IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

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Chapter 3. Product information
In this chapter, we describe the details of the components in the IBM System x3850 X6 and
the IBM System x3950 X6.
This chapter contains the following topics:
򐂰 3.1, “Product features” on page 48
򐂰 3.2, “Specifications” on page 51
򐂰 3.3, “Standard models of X6 servers” on page 54
򐂰 3.4, “Physical design” on page 56
򐂰 3.5, “Ports and controls” on page 58
򐂰 3.6, “Compute Book” on page 64
򐂰 3.7, “Processor options” on page 67
򐂰 3.8, “Memory” on page 69
򐂰 3.9, “IBM eXFlash memory-channel storage” on page 73
򐂰 3.10, “Storage subsystem” on page 75
򐂰 3.11, “I/O subsystem” on page 84
򐂰 3.12, “Primary I/O Book” on page 85
򐂰 3.13, “Half-length I/O Books and Full-length I/O Books” on page 87
򐂰 3.14, “Hot-swap adapter support” on page 91
򐂰 3.15, “Network adapters” on page 92
򐂰 3.16, “Storage host bus adapters” on page 94
򐂰 3.17, “GPU adapters and co-processors” on page 95
򐂰 3.18, “Partitioning” on page 96
򐂰 3.19, “Standard onboard features” on page 96
򐂰 3.20, “Integrated virtualization” on page 100
򐂰 3.21, “Hot-swap capabilities” on page 100
򐂰 3.22, “Power subsystem” on page 101
򐂰 3.23, “Fans and cooling” on page 103
򐂰 3.24, “Upgrading to an 8-socket X6 server” on page 104
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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