Lenovo x3250 m6 - Chapter 2. About the Lenovo System X3250 M6 Server

Chapter2.AbouttheLenovoSystemx3250M6server
Thischapterprovidesasummaryofserverfeatures,technologiestheserveroffers,andinstructionson
turningonandturningofftheserver.
Generalinformation
TheLenovoSystemx3250M6serverisa1-U
1
-highrackmodelserverforhigh-volumenetworktransaction
processing.Thishigh-performance,multi-coreserverisideallysuitedfornetworkingenvironmentsthat
requiresuperiormicroprocessorperformance,input/output(I/O)flexibility,andhighmanageability.
Thehot-swapservermodelssupportuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesorfour3.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Thesimple-swapservermodelssupportuptoeight2.5-inchsimple-swap
harddiskdrivesorfour3.5-inchsimple-swapharddiskdrives.TheLenovoSystemx3250M6server
supports2.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swapSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)orSATAharddiskdrives,or3.5-inch
hot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrives,or3.5-inchsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrives.
Foralistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/
Recordinformationabouttheserverinthefollowingtable.
Table1.Recordofthesysteminformation
ProductnameMachinetypesModelnumberSerialnumber
LenovoSystemx3250M6
server
Type3633and3943
ThemodelnumberandserialnumberareontheIDlabelontherackreleaselatchoftheserver,asshownin
thefollowingillustration.
Figure1.IDlabelonthefrontoftheserver
Performance,easeofuse,reliability,andexpansioncapabilitieswerekeyconsiderationsinthedesignof
theserver.Thesedesignfeaturesmakeitpossibleforyoutocustomizethesystemhardwaretomeetyour
needstodayandprovideflexibleexpansioncapabilitiesforthefuture.
BusinessPartnersmustalsocompletethestepsin“InstructionsforBusinessPartners”onpage173
.
1.Racksaremeasuredinverticalincrementsof4.45cm(1.75inches)each.Eachincrementiscalleda"U."A1-U-high
deviceis1.75inchestall
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