IBM System x3550 M3 User Manual

IBM System x3550 M3 3
An optional Virtual Media Key enables additional systems management capabilities, including
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web-based out-of-band remote control (keyboard video and mouse), remote optical drive support,
Windows “blue screen” error capture, and support for LDAP and SSL protocols.
Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view x3550 M3 text messages
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over Serial or LAN connections.
Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) next-generation BIOS.
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New capabilities include:
Human readable event logs — no more beep codes.
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Complete out-of-band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup.
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A complete setup solution, allowing adapter configuration functions to be moved into UEFI.
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Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.
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Industry-standard AES NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
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Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as
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voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote power control using data
encryption.
IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systems management. IBM Systems Director comes
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with a portfolio of tools, including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, IBM Service and
Support Manager, and others. IBM Systems Director also offers extended systems management tools
for additional server management and increased availability. When a problem is encountered, IBM
Systems Director can issue administrator alerts via email, pager, and other methods.
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager provides advanced power management features with
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actual real-time energy monitoring, reporting, and capping features.
Availability and serviceability
The System x3550 M3 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
The x3550 M3 servers offer Chipkill ECC memory protection (when using x4 DIMMs). Chipkill
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memory is up to 16 times better than standard ECC memory at correcting memory errors. This can
help reduce downtime caused by memory errors.
The x3550 M3 offers memory mirroring for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory
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failure.
Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as HDDs and
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memory. Similarly, the Virtual Media Key and the ServeRAID controller can be installed and replaced
without tools. This means less time (and therefore less money) spent servicing the x3550 M3.
The server offers hot-swap and redundant fan modules and power supplies and hot-swap disk drives
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(redundant when implemented in conjunction with a RAID controller). These features mean greater
system uptime.
Toolless slides ship with the server, together with a cable management arm (CMA), that allows the
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rack server to easily slide into place.
The drop-down light path diagnostics panel and individual light path LEDs quickly lead the technician
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to failed (or failing) components. This simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps
improve system availability.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) offer significantly better reliability than traditional mechanical HDDs for
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greater uptime.
The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty provides peace of mind and greater
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investment protection than a one-year warranty does.

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