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Table 2. Overview of IBM Storage Scale System 3500
Product
Number of
DIMMs per server
canister
Total memory per
server canister
Total storage (raw
capacity) per IBM
Storage Scale
System 3500
Server Canister
features
IBM Storage Scale
System 3500
8 (64 GB DIMM) 512 GB
Up to 360 TB per
IBM Storage Scale
System 3500 unit
Single socket AMD
EPYC 7642 48-
core processor.
Dual 960 GB NVMe
boot drives.
8 (128 GB DIMM) 1024 GB Up to 720 TB per
IBM Storage Scale
System 3500 unit
The major key characteristics of the IBM Storage Scale System 3500 system are as follows:
• IBM Storage Scale software with enclosure-based, all-inclusive software feature licensing.
• NVMe transport protocol for high performance of 2.5-inch (SFF) NVMe-attached SSD drives and flash
drive:
– Support for industry-standard 2.5-inch NVMe-attached SSD drive options with the following storage
capacities: 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB mentioned in Table 3 on page 18.
Table 3. Storage capacities and feature codes of NVMe-attached SSD drives
Feature Code Description FRU Part number
AJP4 3.84 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL727
AJP5 7.68 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL728
AJP6 15.36 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL729
AJPT 30.72 TB 2.5-inch PCIe Gen4
NVMe-attached SSD drive
01LL993
• 12 or 24 drives per enclosure congurations are available.
• Onboard ports:
– One RJ45 x1 Gbps for Mgmt
– One RJ45 x1 Gbps for BMC inter canister communication
– One micro HDMI port for console display
– One USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A upper port for crash-cart keyboard
– One USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A lower port for SSR
– One USB Mini-B for service
• Four Gen4 x16 PCIe slots each, per canister that supports the following adapter options:
– AJZL - CX-6 InniBand/VPI in PCIe form factor (InniBand and Ethernet), HHHL PCIe G4 adapter.
– AJZN - CX-6 DX in PCIe form factor (Ethernet only), HHHL PCIe G4 adapter.
• Slot 1 and 3 Gen4 x16 PCIe each, per canister that supports the following adapter:
– AJQS - CX-7 InniBand/VPI Dual Port HPC Adapter
Networking details
The networking details of IBM Storage Scale System 3500 are shown in the following gure.
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