IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

220 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
Reliability, availability, serviceability (RAS)
Upward Integration Module (UIM) now has upward integration with RAS events. UIM
undergoes the following procedure when a RAS event is detected on a server:
1. A RAS event is detected on the server (Figure 7-28). and is reported up the chain to either
Microsoft System Center, VMware vCenter, Director, or a Flex System Manager (FSM,
Flex System Enterprise Chassis only).
Figure 7-28 RAS event reports up the chain
2. The server is evacuated and the workload resumes on a different server (Figure 7-29).
Figure 7-29 Workload resumes on a different server
3. The failed server is taken off line, ready for maintenance.
Additional resilience in the X6 design simplifies management of the server. The next section
discusses the Machine Check Architecture (MCA) X6 employs to assist in recovery from
errors that are not correctable at the hardware level, simplifying the management of your
server.
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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