IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

58 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
The rear of the x3850 X6 has up to three I/O Books:
򐂰 One primary I/O Book with 3 PCIe 3.0 slots, one ML2-slot for Ethernet adapters, two
hot-swappable fans, one IMM2 Ethernet port, 4 USB 2.0 ports, video port, and serial port.
򐂰 Two additional I/O Books, each with 3 PCIe 3.0 ports, which can be used for half-length or
full-length PCIe cards.
We describe the I/O Books in 3.11, “I/O subsystem” on page 84.
At the bottom of the server at the rear are bays for up to four power supply modules. We
describe them in detail in 3.22, “Power subsystem” on page 101.
Figure 3-5 shows the rear of the x3950 X6.
Figure 3-5 Rear view of the x3950 X6
3.5 Ports and controls
The x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 servers have a broad set of I/O ports and controls including an
LCD system information display panel located on the front operator panel. In this section, we
give a detailed description of ports, controls, and LEDs located on the X6 server.
3.5.1 The front operator panel
The front operator panel is a panel located on the front side of the Storage Book, which
contains controls and LEDs that provide information about the status of the server.

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