IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement
ZG10-0267, dated August 31, 2010
IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG10-0267
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IBM System x3690 X5 Virtualization Optimized
Systems simplify deployment of high-performing, Intel
Xeon-based systems for your virtualized environment
Table of contents
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Overview
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Publications
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Key prerequisites
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Technical information
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Planned availability date
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Terms and conditions
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Description
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Prices
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Product positioning
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Announcement countries
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Product number
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Corrections
At a glance
These new IBM® Systems x3690 X5 servers incorporate high-performance, 6-core
Xeon® E6540 processors, 8-core Xeon processors in MAX5 models and:
• Up to 32 DIMM slots in 7148 chassis and 32 DIMM slots in the MAX5 chassis,
delivering up to 1 TB of high-speed, lower-power, PC3-10600 ECC double data
rate 3 (DDR3) SDRAM system memory at 1067 MHz
• Optional Emulex 10 Gb Ethernet Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter
• Four 5.0 Gb PCIE I/O (two x8, and two x8 low profile), Gen 2 slots
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller
• Integrated Broadcom 5709 Dual-port 10/100/1000 Megabit Ethernet
• Up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays for flexible installation of HDDs, supporting
up to 8 TB
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internal data storage
• Standard Integrated Management Module
• Two 675-watt, voltage sensing, rear access, hot-swap power supplies, in
optimized server system and one 675-watt power supply in MAX5, up to six hot-
swap power supplies (4-server and 2-MAX5) optional,
• Optional Enhanced SATA CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo drive
• Eight USB ports, (two can be used for USB keyboard and mouse), SVGA video
port, one serial port, and two Gb Ethernet ports per chassis
• Three year limited warranty
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