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The following table lists additional supported network adapters.

Table 11. Network adapters

Part

number

Feature

code

Description Maximum

supported

40 Gb Ethernet

00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR VPI IB/E Adapter for IBM System x 2

10 Gb Ethernet

42C1820 1637 Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x 2

49Y7910 A18Y Broadcom NetXtreme II Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x 2

49Y4250 5749 Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 2

49Y7950 A18Z Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM System x 2

95Y3751 A348 Emulex Dual Port VFAII Adapter & FCoE/iSCSI License for IBM System x 2

49Y7960 A2EC Intel x520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x 2

49Y7970 A2ED Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBaseT Adapter for IBM System x 2

81Y9990 A1M4 Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual Port 10GbE Adapter for IBM System x 2

00D9690 A3PM Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 GbE Adapter for IBM System x 2

42C1800 5751 QLogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x 2

1 Gb Ethernet

90Y9370 A2V4 Broadcom NetXtreme I Dual Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x 2

90Y9352 A2V3 Broadcom NetXtreme I Quad Port GbE Adapter for IBM System x 2

46M1076 3585 Dual port 1Gb Ethernet Daughter Card 2

49Y4230 5767 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x 2

49Y4240 5768 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x 2

42C1780 2995 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter 2

42C1750 2975 PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter 2

39Y6126 2944 PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter by Intel 2

39Y6136 2974 PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter 2

InfiniBand

00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 FDR VPI IB/E Adapter for IBM System x 2

95Y3750 A2MY Mellanox ConnectX-2 Dual-port QSFP QDR IB Adapter for IBM System x 1

For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Networking adapters category:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=networkadapters

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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