Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 User's Guide

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 1Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product GuideLenovo Press Product GuideThe Lenovo Flex System™ x240 M5 Compute No

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 10Chassis supportThe x240 M5 Compute Node is supported in the Flex System chassis as listed in the following

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 11Processor optionsThe x240 M5 supports the processor options that are listed in the following table. The ser

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 12Memory optionsTruDDR4 Memory uses the highest quality components that are sourced from Tier 1 DRAM supplier

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 13All DIMMs in all CPU memory channels operate at the same speed, which is determined as the lowest value of

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 14Internal storageThe x240 M5 server has two 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays that are accessible from the front

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 15ServeRAID M5215 SAS/SATA controllerThe ServeRAID M5215 SAS/SATA controller is an advanced RAID controller b

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 16The following figure shows the adapter, flash power module and backplane that are included in the option. T

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 17Internal drive optionsThe 2.5-inch drive bays support SAS or SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs. The following table li

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 18Table 11. 2.5-inch drive options for internal disk storage (Part 2)Part number FeaturecodeDescription Maxim

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 19Table 11. 2.5-inch drive options for internal disk storage (Part 3)Part number FeaturecodeDescription Maxim

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 2Key featuresThe Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node is a high-availability, scalable compute node that is optim

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 20Flex System Storage Expansion NodeThe x240 M5 supports the attachment of the Flex System Storage Expansion

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 21Internal tape drivesThe server does not support an internal tape drive. However, it can be attached to exte

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 22CN4052 2-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric AdapterSome models of the x240 M5 (those with a model of the form 9532-x6

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 23I/O expansion optionsThe x240 M5 has two I/O expansion connectors for attaching I/O adapter cards. There is

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 24The following figure shows the location of the switch bays in the Flex System Enterprise Chassis. Figure 8.

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 25Flex System PCIe Expansion NodeThe x240 M5 supports the attachment of the Flex System PCIe Expansion Node.

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 26Network adaptersThe following table lists the supported network adapters and upgrades. Adapters can be inst

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 27Storage host bus adaptersThe following table lists storage HBAs that are supported by the x240 M5 server, b

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 28PCIe SSD adaptersThe compute node supports the High IOPS SSD adapters that are listed in the following tabl

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 29GPU adaptersThe compute node supports the GPU adapters that are listed in the following table. Note: These

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 3Availability and serviceabilityThe x240 M5 provides the following features to simplify serviceability and in

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 30Integrated virtualizationThe x240 M5 supports the VMware vSphere (ESXi) hypervisor on one or two SD cards w

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 31Light path diagnosticsFor quick problem determination when it is physically at the server, the x240 M5 offe

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 32Remote managementThe server contains an Integrated Management Module II (IMM2), which interfaces with the a

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 33Physical specificationsThe server features the following dimensions and weight (approximate):Height: 51 mm

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 34Warranty optionsThe Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node has a three-year on-site warranty with 9x5 next-busine

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 35Keep Your Drive Multi-DriveLenovo’s Keep Your Drive Multi-Drive service is a multi-drive hard drive retent

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Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 37Related publications and linksFor more information, see the following resources:Lenovo Press Product Guides

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 38NoticesLenovo may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in all countries

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 39This document was created or updated on April 1, 2015.Send us your comments in one of the following ways:Us

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 4Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attac

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 5Locations of key components and connectorsFigure 2 shows the front of the server.Figure 2. Front view of the

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 6Standard specificationsThe following table lists the standard specifications. Table 1. Standard specificatio

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 7Table 1. Standard specifications (part 2)Components SpecificationSystems management UEFI, Integrated Managem

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 8Standard modelsTable 2 lists the standard models. Table 2. Standard models (Part 1)Model Intel Xeon Processo

Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Product Guide 9Table 2. Standard models (Part 2)Model Intel Xeon Processor(2 maximum)*Memory DiskadapterDisk bays† Disks 10