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– Eight 2.5-inch, half-high hot-swap drive bays; three 5.25 inch, half-high device
bays
– Internal support for high performance (up to 15,000 rpm) for up to eight SAS
HDDs and a high-capacity tape backup device
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Up to 24 TB, using 1 TB 2.5-inch NL SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap HDDs
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These servers can handle applications for today and expand for future growth.
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When referring to HDD or tape backup capacity, GB stands for 1,000,000,000 bytes
and TB stands for 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. User capacity may vary depending on
operating environments.
Systems management
Integrated management module controller (IMM)
The System x3500 M3 server includes an integrated management module controller
that provides industry-standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
2.0-compliant systems management. The IMM comes standard, and has a dedicated
onboard Ethernet port for access. IMM can be accessed via software that is
compatible with IPMI 2.0 (such as xCAT).
• Features and benefits
– Monitoring of system and CMOS battery voltages.
– Monitoring of system temperatures.
– Fan speed control.
– Fan tachometer monitor.
– Power good signal monitor.
– System ID and planar version detection.
– System power control.
– System reset control.
– NMI and SMI detection and generation (System Interrupts).
– Serial port text console redirection.
– System LED control (power, HDD, activity, alerts, and heartbeat).
– An embedded web server gives you remote control from any standard web
browser. No additional software is required on the remote administrator's
workstation.
– For users who are accustomed to a command-line interface (CLI), the ability
for the administrator to use the CLI from a Telnet session to perform some of
the functions that can be performed from the web server.
– Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
– Built-in LAN and serial connectivity that supports virtually any network
infrastructure.
– Multiple alerting functions that warn systems administrators of potential
problems through email, IPMI PETs, and SNMP.
IBM Director
x3500 M3 servers feature IBM Director, a powerful, highly integrated systems
management software solution built on industry standards and designed for ease of
use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup management environments and
use rich security features to access and manage physically dispersed IT assets more
efficiently over the Internet.
Potentially reduce costs through:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
• Reduced service and support costs
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