IBM System x3550 M3 User Manual

IBM System x3550 M3 2
Key features
The challenge of a high-performance business is to do more with less—serve more Web pages, handle
more secure connections, support more email users. You need to reduce the costs of doing business and
improve the service you deliver to your customers while lowering your overall risk. The dual-socket IBM
System x3550 M3 can reduce your costs with its energy-smart design. It can improve service with
reduced operational complexity and increased management functionality. It will lower your IT risk with the
resiliency that comes from having no single point of failure. And like all IBM servers, the x3550 M3 offers
you the trust that comes from IBM global reach, service, and support.
Performance
The x3550 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce costs:
Up to two 6-core Xeon 5600 series processors offering superior performance. Xeon 5600 series
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processors offer up to 54% better performance than the previous generation 5500 series processors
(workload dependent).
Eighteen DIMMs of registered 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC memory provide speed, high availability, and a
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memory capacity of up to 288 GB.
High-performance 6 Gbps SAS RAID controllers and 15K RPM 6 Gbps SAS disk drives in a variety of
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capacities to suit your local storage requirements.
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of or along with traditional spinning drives (HDDs) can
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significantly improve I/O performance. An SSD can support 20,000 I/O operations per second (IOPS)
whereas a typical HDD handles fewer than 500 IOPS.
Flexibility and scalability
The x3550 M3 has the ability to grow with your application requirements with these features:
Very high density computing in a 1U dual-socket server.
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A choice of 4-core or 6-core processors with clock rates from 1.6 GHz to 3.6 GHz.
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18 DIMM sockets allowing memory expansion of up to 288 GB.
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A choice of power supplies including 460 W, 675 W AC or DC, or energy-efficient 675 W.
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Five USB 2.0 ports available - two front, two rear, and one internal for an embedded hypervisor.
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Storage bay flexibility: Up to eight hot-swap 2.5" drive bays for SAS or SATA HDDs, or solid-state
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drives (intermixing supported); or four 2.5" bays plus an internal optical drive bay.
Direct-attach SAS storage with the EXP2512, EXP2524, and EXP3000 storage enclosures is
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supported. IBM System Storage servers, including network-attached storage (NAS), and iSCSI or
Fibre Channel-attached storage, can also be attached.
The x3550 M3 provides two PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x16 I/O slots for increased network or storage
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connectivity.
Manageability and security
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3550 M3:
The x3550 M3 includes an Integrated Management Module (IMM) to monitor server availability,
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perform Predictive Failure Analysis, and trigger IBM Systems Director alerts.

IBM System x3550 M3 Specifications

General

Tcase	77.6 °C
Bus type	QPI
Stepping	B1
FSB Parity	No
Processor code	SLBV4
Processor cache	12 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	E5620
System bus rate	5.86 GT/s
Processor series	Intel Xeon 5600 Series
Processor socket	Socket B (LGA 1366)
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Westmere EP
Processor frequency	2.4 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	32 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor package size	42.5 X 45 mm
Processor front side bus	- MHz
Processor boost frequency	2.66 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	Yes
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 W
Number of processors installed	2
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	18
Physical Address Extension (PAE)	40 bit
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3 800/1066
Memory channels supported by processor	Triple
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	800, 1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	25.6 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	288 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
RAID levels	0, 1, 10
HDD interface	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Optical drive type	-
Total storage capacity	0 GB
Maximum storage capacity	8 TB
Number of HDDs installed	0
Internal memory	24 GB
Internal memory type	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	192 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	6 x 4 GB
Maximum graphics card memory	16 MB
Graphics card family	Matrox
Graphics card memory type	GDDR2
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
Serial ports quantity	1
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	3
Power supply	460 W
Power supply type	AC
Power requirements	100 - 240 V
Power supply input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and VMware ESXi, Oracle Solaris 10 (model dependent)
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	8 - 80 %
Chassis type	Rack (1U)
Processor ARK ID	47925
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology	1.0

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	711 mm
Width	440 mm
Height	43 mm
Weight	15600 g