Lenovo System x3500 M4, Installation And Service Manual

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Attention: As a general consideration, do not mix standard 512-byte and advanced 4-KB format
drives in the same RAID array because it might lead to potential performance issues.
PCI and PCI-X expansion slots:
• Six PCI expansion slots on the system board:
– Slot 1: PCI Express 2.0 x8 (support optional PCI-X interposer card)
– Slot 2: PCI Express 3.0 x8
– Slot 3: PCI Express 3.0 x8
– Slot 4: PCI Express 3.0 x8
– Slot 5: PCI Express 3.0 x16 (support 225W GPU)
– Slot 6: PCI Express 3.0 x8
• Two PCI expansion slots on the microprocessor 2 expansion board:
– Slot 7: PCI Express 3.0 x16 (support 225W GPU)
– Slot 8: PCI Express 3.0 x16
• PCI-X interposer card (optional):
– One PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz
Power supply (depending on the model):
• Up to two hot-swap power supplies for redundancy support.
– 550-watt ac
1. Support up to 95-watt processor.
2. Support up to eight HDDs.
3. GPU not supported.
4. Support up to sixteen 1R/2R RDIMMs or UDIMMs. 4R RDIMMs and LRDIMMs are not
supported.
• Up to two hot-swap power supplies for redundancy support.
– 750-watt ac
1. Support up to sixteen HDDs.
2. GPU not supported.
3. Support up to sixteen LRDIMMs, UDIMMs, or twenty-four RDIMMs.
– 900-watt ac
1. No GPU installed:
a. Hard disk drive:
– Support up to thirty-two HDDs, or,
– Support up to sixteen HDDs if more than sixteen LRDIMMs are installed.
b. Memory:
– Support up to sixteen UDIMMs, or,
– Support up to twenty-four RDIMMs/LRDIMMs, or,
– Support up to sixteen LRDIMMs if more than sixteen HDDs are installed.
2. One GPU installed:
a. Hard disk drive:
– Support up to eight HDDs.
Chapter 1
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The Lenovo System x3500 M4 Type 7383 server
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