and configuration flexibility with
the latest Intel Xeon E5v2 and E7v2 family
processors. It extends the benefits of
Hitachi logical partitioning to new areas
of the enterprise data center and includes
a choice of integrated switched-fabric
networking options.
Standard and double-width blade models
are available with up to 2 CPUs in each
standard-width blade, and up to 4 CPUs
in each double-width blade. The standard
CB520Hv2 blade features the E5-2600v2
processor series and supports 24 slots
for high-speed, DDR3-registered ECC
memory DIMMs. Each blade allows up to
1536GB of shared memory to be installed
(using 64GB LRDIMM modules), as well
as up to 2 hot-pluggable, front-sideaccessible, serial-attached SCSI (SAS),
or solid-state disk (SSD) drives, with hardware RAID. The double-width CB540A
blade uses 4 E5-4600 processors with
48 DIMM slots per blade.
CB520Hv2 blade capability may be
enhanced using either of two available
expansion blades to add either additional
storage, or IO expansion capability to the
blade. These expansion blade types allow
a CB500 system to support PCIe based
flash for application acceleration as well as

GPUs for virtual desktop deployments.
Scale Up to 8 Sockets
The CB520X blade, powered by up to 2
Intel E7v2 series processors, supports
Hitachi multiblade SMP interconnect technology. It enables you to scale up to 4
connected CB520X blades to achieve a
single 8-socket SMP system with 192
memory DIMM slots. CB520X blades can
be combined in 2 or 4 blade configurations,
and can grow incrementally by simply adding
blades. In this way, compute, memory and
I/O capacity scale together, to support large
workloads and high memory capacity needs.
Rapid Deployment
A dedicated LCD control panel and
simplified USB-enabled configuration setup
allow fast implementation and accelerated
time-to-value for your application. Simple,
tool-free access speeds configuration, setup
or upgrades, and allows optional customer
replacement of critical modules for lower
service cost for basic maintenance.
Flexible, Scalable Networking

Hitachi Compute Blade 500 provides
a wide range of network connectivity
options, including high-speed integrated
fabric switching, futureproof shared
access to high-speed IP networking, Fibre

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Secure Logical Partitions

The Hitachi Compute Blade 500 logical
partitioning feature, LPAR, is embedded
in CB 500 server blade firmware. The
combination of Hitachi expertise with
Intel virtualization technologies improves
performance, reliability and security.
Support for 4 logical partitions per blade
is included with the system, and may be
expanded to allow for configuration of up
to 30 logical partitions per blade. Use the
embedded logical partitioning feature or
Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware, or all 3
in a single chassis.
Unprecedented Adaptability
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 elegantly integrates network, I/O and server resources
into a single, space-efficient, flexible solution.
The rack-mountable 6U chassis houses
up to 8 server blade modules. For I/O
versatility, there are 4 bays for internal
network switches, and dedicated storage
expansion blades allow high-capacity
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onboard high-density disk (HDD) or SSD
storage to be supported. With sophisticated, built-in reliability, availability and
serviceability features, Hitachi Compute
Blade 500 is an ideal data center platform
for consolidation of mission-critical
applications, virtualization and cloud
computing applications.
CHASSIS
Chassis
Size
6U (rack mountable)
Dimensions (w x d x h)
447mm x 820mm x 266mm
Server blade modules
Up to 8 server blade modules
Management modules
1 standard, 2 maximum (redundant)
Cooling fans
6 standard
HDD RAID
Up to 4 expansion blades with 6 HDD/SSD per

blade
Switch modules
2 standard, 4 maximum
Power supplies
Up to 4 power supply modules (N+1 or fully

redundant) 80 PLUS Platinum Efficiency Rating
CB 500 SERVER BLADES

Item
Description
CB520v2 Server Blade
CPU
CPU
CB540A Server Blade
CB520X Server Blade
Intel Xeon E5-2600v2 series Intel Xeon E5-4600 series Intel Xeon E7-8800v2 or E7-4800v2 series
Number of sockets
2 (per blade), 4-8 (SMP mode)
DIMM type
Registered ECC DDR3
Registered ECC DDR3
Registered ECC DDR3
Number of slots
24
48
48 (single blade), 192 (8S SMP)
Maximum
memory capacity
768GB (32GB DIMM)

1.5TB (64GB LRDIMM)
1.5TB (32GB LRDIMM)

3.0TB (64GB LRDIMM)
1.5TB (32GB DIMM) (Single Blade)

6.0TB (32GB DIMM) (8S SMP)
12.0TB (64GB LRDIMM) (8S SMP)
Memory
Management
BMC/rKVM
Interface
Management LAN
Onboard I/O
Mezzanine
NIC
Front Port
1Gb Ethernet
2x dual-port
10Gb or 1Gb Ethernet
4x dual-port
Host bus
Number of slots
HDD
SH core based
2x dual-port
PCIe (Gen. 3.0)

2x mezzanine card slots
RAID
4x mezzanine card slots

Hardware RAID
HDD bay
Hot-swappable 2x 2.5-inch SAS HDD/SSD (per blade)
KVM
USB connector (USB 2.0 for bootable optical drive)/KVM connector (USB 2.0 x2, VGA)
Indicator
Power, location, failure
Form Factor
Operating System
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Standard width
Double width
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4,
VMware ESX 5.5; Hitachi Compute Blade logical partitioning feature
Regional Contact Information

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Asia Pacific: +852 3189 7900 or [email protected]
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DATASHEET

Do more in your data center with the Hitachi

Enterprise Blade Computing With Hitachi Compute Blade 500:

flash for application acceleration as well as

Flexible, Scalable Networking

access to high-speed IP networking, Fibre

Secure Logical Partitions

447mm x 820mm x 266mm

Server blade modules

Up to 8 server blade modules

1 standard, 2 maximum (redundant)

Up to 4 expansion blades with 6 HDD/SSD per

Up to 4 power supply modules (N+1 or fully

CB 500 SERVER BLADES

CB540A Server Blade

CB520X Server Blade

2 (per blade), 4-8 (SMP mode)

Registered ECC DDR3

Registered ECC DDR3

Registered ECC DDR3

48 (single blade), 192 (8S SMP)

768GB (32GB DIMM)

1.5TB (32GB LRDIMM)

1.5TB (32GB DIMM) (Single Blade)

PCIe (Gen. 3.0)

4x mezzanine card slots

Hot-swappable 2x 2.5-inch SAS HDD/SSD (per blade)

Power, location, failure

Regional Contact Information

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