IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

64 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
3.6 Compute Book
In this section, we describe the central component of the X6 family servers, the Compute
Book. We discuss the Compute Book’s design and its main components, explaining Compute
Books placement order for the 4U and 8U chassis. This section covers the following topics:
򐂰 3.6.1, “Compute Book design” on page 64
򐂰 3.6.2, “Compute Book population order” on page 66
The processor options are pre-installed in a Compute Book. See 3.7, “Processor options” on
page 67.
3.6.1 Compute Book design
The main component of x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 servers is the Compute Book. It contains the
following components:
򐂰 One Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 or E7-8800 v2 processor
򐂰 24 DDR3 memory slots, 12 on each side
򐂰 Two hot-swap dual-motor fans
Figure 3-11 shows the Compute Book.
Figure 3-11 Compute Book
As shown in Figure 3-11, the Compute Book has a cover with a transparent window, which
allows you to check light path diagnostic LEDs without removing the cover.
The side covers each have a
clear window allowing you to
view installed DIMMs and
light path diagnostics LEDs

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