IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

198 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
You can also check the documentation for the operating system that is used for Boot from
SAN support and requirements and storage vendors. See the following sources for more SAN
boot-related information:
򐂰 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Installation Guide, “Storage Devices” chapter is available at
the following link:
https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/h
tml/Installation_Guide/Storage_Devices-x86.html
򐂰 Windows Boot from Fibre Channel SAN – Overview and Detailed Technical Instructions
for the System Administrator is available at this website:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=2815
򐂰 The vSphere Storage document from VMware is available at the following link:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcen
ter-server-55-storage-guide.pdf
򐂰 SAN Boot Implementation and Best Practices Guide for IBM System Storage, SG24-7958
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247958.html
For IBM System Storage compatibility information, see the IBM System Storage
Interoperability Center at this web page:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic

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