IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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IBM eX5
Implementation Guide
David Watts
Aaron Belisle
Duncan Furniss
Scott Haddow
Michael Hurman
Jeneea Jervay
Eric Kern
Cynthia Knight
Miroslav Peic
Tom Sorcic
Evans Tanurdin
Covers the IBM System x3950 X5, x3850 X5,
x3690 X5, and the IBM BladeCenter HX5
Details technical information
about each server and option
Describes how to implement
two-node configurations
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IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack