IBM Asia Pacific Hardware Announcement AG11-0009
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• 5U tower industry-standard models, rack mount special bid option
• Two USB front and four USB rear ports, one USB internal port, one com port, one
d-sub connector, three 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, one serial port
Overview
The System x3500 M3 servers include:
• Quickpath Interconnect (QPI) support for 4.8, 5.86, and 6.4 Gigabit transfers/
second (GTS)
• Three hot-swap fans standard and three additional, with redundant power and
cooling optional
• Six PCI-Express card slots, and one PCI 32-bit/33 MHz card slot
• Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet and standard RAID -0, -1, -10 (upgradeable), or
RAID 0, -1, -1E, -5, -50, with PCI-E adapter
• Optional RAID 6 or 60 via Advance Feature Key
• DDR3 ECC DIMMs, combined with an integrated ECC memory controller in core
logic that corrects many soft and hard single-bit memory errors and minimizes
disruption of service to LAN clients
• Integrated management module with Remote Presence function standard
• Light path diagnostics with a light path panel visible at front of chassis
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• These servers contain one of the following
– A 2.13 GHz/4.8 GTS-8 MB 4C Intel E5606, a 2.26 GHz/4.80 GTS-8 MB 4C
E5607, a 2.4 GHz/5.86 GTS-12 MB 4C E5620, a 2.4 GHz/5.86 GTS- 12 MB 6C
E5645, a 2.53 GHz/5.86 GTS- 12 MB 6C E5649, a 2.66 GHz/6.4 GTS- 12 MB
6C X5650, a 3.06 GHz/6.4 GTS-12 MB 6C X5675, or a 3.46 GHz/6.4 GTS-12
MB 6C X5690 Intel Xeon processor data bus to the system.
– Data bus to the system delivering up to 10.6 Gb/s data transfer rate
• A 1333 MHz functional speed processor operations to memory and PCI bus
• 4 GB of high-speed, DDR3 - 1333 MHz ECC memory
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, 192 GB maximum using 16
GB memory DIMMs
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• High-speed, wide-bandwidth slots: Six PCI-E bus slots, and one PCI 32-bit/33
MHz bus slot
• Dual Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet ports and SAS/SATA support
• Standard SATA DVD-ROM and tape drive bay
• Eight standard SFF hot-swap drive bays and up to twenty-four 2.5-inch bays
available using upgrade options with total HDD storage capacity of 24 TB, using 1
TB Near-Line SFF SAS/SATA HDD options
High availability for around-the-clock business demands
• Integrated systems management processor and support for the Remote Presence
function
• Wake on LAN®
• ECC memory to detect double-bit errors and correct single-bit errors
• Integrated memory mirroring
Service and support perfected for business needs
• ServerGuide
TM
and IBM® Director
• IBM Server support and web support
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• Three-year, customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site service
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, limited
warranty
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; optional warranty service upgrades available
