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x86-64 bare metal server profiles

x86-64 bare metal server profiles

When you create a bare metal server, you can select from a profile family that best fits your needs. A profile provides a different combination of hardware configurations that include the number of vCPUs, amount of RAM, bandwidth speed, and local storage size. The attributes define the size and capabilities of the bare metal server that you provision.

Sapphire Rapids (x3 and x3d) profiles are only available in Dallas (us-south) and Frankfurt (eu-de).

About profile families

Profiles are grouped by the vCPUs:Memory ratio across all the VPC compute offerings. You can choose from the following profile families:

Profile families
Family vCPU:Memory ratio Description
Balanced 1:4 Best for midsize databases and common cloud applications with moderate traffic.
Compute 1:2 Best for CPU-intensive demands with moderate to high web traffic, such as production batch processing and front-end web servers.
Memory 1:8 or 1:6 Best for memory intensive workloads, such as large caching workloads, large database applications, or in-memory analytics workloads.
Very High Memory 1:16 Best for running small to medium in-memory databases and OLAP workloads, such as SAP BW/4 HANA.

Very High Memory profiles for Gen2 (x2) are available for customers with special approval. Contact your IBM Sales representative if you are interested in getting access.

Profile configurations

Multiple profile generations are available with Intel Cascade Lake processors (x2) or Intel Sapphire Rapids processors (x3). See the following tables to see the available profile configurations.

Profile families for x2 and x2d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
bx2-metal-96x384 96 384 960 100
bx2d-metal-96x384 96 384 960
25.6 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 3200)
100
Profile families for x2 and x2d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
cx2-metal-96x192 96 192 960 100
cx2d-metal-96x192 96 192 960
25.6 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 3200)
100
Profile families for x2 and x2d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
mx2-metal-96x768 96 768 960 100
mx2d-metal-96x768 96 768 960
25.6 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 3200)
100
Profile families for x2 and x2d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
vx2d-metal-96x1536 96 1536 960
25.6 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 3200)
100

The 960 GB of available local storage is composed of 2 960 GB SSDs in RAID1 for redundancy.

Profile families for x3 and x3d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
bx3-metal-48x256 48 256 480 200
bx3d-metal-48x256 48 256 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
bx3-metal-64x256 64 256 480 200
bx3d-metal-64x256 64 256 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
bx3d-metal-192x1024 192 1024 480 GB boot
61.44 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 7680)
200
Profile families for x3 and x3d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
cx3-metal-48x128 48 128 480 200
cx3d-metal-48x128 48 128 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
cx3-metal-64x128 64 128 480 200
cx3d-metal-64x128 64 128 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
Profile families for x3 and x3d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
mx3-metal-16x128 16 128 480 200
mx3d-metal-16x128 16 128 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
mx3-metal-48x512 48 512 480 200
mx3d-metal-48x512 48 512 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
mx3-metal-64x512 64 512 480 200
mx3d-metal-64x512 64 512 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
mx3d-metal-96x1024 96 1024 480, 8x7600 200
mx3d-metal-128x1024 128 1024 480 GB boot
61.44 TB secondary storage (allocation of 8 x 7680)
200
Profile families for x3 and x3d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
vx3-metal-16x256 16 256 480 200
vx3d-metal-16x256 16 256 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200
Profile families for x3 and x3d
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Name vCPU Memory (GiB) Local storage (GB) Total network bandwidth (Gbps)
ux3-metal-16x512 16 512 480 200
ux3d-metal-16x512 16 512 480 GB boot
30.72 TB secondary storage (allocation of 4 x 7680)
200

The 480 GB of available local storage is composed of 2 480 GB SSDs in RAID1 for redundancy.

Understanding the naming rule of the profiles

The following information describes the naming rule of the profiles.

  • b represents Balanced family profile - c represents the Compute family profile - m represents the Memory family profile - v represents the Very High Memory family profile.
  • x represents the x86_64 CPU architecture.
  • 2 represents previous generation Intel Cascade Lake processors.
  • 3 represents current generation Intel Sapphire Rapids processors.
  • d represents support for additional local storage.
  • "metal" denotes that the profile is a bare metal server.
  • The last position that contains numbers shows the amount of vCPUs and the amount of memory (GB). For example, 96x384 means that this profile has 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB of memory.

Using “bx2d-metal-96x384” as an example, it's a Balanced bare metal profile with 96 vCPUs and 384 GiB memory, has Cascade Lake processors, and NVMe U.2 SSDs.

Bare metal profiles are dedicated servers that provide physical cores. vCPU measurements are used in profile naming only. vCPU to physical cores are a 2:1 ratio (e.g 96 vCPU = 48 physical cores).

Generation 3 (x3) bare metal profiles availability by region

See the following table to see what Generation 3 (x3) bare metal profiles are available by region.

Bare metal profiles availability by region
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Profile us-south-dal10-a us-south-dal12-a us-south-dal13-a
mx3-metal-16x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3-metal-48x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3-metal-64x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-16x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3d-metal-48x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3d-metal-64x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx3-metal-16x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3-metal-48x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3-metal-64x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx3d-metal-16x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-48x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-64x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
ux3-metal-16x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3-metal-48x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3-metal-64x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
ux3d-metal-16x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-48x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-64x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-96x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-128x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-192x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Bare metal profiles availability by region
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Profile eu-de-fra02-a eu-de-fra04-a eu-de-fra05-a
mx3-metal-16x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3-metal-48x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3-metal-64x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-16x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3d-metal-48x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx3d-metal-64x128 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx3-metal-16x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3-metal-48x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3-metal-64x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx3d-metal-16x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-48x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-64x256 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
ux3-metal-16x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3-metal-48x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3-metal-64x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
ux3d-metal-16x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-48x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-64x512 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-96x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx3d-metal-128x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx3d-metal-192x1024 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon

Generation 2 (x2) bare metal profiles availability by region

See the following table to see what Generation 2 (x2) bare metal profiles are available by region.

Bare metal profiles availability by region
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Profile us-south-dal10-a us-south-dal12-a us-south-dal13-a us-east-wdc04-a us-east-wdc06-a ca-tor-tor04-a ca-tor-tor05-a
cx2-metal-96x192 Checkmark icon
cx2d-metal-96x192 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx2-metal-96x384 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx2d-metal-96x384 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx2-metal-96x768 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx2d-metal-96x768 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx2d-metal-96x1536 Checkmark icon
Bare metal profiles availability by region
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Profile eu-de-fra02-a eu-de-fra04-a eu-es-mad02-a eu-es-mad05-a eu-gb-lon04-a
cx2-metal-96x192 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
cx2d-metal-96x192 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx2-metal-96x384 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx2d-metal-96x384 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx2-metal-96x768 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx2d-metal-96x768 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
vx2d-metal-96x1536 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
Bare metal profiles availability by region
Use the buttons before the table to change the context of the table. The column headers identify the hardware class.
Profile jp-tok-tok04-a jp-tok-tok05-a
cx2-metal-96x192
cx2d-metal-96x192 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
bx2-metal-96x384
bx2d-metal-96x384 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon
mx2-metal-96x768
mx2d-metal-96x768 Checkmark icon Checkmark icon

Viewing profile configurations

You can view available profile configurations by using the UI, CLI, or the API.

Using the UI to view profiles

Use the following steps to view available bare metal profiles by using the UI.

  1. In the IBM Cloud console, go to Navigation Menu icon menu icon > Infrastructure VPC icon > Compute > Bare metal servers.
  2. From the Bare metal servers for VPC page, click Create.
  3. On the New bare metal server for VPC page, you can view and select profiles under Profile.

Using the CLI to view profiles

Use the following command to list all the bare metal server profiles that are available in a region:

ibmcloud is bare-metal-server-profiles [--output JSON] [-q, --quiet]

Using the API to view profiles

List all bare metal server profiles that are available in a region by running the following API request:

curl -X GET \
"$vpc_api_endpoint/v1/bare_metal_server/profiles?version=2021-03-09&generation=2" \
-H "Authorization: $iam_token"

Next Steps

After you choose a profile, you can create bare metal servers on VPC.