IBM System x3550 M3 User Manual

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The hard disk drives listed in the following table are supported inside the above-supported external
expansion enclosures.
Table 20. Hard drive options for external expansion enclosures
Part number Description Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
EXP3000 Hot-Swap SATA 3.5" Hard Drives
43W7630 1000 GB Dual Port Hot Swap SATA 12
49Y1940 IBM 2 TB 7200 Dual Port SATA 3.5'' HS HDD 12
EXP3000 Hot-Swap SAS 3.5" Hard Drives
44W2234 IBM 300 GB 15K 6 Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD 12
44W2239 IBM 450 GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD 12
44W2244 IBM 600 GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD 12
EXP2512 Hot-Swap SAS 3.5" Hard Drives
49Y1899 300 GB 15,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12
49Y1900 450 GB 15,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12
49Y1901 600 GB 15,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12
49Y1903 1 TB 7,200 rpm 6 Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12
49Y1902 2 TB 7,200 rpm 6 Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12
EXP2524 Hot-Swap SAS 2.5" Hard Drives
49Y1896 146 GB 15,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 24
49Y1895 300 GB 10,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 24
81Y9596 600 GB 10,000 rpm 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 24
49Y1898 500 GB 7,200 rpm 6 Gb SAS NL 2.5” HDD 24
The external SAS cables listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures
and M5025 RAID controllers.
Table 21. External SAS cables for external storage expansion enclosures
Part
number
Description Maximum quantity
supported per enclosure*
39R6531 IBM 3 m SAS Cable 1
39R6529 IBM 1 m SAS Cable 1
* Note: The EXP3000 and EX2500 series can be chained with each other. In such a case, one cable is used to
connect first EXP25xx or EXP3000 to the RAID controller, and every consecutive EXP unit is connected to the
previous one by one cable.

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