IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Figure 4-3 Rear view of x3690 X5
Figure 4-4 shows the system with the top cover removed.
Figure 4-4 The x3690 X5 internals
PCI
slot 1
PCI
slot 2
PCI
slot 3
PCI
slot 4
PCI
slot 5
Power
supply 3
Power
connectors
System
management
Ethernet
connector
Video Serial
connector
USBs
3 - 4
USBs
5 - 6
Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2
Power
supply 1
Power
supply 2
Power
supply 4
QPI
port 1
QPI
port 2
Two CPU sockets
(partially covered by the
memory mezzanine)
Memory mezzanine with 16 DIMM
sockets. A further 16 DIMMs are on the
system planar underneath (not visible).
Five hot-swap fans
(accessible through
door in top cover)
Bays for four
hot-swap power
supplies
Five PCIe 2.0
slots
Drive bays

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