Supported hardware

You can use IBM® ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator to create bootable media that supports various IBM System x® and BladeCenter systems.

Supported systems

You can run IBM ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator on any x86 system running a supported operating system.

You can create bootable media for any supported IBM system. The following systems are supported by IBM ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator:
IBM BladeCenter® servers:
IBM BladeCenter HS22, machine type 1936, 7809, 7870
IBM BladeCenter HS22V, machine type 1949, 7871
IBM BladeCenter HS23, machine type 7875
IBM BladeCenter HS23E, machine type 8038, 8039
IBM BladeCenter HX5, machine type 1909, 7872, 7873
IBM Flex System servers:
IBM Flex System x220 Compute Node, machine type 2585, 7906
IBM Flex System x222 Compute Node, machine type 7916
IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node, machine type 7863, 8737, 8956
IBM Flex System x280 X6/480 X6/x880 X6 Compute Node, machine type 4259, 7903
IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node, machine type 7917
IBM System x and xSeries servers:
IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4, machine type 5455
IBM Smart Analytics System, machine type 7949
IBM System x3100, machine type 4348
IBM System x3100 M4, machine type 2582
IBM System x3100 M5, machine type 5457
IBM System x3200, machine type 4362, 4363
IBM System x3200 M2, machine type 4367, 4368
IBM System x3200 M3, machine type 7327, 7328
IBM System x3250, machine type 4364, 4365, 4366
IBM System x3250 M2, machine type 4190, 4191, 4194
IBM System x3250 M3, machine type 4251, 4252, 4261
IBM System x3250 M4, machine type 2583
IBM System x3250 M5, machine type 5458
IBM System x3300 M4, machine type 7382
IBM System x3350, machine type 4192, 4193
IBM System x3400 M2 and x3500 M2, machine type 7836, 7837, 7839
IBM System x3400 M3, machine type 7378, 7379
IBM System x3455, machine type 7940, 7941
IBM System x3500 M3, machine type 7380
IBM System x3500 M4, machine type 7383
IBM System x3530 M4, machine type 7160
IBM System x3550 M3, machine type 4254, 7944
IBM System x3550 M4, machine type 7914
IBM System x3620 M3, machine type 7376
IBM System x3630 M3, machine type 7377
IBM System x3630 M4, machine type 7158
IBM System x3650 M2, machine type 4199, 7947
IBM System x3650 M3, machine type 4255, 5454, 7945
IBM System x3650 M4, machine type 5460, 7915
IBM System x3650 M4 BD, machine type 5466
IBM System x3650 T, machine type 7980
IBM System x3655, machine type 7943
IBM System x3690 X5, machine type 7147, 7148, 7149, 7192
IBM System x3750 M4, machine type 8722, 8733
IBM System x3750 M4, machine type 8752, 8718
IBM System x3750 X5, machine type 7148, 7149
IBM System x3755 M3, machine type 7164
IBM System x3800, machine type 8866
IBM System x3850 X5, machine type 7143, 7145, 7191
IBM System x3850 X6/x3960 X6, machine type 3837, 3839
IBM System x3950, machine type 7366, 8878
IBM System x3950 X5, machine type 7143, 7146, 7191
IBM System x iDataPlex Direct Water Cooled dx360 M4, machine type 7918,7919
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2, machine type 6380, 7321, 7323
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M3, machine type 6391
IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4, machine type 7912, 7913
Note: The following systems support both single node and multi node:
  • IBM BladeCenter HX5
  • IBM System x3850 X5
  • IBM System x3950 X5