
56 IBM Eserver xSeries 455 Planning and Installation Guide
3.1 System hardware
The x455 provides a scalable and flexible hardware platform. There are a
number of important aspects of the system hardware to consider when planning
your configuration. These are discussed in this section.
“Processors” on page 56
“Memory” on page 57
“PCI-X slot configuration” on page 61
“Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller” on page 64
3.1.1 Processors
xSeries 455 servers combine copper-based, XA-64 Enterprise X-Architecture
technologies with 64-bit, Intel Itanium 2 processors.
Table 3-1 lists the processors standard in each x455 model and the part number
of additio ...