IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Hardware Announcement ZG09-0169
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• Support for light path diagnostics with viewable drop-down panel, Wake on LAN,
and PXE
• Up to six hot-swap fans (three pairs)
• Up to twelve 2.5-inch HS HDDs with optional upgrade kit
• ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA controller on most models that supports 0, 1, and 1E
as standard
• Chipkill memory that basically distributes information covered by error correction
coding across separate memory chips; if any of the chips fail, the data can in
many cases still be reconstructed from the remaining chips and the system can
continue running
• ECC L2 cache processors to help improve data integrity and help reduce downtime
• Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on HDD options, memory, power supply, and
fans (when Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed), to help alert the system
administrator of imminent component failure
• Worldwide voltage-sensing, 675-watt, hot-plug power supply featuring auto
restart
• Optional 675-watt, hot-swap power supply upgrade for high-availability
requirements
• Optional Virtual Media Key to enable the remote presence and blue-screen capture
features
• Integrated Management Module systems management processor that supports:
– Automatic server restart (ASR)
– Fan monitoring and control
– Power supply monitoring
– Temperature monitoring
– Voltage monitoring
– Power on/off, reset sequencing
– LED controls (onboard diagnostics support with light path LED)
– Remote power control
– Local firmware update
– Error logging
• Information LED panel for visual indications of system well-being
• Onboard diagnostics with an LED map to locate a failing component, helping
reduce downtime and service costs
• Support for virtual floppy (with optional Virtual Media Key), which enables a
user to easily direct a remote host to boot, and use standard instructions stored
anywhere on the network
• Easily accessible system board, adapter cards, processor, and memory
• CPU failure recovery in configurations, which:
– Forces the failed processor offline
– Reboots the server automatically
– Generates alerts
– Continues operations with the working processor
Expandability and growth
The System x3650 M2 server packs a lot of function and storage capacity into a
2U 19-inch rack-drawer package, yet it is amazingly easy to upgrade and service.
Functions such as SVGA video, SAS, and full-duplex 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet are
integrated on the system board. Features include:
• Rack-drawer models designed for 19-inch-wide by 28-inch-deep industry-standard
rack enclosures, such as the NetBAY42 SR
• Four PCI/PCI-Express adapter card slots available (2 x PCI-Express slots may be
replaced by a riser card option to get two PCI-X slots)
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