TheToolsCenterforSystemxandBladeCenterisanonlineinformationcenterthatcontainsinformation
abouttoolsforupdating,managing,anddeployingfirmware,devicedrivers,andoperatingsystems.The
ToolsCenterforSystemxandBladeCenterisathttp://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/toolsctr/v1r0/.
Theservermighthavefeaturesthatarenotdescribedinthedocumentationthatyoureceivedwiththe
server.Thedocumentationmightbeupdatedoccasionallytoincludeinformationaboutthosefeatures,or
technicalupdatesmightbeavailabletoprovideadditionalinformationthatisnotincludedintheserver
documentation.TheseupdatesareavailablefromtheLenovowebsite.Tocheckforupdates,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
Noticesandstatementsinthisdocument
ThecautionanddangerstatementsinthisdocumentarealsointhemultilingualSafetyInformation
document,whichisavailableathttps://support.lenovo.com/documents/LNVO-DOCS.Eachstatementis
numberedforreferencetothecorrespondingstatementinyourlanguageintheSafetyInformationdocument.
Thefollowingnoticesandstatementsareusedinthisdocument:
•Note:Thesenoticesprovideimportanttips,guidance,oradvice.
•Important:Thesenoticesprovideinformationoradvicethatmighthelpyouavoidinconvenientor
problemsituations.
•Attention:Thesenoticesindicatepotentialdamagetoprograms,devices,ordata.Anattentionnoticeis
placedjustbeforetheinstructionorsituationinwhichdamagemightoccur.
•Caution:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallyhazardoustoyou.Acaution
statementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallyhazardousproceduresteporsituation.
•Danger:Thesestatementsindicatesituationsthatcanbepotentiallylethalorextremelyhazardous
toyou.Adangerstatementisplacedjustbeforethedescriptionofapotentiallylethalorextremely
hazardousproceduresteporsituation.
Serverfeaturesandspecifications
Thefollowinginformationisasummaryofthefeaturesandspecificationsoftheserver.Dependingonthe
model,somefeaturesmightnotbeavailable,orsomespecificationsmightnotapply.
Microprocessor(dependingonthemodel):
•SupportsuptotwoIntel®Xeon®E5-2600v3seriesmulti-coremicroprocessors(oneinstalled)
•Level-3cache
•TwoQuickPathInterconnect(QPI)linksspeedupto9.6GTpersecond
Notes:
•UsetheSetuputilityprogramtodeterminethetypeandspeedofthemicroprocessors.
•Foralistofsupportedmicroprocessors,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Memory(dependingonthemodel):
•Minimum:4GB
•Maximum:1.5TB
–768GBusingregisteredDIMMs(RDIMMs)
–1.5TBusingloadreductionDIMMs(LRDIMMs)
•Type:
–PC4-12800(DDR4-1600),PC4-14900(DDR4-1866)orPC4-17000(DDR4-2133)
–Single-rank,dual-rank,orquad-rank
–RDIMMorLRDIMM
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