IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

538 IBM eX5 Implementation Guide
IP Internet Protocol
IPMB Intelligent Platform Management
Bus
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management
Interface
IS information store
ISO International Organization for
Standards
IT information technology
ITSO International Technical Support
Organization
JBOD just a bunch of disks
KB kilobyte
KCS keyboard console style
KVM keyboard video mouse
LAN local area network
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol
LED light emitting diode
LGA land grid array
LPD light path diagnostic
LUN logical unit number
MAC media access control
MB megabyte
MCA Machine Check Architecture
MDIX medium-dependent interface
crossover
MESI modified exclusive shared invalid
MIPS millions of instructions per second
MM Management Module
MSM MegaRAID Storage Manager
NAS network-attached storage
NHS non-hot-swap
NIC network interface card
NMI non-maskable interrupt
NOS network operating system
NTLM NT LAN Manager
NUMA Nonuniform memory access
OGF Open Grid Forum
OS operating system
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PD problem determination
PDSG Problem Determination and Service
Guide
PE Preinstallation Environment
PFA Predictive Failure Analysis
PMI Project Management Institute
POST power-on self test
PS Personal System
PXE Preboot eXecution Environment
QPI QuickPath Interconnect
RAID redundant array of independent
disks
RAM
random access memory
RAS remote access services; row
address strobe; reliability,
availability, and serviceability
RDMA Remote Direct Memory Access
RETAIN Remote Electronic Technical
Assistance Information Network
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RISC reduced instruction set computer
ROC RAID-on-card
ROM read-only memory
RPM revolutions per minute
RSA Remote Supervisor Adapter
RSS Receive-side scaling
RTC real-time clock
RTS request to send
SAC Special Administration Console
SAN storage area network
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SATA Serial Advanced Technology
Attachment
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM static dynamic RAM
SED self-encrypting drive
SFP small form-factor pluggable
SLC Single Level Cell
SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLP Service Location Protocol
SMASH Systems Management Architecture
for Server Hardware
SMI scalable memory interconnect
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
SNMP Simple Network Management
Protocol
SOA service-oriented architecture
SOL Serial over LAN
SPORE ServerProven Opportunity Request
for Evaluation
SR short range

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