Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and
expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket server
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The Bottom Line
The IBM System x3550 M3 is an extremely energy efficient, powerful system, incorporating
significantly redesigned management tools and abundant IBM-unique innovations:
Price/Performance
•
High-throughput processors
— Up to two
2.66
to
3.33GHz 6-core
,
2. 40GHz
to
3.46GHz
4-core
, or
1.86GHz
to
2.13GHz
low-voltage
4-core,
or
2.26GHz
low-voltage
6
-core
Xeon
5600
Series processors; or two
2.0GHz
to
2.93GHz
4-core
or
2.0GHz 2-core
Xeon
5500
Series processors
•
Energy-efficient low-voltage processors
—
40W 4-core
and
60W 6-core
Xeon 5600
Series processors
•
Hyper Threading Technology
for up to
12
processor cores and
24
threads total
(processor-specific)
•
Turbo Boost Technology
for a performance boost when not all cores are in use
(processor-specific)
•
64-bit extensions
(EM64T)
•
Large cache
—
12MB
or
4MB
of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)
•
Fast memory
— Registered
PC3-10600 DDR III
ECC DIMMs standard, operating at
1333MHz
,
1066MHz
or
800Mhz
(depending on processor model and memory
configuration); supports 2 DIMMs per channel at 1333MHz
•
Fast disk technology
— Supports high-performance SAS drives that provide high
density/high reliability and allow you to scale up as your business grows.
•
High IOPS SSDs
— Solid-state drives offer significantly higher I/O operations per second
than HDDs
•
Fast communications
— Integrated
dual Gigabit Ethernet
controllers standard supporting
load-balancing
and
failover; two additional NICs optional
•
Fast I/O
— Two
PCIe
x16
adapter slots (replaceable with two PCI-X/133 slots)
Flexibility
•
Large memory capacity
— Up to
192GB
of registered DDR2 DIMMs, in
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DIMM slots
•
Up to
8
2.5-inch hot-swap
SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs or
simple-swap
SSDs
•
Choice of disk storage
— Up to
4.0TB
of internal SAS/SATA storage,
800GB
of internal
solid-state storage
•
High-performance external expansion
—
Five
480Mbps
USB 2.0
ports (two front, two
rear, one internal for an optional USB key with hypervisor)
•
Slotless hardware-based
3Gbps
RAID-0/1/1E
,
or
6Gbps
RAID
-
0/1/10
or
RAID-0/1/10/5/50
standard
•
Two
available
adapter slots —
Two
x16
8
PCIe
slots (Gen2)
An optional riser card containing
one
133MHz PCI-X
slot can replace the riser card
containing each of the PCIe slots
•
Optional
DVD-RW
drive
•
Two video ports
(one on the front and one on the back)
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability
•
IBM Systems
Director
systems management software, including (among others:
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
IBM Service and Support Manager
•
Integrated Management Module
(IMM):
IPMI 2.0
compliance, including highly secure remote power control
Text console redirection
systems management standard
•
Active Memory protection:
Advanced
Chipkill
ECC memory protection support
Memory mirroring
•
Integrated slotless
ServeRAID
controller — enhances system availability and serviceability
without using a PCIe slot
•
A combination of
hot-swap SAS/SATA
HDDs
or
SSDs,
or
simple-swap SSDs
—for quicker
servicing than with fixed drives
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The x8 slots can accept x1, x4, or x8 adapters running at x1, x4, or x8 throughput, respectively.
