A highly available and expandable, rack-dense, 2U dual-socket SMP server, for application
serving in Web environments
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x3650 Specifications
27.5” (698mm) D
Operating systems supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32/64-bit,
Windows 2000 Server (Standard/Enterprise Editions), RHEL 3/4 32/64-bit, SLES 9
32/64-bit, Novell Open Enterprise Server (NetWare 6.5), VMware ESX Server 2.5/3.0
Length of limited warranty
3 years (parts and labor)
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The Bottom Line
The x3650 is an extremely powerful system, building on the legacy of the x346 server by
incorporating leading-edge industry-standard features and adding IBM-unique innovations:
Price/Performance
• High-throughput processors — 1.6 to 3.16GHz quad-core or 1.6 to 3.0GHz dual-core
Xeon processors; up to 8 (quad-core) or 4 (dual-core) processor cores per server
• Energy-efficient low-voltage processors — 50W quad-core and 65W dual-core Xeon
processors
• Large cache — 12MB, 8MB, 6MB or 4MB of L2 processor cache
• 64-bit extensions (EM64T)
• Leading-edge front-side bus — 1333MHz or 1066MHz FSB (model-specific)
• Fast memory — Fully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory standard with two-
way or four-way interleaving
• Fast disk technology — Integrated Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) controller and slotless
hardware-based RAID-0 data striping and RAID-10 striped/mirrored arrays, with 32MB of
onboard cache
• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers, supporting load-
balancing, failover and TOE
• Fast I/O — PCI-E x8 adapter slots
Flexibility
• Large memory capacity — 48GB of fully buffered memory, using 12 DIMMs
• A choice of six 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives or eight 2.5-inch SAS drives
• High-capacity disk storage — Up to 1.8TB of internal hot-swap SAS or 6TB of hot-swap
SATA storage using 3.5-inch drives; up to 1.17TB of internal hot-swap SAS storage using
2.5-inch drives
• Support for an optional half-height internal backup drive (in place of two 3.5-inch HDDs, or
in addition to eight 2.5-inch HDDs); choice of removable disk cartridge (GoVault EZ), DDS-5
tape, or VS160 tape
• High-performance external expansion — Seven 480Mbps USB 2.0 ports (two front, four
rear, one internal); one external SAS port
• Hardware-based RAID-0/1/10 support standard; optional slotless RAID support for RAID-
1E/5/6
• Four available adapter slots —
Four x8 PCI-E slots (4Gbps)
An optional riser card containing two 133MHz PCI-X slots can replace the riser card
containing two of the PCI-E slots
• Integrated DVD/CD-RW combo drive
• Two video ports (one on the front and one on the back)
• Optional iSCSI HBA Adapter for IXA Connectivity (to System i
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/iSeries
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servers)
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability
• IBM Director systems management software, including:
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
IBM Management Processor Assistant
IBM Rack Manager
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426-2255. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services including those designated as
ServerProven or ClusterProven. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a
technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in
which this product is sold.
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