IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

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Table 5-4 describes the meaning of the I/O Book Attention LED. See Figure 5-36 on
page 161 for the location of this LED.
Table 5-4 Attention indicator for optional I/O Books
Table 5-5 describes the meaning of the I/O Book Power LED. See Figure 5-36 on page 161
for the location of this LED.
Table 5-5 Power indicator for optional I/O Books
5.6 Partitioning the x3950 X6
The x3950 X6 server can be electronically split into two halves using a process called
Partitioning (also known as FlexNode):
򐂰 An x3950 X6 server (8U chassis) with four processors can be split into two
2-socket systems.
򐂰 An x3950 X6 server (8U chassis) with eight processors can be split into two
4-socket systems.
Each half of the x3950 X6 is called a
node.
The minimum components required to support partitioning in the x3950 X6 are as follows:
򐂰 Four Compute Books (two in each node)
򐂰 Two standard I/O Books (one in each node)
򐂰 Two Storage Books (one in each node)
򐂰 Two boot devices (one in each node), such as a local drive, hypervisor key, or external
boot device
򐂰 Four power supplies (two power supplies in each node)
Appearance Meaning
Off Normal - Normal operation
On Attention - Operational problem at this slot
Blinking The slot is in the process of powering on or off. Do not remove the I/O Book when in
blinking state.
Appearance Meaning
Off Power Off - Insertion or removal of the adapter is permitted
On Power On - Insertion or removal of the adapter is not permitted
Blinking Power Transition - Hot-plug operation is in progress and insertion or removal of the
adapter is not permitted.
Note: The x3850 X6 cannot be partitioned.

IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware