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Two
x8/x4
13
PCIe Gen 2
slots (4GBps)
One
33MHz PCI
slot (500MBps)
Optionally,
one x8/x4 PCIe Gen 1
slot or
two
133MHz PCI-X
slots (via CTO)
•
Integrated
DVD/CD-RW
combo drive
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability
•
IBM Systems Director
systems management software, including:
Active Energy Manager
Service and Support Manager
•
Integrated
Management Module (IMM)
:
IPMI 2.0
compliance, including highly secure remote power control
Text console redirection
systems management standard
Combines former
BMC
and
Remote Supervisor Adapter II
functions
•
Active Memory protection:
Advanced
Chipkill
ECC memory protection
Memory mirroring
•
Support for
highly available
optional hardware-based
RAID-1/10/1E/5/50/6/60
arrays
•
Hot-swap SAS/SATA
or
simple-swap SATA
hard disk drives
•
Ultra-efficient cooling
incorporating
Calibrated Vectored Cooling
features
Server Comparison Table
The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x tower servers, including comparisons of the uses for
which each server is best suited:
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The x8/x8 Gen 2 slots can accept x1, x4, or x8 adapters running at x1, x4, or x8 throughput, respectively.
13
The x8/x4 Gen 2 slots can accept x1, x4, or x8 adapters running at x1, x4, or x4 throughput, respectively.
Important
Nice to Have
Can do without
1
2
3
Best
Better
Good
Theme
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0
x
3
2
0
0
M
2
x
3
4
0
0
M
2
x
3
5
0
0
M
2
Cluster / HPC
3
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
Modeling & Simulation
2
1
1
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
High Performance DB
2
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
Business Intelligence
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
Search
3
1
1
1
2
1
3
3
1
2
Content
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
Communities
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
Commerce
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
Collaboration
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
3
2
2
ERP/SCM
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
CRM
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
Hosted Client
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Point of Sale
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
1
1
Branch Office
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
Virtualization
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
Business Continuity
2
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
2
2
Database
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
Email/Collaboration
2
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Security
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
Web Serving
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
1
3
3
File & Print
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
1
3
3
Requirements
Infrastructure
Applications
Web 2.0 /
Web 3D
HPC
Business
Applications
Towers
