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1. Form factor standard maximum 2U 3U 1 2U chassis 1 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit Ten core Xeon Eight core Xeon E7 28xx E7 88xx E7 28xx X65xx 2 0GHz E7 2850 X75xx A5x 2 13GHz E7 2 0GHz X6550 8867L CTO 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx Processor type 2 26GHz E7 2860 2 0GHz X7550 A6x D1x D2x 3Sx 2 0GHz E7 2 4GHz E7 2870 2820 A2x A7x H3x H3X 2 13GHz E7 2830 2 67GHz E7 8837 A3x 2 26GHz C1x X7560 4Rx 4Sx Six core Xeon E7 28xx ET7 48xx E65xx Four core Xeon 1 73GHz E7 2807 E75xx A1x 1 86GHz E7 1 86GHz E7520 4807 CTO 1Rx ARX 2 0GHz E6540 2Dx 2Rx 20 A5x A6x A7 x 16 Processor cores C1x plus E7 8867L 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx 3Sx via CTO 4Rx 4Sx A2x A3x 12 2Rx A1x plus E7 4807 via CTO 130W 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx 3Sx 105W 1Rx 2Dx 2Rx Maximum processor power draw 4Rx 4Sx A5x A6x A7x C1x A1x A2x A3x ARx plus E7 95W E7 4807 via CTO D1x D2x H2x H3x 8867L via CTO 6 4 GTps 2Dx 2Rx 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx 3Sx 4Rx 4Sx A3x A5x A6x A7x C1x 5 86 GTps A2x D1x D2x H2x H3x plus E7 8867L via CTO QuickPath Interconnect speed gigatransfers per second 4 8 GTps 1Rx A1x ARx plus E7 4807 via CTO 1 2 1Rx 38x 4Rx A1x A2x A3x A5x A6x A7x Arx C1x EO processors standard 212 2Dx 3Dx 4Sx D1x D2x H2x H3x maximum 18MB 2Dx 2Rx 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx 3Sx A1x A2x plus E7 4807 via CTO Chipset Intel 7500 amp IBM eX5 Maximum memory with MAX5 1TB 2TB 256GB2. administrator through IBM Systems Director This gives you the ability to replace the failing component before it fails resulting in increased uptime IBM Systems Director software for advanced workgroup management is included standard IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Service and Support Manager and others System Availability a no charge download and Capacity Manager sold separately are available as add ons for additional server management and increased availability IBM Systems Director provides a single uniform graphical interface for all of these systems management functions IBM Systems Director enables you to customize thresholds and monitor system components for things like temperature voltage regulation etc to help maximize uptime IBM developed IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager to put control of system power saving features at the fingertips of administrators Active Energy Manager is designed to take advantage of new features such as monitoring power usage and balancing the performance of the system according to available power input It provides the ability to plan and predict power consumption based on your hardware configuration It also helps enable you to reduce the infrastructure required for redundancy by using fewer servers on smaller power feeds and potentially lowering your overall data center support costs It does this by inventorying
3. PCle adapter slots A 10 Gigabit Ethernet virtual fabric addapter is standard in selected models The 10GbE solution provides the benefits and flexibility of I O convergence in a single end to end solution The x3690 X5 offer industry leading scalability including up to 1TB of memory in the 20 chassis upgradeable to 2TB using a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit and a choice of up to 16 2 5 inch internal Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA II SATA II hot swap hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of up to 9 6TB SAS or 8TB SATA or up to 24 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs with a capacity of 4 8TB Or you can combine the two having 8 HDDs and 16 SSDs in the same chassis The Standard ServeRAID M1015 SAS SATA controller provides RAID 0 1 10 support upgradeable to 5 50 Optional IBM ServeRAID SAS SATA SSD RAID and SSD non RAID controllers add up to 512MB of battery backed cache to the onboard controller to provide RAID 0 1 10 10 5 50 6 60 The 2U size of the chassis helps you maximize your rack investments Up to 21 of these chassis can be installed in a single 42U rack for a total of up to 42 processors 420 cores 105 PCle slots and 336 HDDs or 504 SSDs offering an ideal balance of performance storage and I O slots per rack Standard in the x3690 X5 is the Integrated Management Module IMM that enables the user to manage and control the server easily both locally and remotely The IMM offers a high level of manageabili
4. and other components you need as well as the proper airflow clearances electrical circuits and other environmental conditions IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator helps IT managers plan for data center power needs by providing the following information for specific configurations of System x and BladeCenter systems power input watts PDU sizing amps heat output BTUs airflow requirements through chassis CFM VA rating leakage current mA and peak inrush current amps IBM ServerGuide installed from CD simplifies the process of installing and configuring System x and BladeCenter servers ServerGuide goes beyond mere hardware configuration by assisting with the automated installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating systems device drivers and other system components with minimal user intervention Drivers are also included for support of Novell NetWare Red Hat Linux and SUSE LINUX This focus on deployment helps you reduce both your total cost of ownership and the complexity that administrators and technical personnel face IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager previously called IBM Electronic Service Agent is an innovative call home feature that allows System x and BladeCenter servers to automaticallv report hardware nroblems to IBM stinnort which can even dispatch NENNEN 12 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2
5. combined with efficient airflow paths provide highly effective system cooling for the eX5 systems with N 1 redundancy The fans automatically adjust speeds in response to changing thermal requirements depending on the zone redundancy and internal temperatures When the temperature inside the server increases the fans speed up to maintain the proper ambient temperature When the temperature returns to a normal operating level the fans return to their default speed Why not simply run the fans at 10096 capacity all the time For several good reasons to reduce the ambient noise reduce the wear and tear on the fans and reduce the server power draw The reduction in ambient noise and power draw may be relatively minor for a single server but if you have a larger number of systems the aggregate savings in power and noise pressure can be significant In addition the server uses hexagonal ventilation holes in the chassis Hexagonal holes can be grouped more densely than round holes providing greater airflow through the system cover This cooling scheme is important because newer more powerful processors generate a significant amount of heat and heat must be controlled for the system to function properly Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Hot Swap Redundant Compo
6. dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 95W 6 core Xeon processor model L7545 running at 1 86GHz with low power draw per core 15 83W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 6 core Xeon processor model L7542 running at 2 66GHz with reduced power draw per core 21 67W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT and Turbo Boost technology no HT e 105W 6 core Xeon processor model E7540 running at 2 0GHz with ow power draw per core 17 5W 6 4 GTps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 6 core Xeon processor model E6540 at 2 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 17 7W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading technology e 105W 6 core Xeon processor model E7530 at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 17 5W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 12MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 95W 4 core Xeon processor model E7520 at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions reduce
7. e Fast I O Four x8 8Gbps PCle Gen 2 and one x4 4Gbps Gen 2 adapter slots Flexibility e Scalable From 4 to 20 processor cores and 32 to 64 DIMMs scalable on demand using 1 MAX5 and 1 chassis e Huge memory capacity Up to 1TB of DDR3 memory model specific with 32 DIMM slots plus another 1TB in 32 DIMM slots in a MAX5 expansion unit e Integrated flash drive preloaded with a hypervisor for instant virtualization standard on selected x3690 X5 models optional on others e A choice of up to 16 2 5 inch hot swap SAS SATA HDDs or 24 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs internally or a combination of the two e Optional IBM 160GB 320GB or 640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters in addition to HDDs and SDDs for extremely high IOPS and bandwidth storage 19 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance High performance external I O expansion Eight 480Mbps USB 2 0 ports two front four rear two internal Hardware based RAID 0 1 10 support standard in all models optional RAID support for RAID 10 5 50 6 60 Five PCle slots 4 x 8GBps 1 x 4GBps Optical drive Manageability Serviceability and Availability IBM Systems Director systems management software including e BM Systems Director Active Energy Manager e Service and Support Manager Integrated Manage
8. eXFlash pack or 8 8 2 5 inch HDDs 16 16 1 8 inch SSDs using 2 optional eXFlash packs or 16 16 2 5 inch HDDs or 24 24 1 8 inch SSDs using 3 optional eXFlash packs of HDD SSD drive bays maximum available 1 x 2 5 inch HDD backplane 4 bays and 1 x 1 8 inch SSD backplane 8 drives included 3Dx 2 additional 1 8 inch SSD 1 x 2 5 inch HDD backplane 4 bays included all other models 3 additional 1 8 inch SSD backplanes available via eXFlash backplanes available via eXFlash packs packs of HDD SSD drive bays standard 2 x 2 5 inch HDD backplanes 8 bays 2 x 2 5 inch HDD backplanes 8 bays included H2x 1 additional 1 8 inch SSD backplane available via eXFlash packs 2 x 1 8 inch SSD backplanes 16 bays included D1 x H3x 1 additional 1 8 inch SSD backplane available via eXFlash pack of 5 25 bays total available Maximum HDD SSD capacity 1 1 optional optical drive with SATA interface 2 5 inch SAS 9 6TB 16 x 600GB hot swap 2 5 inch SATA 8TB 16 x 500GB hot swap 1 8 inch SSD 4 8TB 24 x 200GB hot swap 2 5 inch SAS 500GB 7 2K RPMs 146 8 300 600GB 10K RPMs 73 4 146 8GB 15K RPMs 2 5 inch SATA 160 500GB 7 2K RPMs 1 8 inch SSD 50 200GB Internal HDD SSD capacities supported 8 x 50GB SSDs 8 x 300GB HDDs H2x 16 x 200GB SSDs D1x 10 x 200GB SSDs H3x None all other of HDDs SSDs included models 160GB Hi
9. internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available When referring to variable speed CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs and DVDs actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible XSO03120 USEN 02 22 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information
10. management software e g xCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI IMM functions The IMM alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions even if the server has failed The x3690 X5 also include standard an IBM Virtual Media Key for additional systems management capabilities including e Latest OS failure screen capture e Graphical console redirection over LAN e Remote virtual floppy and CD ROM e High speed remote redirection of PCI video keyboard and mouse IBM ToolsCenter consolidates 42 needed tools for managing servers individually into an integrated suite of 8 tools They are organized by function deployment updates configuration and diagnostics Tools are now simpler to access and use with a single webpage for access a common look and feel and a common command line interface for the scripting tools The ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator offers significantly more functionality than past tools with the ability to add more tools to the bootable image and to automatically download the bootable environment if needed Bootable Media Creator allows you to create bootable CDs DVD and USB keys for updates customized to your systems Automatic Server Restart ASR helps reduce downtime by restarting the server automatically in the event of a system lockup If the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes it automatically triggers the ASR hardware which immediately restart
11. offers the 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter the 320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter the 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter and the 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter as well as the 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter These adapters offer near DRAM performance with extremely high data retention up to 25 years and RAID grade data protection and can be used in aadition to HDDs and SSDs IBM ServeRAID Controllers System x servers using ServeRAID technology allow companies to build a reliable foundation for business critical computing IBM ServeRAID technology allows an array consisting of multiple physical hard disk drives to be treated as one logical drive ServeRAID technology also allows data to be stored redundantly across multiple hard disk drives enhancing both the integrity and the availability of the data SAS and SATA ServeRAID controllers offer enhanced performance due to onboard processors and cache Because IBM 13 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance ServeRAID controllers can help significantly improve data transfer rates this technology is extremely effective when implementing demanding transaction oriented applications By employing the advanced fault tolerance of IBM ServeRAID technology companies can effectively implement networke
12. socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Options onsite service if necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement Service and Support Manager resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM It monitors networked servers for hardware errors and it can perform hardware and software inventories and report inventory changes to IBM All information sent to IBM is stored in a highly secure database and used for improved problem determination Additional services include hardware warranty upgrades and factory installed Product Customization Services PCS such as asset tagging hardware integration software imaging and operating systems personalization IBM offers extensive industry leading technical support by phone and via the Web Support options include links to forums newsgroups problem submission online shopping support service offerings device drivers for all IBM product lines software downloads and even upcoming technical seminar worldwide schedules and registration Also available are remote installation configuration and usage support for System x hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM Maintenance and Technical Support s
13. up to 34 400 IOPS vs only 3 360 IOPS for 8 SAS HDDs This means one x3690 X5 with three eXFlash options 24 drives is capable of generating 103 200 IOPS vs only about 10 000 IOPS for typical storage servers using an equal number of HDDs Combining 24 SSDs with 2 IBM 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapters produces an astonishing 503 200 IOPS for a single two socket server Each customer installable eXFlash option includes a drive cage SSD backplane and two x4 SAS SATA cables which can be installed in seconds as a single unit For RAID support with optimum IOPS use one ServeRAID B5015 controller per eXFlash option or two for even more IOPS For optimum non RAID IOPS use one 6Gbps SSD HBA controller per eXFlash option Note Because SSDs offer triple the reliability of SAS HDDs RAID support is less necessary Each adapter requires a PCle slot For maximum IOPS performance use two ServeRAID B5015 controllers per eXFlash option maximum 5 due to available PCle slots Supported single chassis configurations include e 4 2 5 inch HDDs 8 1 8 inch SSDs with 1 eXFlash option e 82 5 HDDs 16 1 8 inch SSDs with 2 eXFlash options 16 2 5 inch HDDs e 24 1 8 inch SSDs with eXFlash options Plus 2 High IOPS adapters in 2 adapter slots For RAID support with HDDs use one ServeRAID M1015 M5014 or M5015 controller per 8 internal drives or one ServeRAID M5025 controller or Fibre Channel adapter per multiple external IBM
14. 192GB 64GB 32 x AGB 4 32 x 16 x 16GB 16 x 4GB 4GB in MAX5 2Dx H2x H3x D1x D2x 30MB A7x 24MB 4Rx 4Sx H2x H3x plus E7 A3x A5x A6x C1x Internal L3 cache 12MB 1Rx ARx 8867L via CTO D1x D2x 16GB 4 x 4GB 3Dx Standard memory 8GB 2 x 4GB A1x A2x A3x A5x A6x A7x C1x 64 0 32 0 chassis 64 58 32 28 chassis 32 0 MAX5 2Dx 32 30 MAX5 3Sx 45 32 16 D1x Dex H2x H3x of DIMM sockets total available 32 28 1Rx 2Rx 32 30 A2x A3x A5x 3Dx 3Rx 3Gx 4Rx A6x A7x ARx C1x MAX5 memory expansion unit 1TB 32 x 32GB capacity Maximum memory with 1 server and 1 MAX5 expansion unit 2TB 64 x 32GB PC3 10600 PC3 8500 PC3L 8500 1333MHz PC3L 10600R 999 1066MHz 1066MHz Supported DIMMs 2GB 1Rx8 1 5V 1333MHz 4GB 4Rx8 1 5V 8GB 4Rx8 1 35V 12GB 8GB 4 x 2GB 2 x 2GB 4 x 2GB 1Hx in MAX5 3Sx 4Sx 2Rx SRx 3Gx 4Rx 4GB 2 x 2GB ARx 2GB 2Rx8 1 5V 4GB 2Rx8 1 35V 8GB 4Rx8 1 5V 4GB 2Rx8 1 5V 16GB 4Rx4 1 5V 16GB 4Rx4 1 35V 32GB 4Rx4 16 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance x3690 X5 Specifications _ _ e _ YO e _ 4 42 5 inch HDDs 8 8 1 8 inch SSDs using 1 optional
15. HT technology and Turbo Boost technology e Supports 10 core 8 core or 6 core Xeon E7 family processors or 8 core 6 core or 4 core Xeon 7500 series processors e Supports up to 1TB of DDR3 memory in a single 2U chassis node e The 7147 machine type supports low voltage 1 35V DIMMs e Support fora MAX5 memory expansion unit increasing memory capacity by 100 for memory intensive workloads One chassis with a MAX5 supports up to 2TB of memory in 3U e Alternatively with 64 DIMM slots the server and MAX5 can be populated with inexpensive 2GB DIMMs for 128GB while gaining the performance boost from using 8 memory controllers 4 in the server and four more in the 5 unit e Fast PC3 10600 DDR3 ECC memory with Chipkill error correction Memory ProteXion redundant bit steering memory scrubbing memory rank sparing and selectable 7147 machine type 7148 machine type is limited to 1TB 512GB in the chassis and 512GB in the MAX5 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance memory mirroring protection provides speed and high availability Five high speed PCle Gen 2 adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high performance adapters such as 1 OGb Ethernet Fibre Channel Converged Network Adapter CNA and InfiniBand adapters e The flexibili
16. Iqejeog eoueuuonJeg 1ndu noauu owes eoueuuoneg pue 0 1 Ausueq AuiqeieAv ufiH 1 8 Ayunoas jueuiKo deq peinguisiq Theme Key Workloads Cluster HPC HPC Modeling amp Simulation High Performance DB Business Intelligence Search Dy Web 3D Communities Commerce Collaboration ERP SCM CRM Hosted Client Point of Sale Branch Office Business Applications Virtualization Business Continuit Database Email Collaboration Security Infrastructure Applications Web Serving File amp Print Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Important Nice to Have Can do without e Best wp Better O Good 21 Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance For More Information IBM System x Servers IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM Configuration and Options Guide IBM ServerProven Program Technical Support Other Te
17. PCle ServeRAID M5025 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 512MB of cache memory and battery backup It supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for multiple IBM System Storage expansion units with up to 240 HDDs e he 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID B5015 SSD controller enhanced SSD performance with SSD optimized microcode offering the highest IOPS performance for SSDs in a RAID controller It supports RAID 0 1 5 6 for up to 8 drives e ThelBM 6Gbps SSD HBA offers the highest IOPS performance for SSDs in a non RAID controller The ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 6 60 with SED support to the M5014 and M5015 The ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Key adds battery backup support to the M5014 The ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key adds SSD support to the M5015 Additional external SAS SATA disk storage as well as tape backup is available via one of several supported iSCSI or FC SAN controllers Drive Bays x3690 X5 servers contain up to 16 HDD bays that support 2 5 inch hot swap internal SAS SATA drives totaling up to 9 6TB or up to 24 solid state drive bays supporting 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs totaling up to 4 8TB using up to three IBM eXFlash storage options Each individual SSD is capable of sustaining approximately 4 300 IOPS which is more than 10X what an enterprise 15 000 RPM 2 5 inch 146 8GB SAS HDD can achieve 420 IOPS Thus each eXFlash module containing 8 SSDs is capable of producing
18. System Storage expansion units up to 240 drives An optional ultraslim 0 5 optical drive with a SATA interface is supported in all x3690 X5 servers An external USB floppy drive or optical drive may be used if needed For still more storage NAS iSCSI SAN or FC SAN external expansion options can be added Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance using an optional controller Flexible Internal Storage Capacity The eX5 servers offer a choice of internal storage supporting up to sixteen high capacity 2 5 inch hot swap Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA II SATA II hard disk drives or up to 24 high IOPS 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs chassis using three IBM eXFlash options In addition two IBM High IOPS SSD adapters can be used per node chassis 2 5 inch SAS e 7 200 RPMs 160 500GB 8TB maximum e 10 000 RPMs 73 4 146 8 300 or 600GB 9 6TB e 15 000 RPMs 73 4 or 146 8GB 2 38TB 2 5 inch drives not only require less space than 3 5 inch drives they weigh less consume half the power produce less noise seek faster and offer increased reliability 2 5 inch SATA e 7 200 RPMs 160 or 500GB 8 0TB 1 8 inch SSD e 50 200GB 4 8TB maximum o High I O Performance Offers up to 8X more IOPS than HDDs 67 3396 read write OLTP t
19. Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Product Guide April 201 1 Architecture Overview CONTENTS Architecture Overview Key Highlights Key Features Key Options x3690 X5 Images x3690 X5 Specs The Bottom Line Server Comparison For More Information Legal Information 13 14 16 19 21 22 22 IBM System x3690 X5 Outstanding performance superior mainframe like reliability and fault tolerant memory characteristics IBM has been designing and implementing servers under the X Architecture name since 2001 eX5 technology represents the fifth generation of enterprise servers based on the same design principle IBM began with in 1997 to offer systems that are expandable offer big iron reliability availability and serviceability RAS features with extremely competitive price performance on an Intel Xeon processor based system The eX5 technology is primarily designed around three major workloads database servers server consolidation using virtualization services and Enterprise Resource Planning application and database servers If you re using industry standard Xeon processor based servers for running business critical applications the systems that run these applications need the type of technology designed into IBM s eX5 technology systems eX5 technology represents a 100M investment in designing a flagship offering that can harne
20. all components then adding up the total power draw and tracking the usage It also includes power management features to help administrators manage or reduce power usage Extensive System Support Features The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world class consistent high quality service and support The eX5 servers offer a number of tools and services designed to make ownership a positive experience From the start IBM programs make it easier for you to plan for m _ configure and purchase System servers get them running and keep them running long term Prover These features include IBM ServerProven the IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM ServerGuide IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager Product Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating systems have been tested on the server and are officially supported to work together It is updated frequently to ensure that the latest compatibility information is always at your fingertips The IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool SSCT is a downloadable tool that simplifies the often complex chore of configuring a full rack of servers including blade servers and confirming that you have all the cables power distribution units KVM keyboard video and mouse switch boxes
21. ancing and failover capabilities between the two ports TOE support helps improve overall system performance by offloading TCP IP protocol processing from the system microprocessor to the onboard Ethernet TOE processor The controller also supports highly secure remote power management using IPMI 2 0 plus Wake on LAN and PXE Preboot Execution Environment flash interface Optional PCI adapters offering failover and load balancing between adapters are available for added throughput and increased system availability Integrated Virtualization All models of the x3690 X5 support a USB 2 0 Flash Key installed preloaded with VMware vSphere Hypervisor formerly ESXi Rather than management through a Service Console based on a Linux operating system vSphere Hypervisor relies on aggregate management tools including VirtualCenter the Remote Command Line interface and the introduction of CIM for standards based and agentless hardware monitoring vSphere Hypervisor includes all the performance scalability and compatibility features of a hypervisor installed on disk including full VMFS support across FC SAN iSCSI SAN and NAS and 4 way VSMP Because it runs from flash memory it s extremely fast and ideal for diskless configurations It also offers enhanced security because it runs without an operating system based console and is updated patched much like firmware Ultra Efficient Cooling Five strategically located hot swap redundant fans
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24. ction technology with x4 DIMMs x4 data width of rank and x8 DIMMs For increased availability beyond Chipkill error correction the eX5 servers offer additional levels of IBM Active Memory protection Memory ProteXion technology provides multichip error protection and works in conjunction with Chipkill technology which provides multibit protection per chip and standard ECC protection to provide multi level memory correction Memory scrubbing is an automatic daily test of all system memory It detects and reports memory errors that might be developing before they cause a server outage Memory scrubbing and Memory ProteXion work together When a bit error is detected memory scrubbing determines whether the error is recoverable If the error is recoverable Memory ProteXion technology will write the data to new location if it is not recoverable scrubbing sends an alert to light path diagnostics which then notifies IBM Systems Director Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels a primary and a backup Data is written concurrently to both channels If one of the DIMMs in the primary channel fails it is instantly disabled and the mirrored memory in the backup channel becomes active primary until the failing DIMM is replaced With mirroring enabled one half of total memory is available for use Alternatively with memory rank sparing two ranks per memory card are configured as spares Th
25. d power draw per core 23 75W 4 8 GTps QPI speed 800MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 12MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT and Hyper Threading technology no Turbo Boost e 105W 4 core Xeon processor model E6510 at 1 73GHz with 64 bit extensions reduced power draw per core 26 25W 4 8 GTps QPI speed 800MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 12MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Hyper Threading technology This processor is limited to single chassis memory without MAX5 With the Xeon E7 family and 7500 6500 series processors Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP architecture to a Non Uniform Memory Access NUMA architecture The processors are connected through three serial coherency links called QuickPath Interconnect QPI QPI is capable of 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second Put another way the E7 7500 6500 processors offer 3X the bandwidth of the previous 7400 series processors Turbo Boost Technology dynamically turns off unused processor cores and increases the clock speed of the cores in use by up to three model frequencies For example with 7 10 cores active a 2 4GHz E7 2870 10 core processor can run the cores at up to 2 53GHz With 5 6 cores active it can run those cores at 2 67GHz with only 1 4 cores active it can run those cores at 2 8GHz Similarly with six cores active a 2 26GHz X7560 8 core processor can run the cores at 2 53GHz With only 3 4 c
26. d business systems that require large amounts of storage space for data and applications that must be available for their businesses to continue operating Supported SAS SATA RAID controllers include the IBM ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 10 IBM ServeRAID M5014 x8 PCle 256MB cache RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional battery backup RAID 50 60 and SED IBM ServeRAID M5015 x8 PCle 512MB cache battery backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and SED and the IBM ServeRAID M5025 x8 PCle 512MB cache battery backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and SED supports multiple external IBM System Storage expansion units The ServeRAID B5015 controller is optimized for high IOPS RAID performance with SSDs The IBM 6Gbps SSD HBA is optimized for high IOPS non RAID performance External Storage The IBM System Storage EXP810 EXP3512 and EXP3524 expansion units as well as the D83000 DS4000 DS5000 DS8000 series and XIV storage subsystems and N3000 N5000 N6000 and N7000 NAS systems comprise a powerful and broad shared storage family with integrated management software designed to meet midrange and enterprise needs In addition IBM Storwize V7000 is virtual storage that offers high efficiency and flexibility through built in SSD optimization and thin provisioning technologies x3690 X5 Images Front View USB Hexagonal ower Ventilation Holes HDD Bays Video Port Pop Out Light jj Path Dia
27. d without guesswork Note In the event of a failed DIMM the system will restart and mark the DIMM as bad while offline thus allowing the system to continue running with reduced memory capacity until serviced In addition to the outstanding diagnostic detection there is a new feature with a digital readout that indicates at what stage of the boot process your system may have experienced trouble This can reduce the troubleshooting time and help get your system up and running quickly and efficiently Energy Smart Features IBM servers work hard to keep your energy bills low from high efficiency power supplies and fans to lower draw processors memory and solid state drives Technologies such as these along with the Xeon E7 family and 7500 6500 series processors that intelligently adjust their voltage and frequency help lower IT costs e 95W 8 core 7500 series and 6 core E7 family processors use 27 less energy than 130W processors e 1 5V DDR3 DIMMs consume 10 15 less energy than 1 8V DDR2 DIMMs used in older servers e 1 35V DDR3 DIMMs consume up to 19 less energy than 1 5V DDR3 DIMMs e Solid State Drives consume up to 80 less energy than 2 5 inch HDDs and up to 88 less than 3 5 inch HDDs e On a performance per watt basis High IOPS SSD Adapters outperform enterprise HDDs by up to 445 to 1 e Dynamic fan speeds In the event of a fan failure the other fans will run faster to compensate until the failing fan is replac
28. deliver superior system utilization levels The name of the game in consolidation activities is to deploy the fewest new servers possible and help IT staff manage more images with the same or fewer overall people The eX5 servers are designed to protect your data with high performance high reliability and high availability They support the latest ten eight six and four core Intel Xeon processor E7 family and 7500 6500 series processors up to 1066MHz memory access and up Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Highlights to 30MB of L3 cache to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and growth The new Xeon E7 8800 E7 4800 and E7 2800 series processors offer up to 4096 greater performance than the previous generation 7500 and 6500 series processors In addition the 3690 X5 uses industry standard DDR3 memory with Chipkill ECC Error Checking and Correcting protection for high performance and reliability For even higher levels of availability the eX5 servers also offer Memory ProteXion memory scrubbing memory rank sparing and selectable memory mirroring A dual port integrated high speed Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine acceleration is standard in all models as are five high performance
29. echnology 105W 6 core Xeon processor models E7 2803 running at 1 73GHz with moderate power draw per core 17 5W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT and HT technology no Turbo Boost Xeon 7500 and 6500 Series Processors 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7560 running at 2 26GHz with low power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7550 running at 2 0GHz with ow power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X6550 running at 2 0GHz with ow power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading technology e 95W 8 core Xeon processor model L7555 running at 1 86GHz with extremely low power draw per core 11 88W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access
30. ed Competitive fans must run faster at all times just in case wasting power Other Features e Trusted Platform Module standard This module provides a highly secure start up process from power on through hand off to the operating system boot loader ACPI support is provided to allow ACPl enabled operating systems to access the security features of this module TCG V1 2 compliant e Eight USB 2 0 ports Provides flexibility to add high speed external devices The USB 2 0 specification supports up to 480Mbps transfer rates Note Not all USB 2 0 devices are capable of achieving this rate Two ports are provided on the front of the server four are on the back and two are internal to support an optional flash memory key with embedded hypervisor e Toolless slides Allows quick rack installation and quicker upgrade and servicing of the Server e Toolless chassis The cover can be opened without tools and many components can be 10 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance added or replaced without tools including processors DIMMs hot swap HDDs PCle adapters an optional optical drive and the integrated or optional ServeRAID controller This can save a Servicer significant time Note The chassis top cover should not be opened during server operation Op
31. ening it will shut the server down Advanced Systems Management Capabilities The x3690 X5 has a high level of systems management capabilities that are well suited to remote locations as well as to stand alone environments Features include UEFI IMM with Virtual Media Key IBM ToolsCenter IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Automatic Server Restart Wake on LAN support PXE support text console redirect Predictive Failure Analysis and IBM Systems Director The IMM provides industry standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 compliant systems management It provides a number of important system functions including e Monitoring of system and battery voltage system temperature fans power supplies processor and DIMM status e Fan speed control e Product ID and Family ID detection e Highly secure remote power on off e System reset control e NMI SMI detection and generation e System diagnostic LED control power HDD activity alerts heartbeat e PMI over LAN e Serial Over LAN e Proxy server support e LAN messaging and alerting e Text console redirection over LAN e Predictive Failure Analysis for system fans e Web based out of band control e SSL Secure Socket Layer and LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support e VLAN support e Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms RMCP AES e Local update of IMM firmware e Firmware firewall e Support for IPMI v2 0 compliant
32. ers go in PCle slots rather than drive bays they can be used in addition to standard HDDs and SSDs This makes them ideal for virtualized servers running multiple tasks requiring both write and read intensive storage media As flash media they also offer a predictable lifetime compared to the sporadic failure rate of HDDs using N 1 chip level redundancy and 11 bit ECC protection If you need more storage space terabyte capacities are possible with external direct attach NAS and SAN solutions 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Fabric Adapter Selected x3690 X5 models include one dual port 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapter It is optional for all other models The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter is an industry leading performance and W scalability per watt dual port network adapter for 10Gbps Ethernet 10GbE networks It offers EMULEX the benefits and flexibility of I O convergence in a single end to end solution Protocol offload for stateless TCP IP and TCP Chimney provide maximum bandwidth with minimum use of CPU Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance resources It achieves line rate 10Gbps performance with support for TCP IP stateless offloads and TCP Offload Engine TOE support TOE reduces system processor utilization providing increased system performance and
33. erveRAID M5014 x8 optional RAID 50 60 and SED support for multiple PCle 256MB cache RAID SED all HDD models external IBM System 0 1 10 5 6 optional battery Storage expansion units all backup RAID 50 60 and models SED all HDD models Embedded USB Flash Embedded USB Flash Key Optional all other models mmm 1 low profile used by RAID controller of video ports 2 front and rear Matrox G200eV graphic controller integrated in IMM wieeocontroler optional nVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 graphics card supported 16MB DDR2 SDRAM standard shared with IMM Maximum video resolution at 32 1024x768 resolution analog with a color depth of 32 bits at 85Hz bit color 1440x90 resolution digital with a color depth of 32 bits at 60Hz Dual port Emulex controller standard in adapter Slot 5 2DX 3Dx 3Gx D1x D2x Optional all other models 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Fabric Adapter H2x H3x Emulex 10Gbps Virtual Fabric Adapter standard or optional model specific TOE iSCSI RDMA 1Gb and 10Gb rear 1 100Mb rear for systems management 6 external 2 front 4 rear ports plus 2 internal USB connectors for hypervisor Integrated systems management controller Light path diagnostics support Processors memory power supplies fans HDDs adapter slots and system temperature with external pop out drop down panel Predictive Failure Analysis Processors memory PCle slots power supplies fans hard disk dr
34. es DIMMs must be installed in matching pairs Also each CPU requires at least 2 DIMMs It is important to ensure that all memory channels in each processor are populated The relative memory bandwidth decreases as the number of channels populated decreases This is because Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance PCI EXPRESS the bandwidth of all the memory channels is utilized to support the capability of the processor So as the channels are decreased the burden to support the requisite bandwidth is increased on the remaining channels causing them to become a bottleneck For peak performance e Populate both processors with equal amounts of memory to enable a balanced NUMA system e Populate both memory controllers within a processor with equal memory capacity e Populate an even number of ranks per channel e Use dual rank DIMMs whenever appropriate Power guidelines e Fewer larger DIMMs for example 8 x 4GB DIMMs vs 16 x 2GB DIMMs will generally have lower power requirements e x8 DIMMs x8 data width of rank will generally draw less power than equivalently sized x4 DIMMs Reliability guidelines e Using fewer larger DIMMs for example 8 x 4 GB DIMMs vs 16 x 2GB DIMMs is generally more reliable e Memory controllers support IBM Chipkill memory prote
35. ese spare ranks are used in the event of a memory failure on the same memory card This feature is more efficient than mirroring reserving less memory and leaving more available for operating system use A memory card using dual rank DIMMs for example would have up to 16 ranks 14 available Memory is available in 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB or 32GB DIMMs High Performance Scalability Memory scalability beyond the 1TB capacity of the x3690 X5 chassis is achieved simply by cabling a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit to the chassis It doubles memory capacity by adding another 32 DIMMs slots for up to 1TB of additional memory 2TB total in only 3U of rack space The 5 scalability and memory expansion feature is a unique IBM enhancement not offered by other x86 server architectures High Performance Adapter Slots There are five PCle PCI Express Gen 2 adapter slots standard PCI Express Gen 2 is the latest high performance low latency next generation serial I O bus Slot 1 is a 3 4 length full height slot Slot 2 is half length full height Slots 3 through 5 are low profile Slots 1 2 3 and 5 are x8 by 8 slots both physically and electrically meaning they operate at the full x8 8GBps bidirectional speed Slot 4 is physically x8 but electrically x4 which means it can accept a x8 adapter but it will operate at x4 speeds 4GBps If a ServeRAID controller is installed it will go in Slot 4 If a 10Gb Ethernet Adapter is in
36. essor models E7 4807 running at 1 86GHz with moderate power draw per 17 5W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Intel VT and HT technology no Turbo Boost processor available via CTO only 130W 10 core Xeon processor models E7 2870 running at 2 4GHz with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 30MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 130W 10 core Xeon processor models E7 2860 or E7 2850 running at 2 26 or 2 0GHz respectively with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 105W 8 core Xeon processor model E7 2830 running at 2 13GHz with low power draw per core 13 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology processor available via only 105W 8 core Xeon processor models E7 2820 running at 2 0GHz with low power draw per core 13 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost t
37. formation section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 1 5V DDR3 memory is even more efficient using 10 15 less energy than DDR2 memory In addition machine type 7147 supports low voltage 1 35V DIMMs which consume up to 1996 less energy than 1 5V DIMMs 1 5V and 1 35V DIMMs can be mixed within a given memory controller however all DIMMs in that controller will run at 1 5V The 7147 machine type of x3690 X5 chassis supports up to 1TB of memory in 32 DIMM sockets using 32GB DIMMs The 7148 machine type supports up to 512GB with 16TB DIMMs It uses PC3 10600 double data rate DDR3 memory operating at 1066MHz for fast access as well as PC3 8500 DDR3 and LV versions of both types Competitive servers may require you to add processors to add memory eX5 servers with MAX5 decouple memory and processors so that you can upgrade memory without upgrading to a second processor The standard configuration supports up to 32 DIMMs If that is not enough you can attach a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds another 32 DIMM slots up to 1TB in machine type 7147 for a total of 2TB in only 3U Redesign in the architecture of the 7500 6500 series and E7 processors bring radical changes in the way memory works in these servers For example the processors integrate two memory controllers inside each processor resulting in f
38. gh IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter 320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter Additional Internal SSD storage via PCle adapter of optical drives standard None optional optical drive in dedicated 5 25 UltraBay Storage technology Hot swap SAS SATA SSD External disk drives supported Yes via optional ServeRAID M5025 controller and Fibre Channel adapters System Storage EXP810 EXP3512 EXP3524 expansion units DS4200 DS4700 DS4800 DS5100 DS5300 DS8100 DS8300 N3300 N3600 N3700 N5200 N5300 N5500 N5600 N6040 N6060 N6070 N7600 N7700 N7800 N7900 storage subsystems plus XIV and Storwize V7000 External disk storage devices supported ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 10 for HDD SSD all other models ServeRAID B5015 x8 PCle no cache RAID 0 1 5 for SSD D1x IBM 6Gbps SAS HBA x8 PCle non RAID controller Integrated RAID controller cache for SSD D2x 17 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance x3690 X5 Specifications ServeRAID M5025 x8 ServeRAID B5015 D2x PCle 512MB cache battery BUE AME Ee pom backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 j optional RAID 50 60 and Optional RAID controllers backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 supported S
39. gnostics Qs Panel en di Light Path RON Diagnostics Panel Eject Button Rack Release Button Rear View 9 V N Scalability USB Gb Ethernet Paen Serial Ports Ports Ports ET Supply Bays Port Port Systems Management Gb Ethernet Port 14 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Interior View ee WC NN LL c amp 2Processors 8 5 Hot Swap 3 Fans eee j EE EX _ z Adapter E EIA 13 Fo T3 50151 E 2 PCle Slots Qe ol JE PCle Adapter W 4 Hot Swap Po wer supiy eays lt r ki TT on in d MAX5 Interior View O T 224 m dE E _ 3 m T p E ee E JUL MEN m S a 6 DIMM u p 4 r Sa Tem 2 Hot Swap T Slots Redundant lon Power Supply Bays Removed Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance x3690 X5 Specifications Machine 7T147 A1x A2x A3x Abx AGx A7x C1x D1x D2x H2x H3x 7148 1Rx 2Dx 2Rx 3Dx 3Gx 3Rx 3Sx 4Rx 4Sx
40. ives and solid state support drives Power supply size chassis 675W ees autoswitching hot swap 675W E e hot swap MAX5 rear access chassis rear access MAX5 of power supplies standard maximum chassis MAX5 D TEMA Hot swap redundant power supported chassis MAX5 of fans blowers standard 5 5 chassis 5 5 5 18 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance x3690 X5 Specifications Hot swap redundant fans supported chassis Rackmountmethod Rackmountmethod method Slides and Cable Management Arm provided standard and Cable Management Arm Slides and Cable Management Arm provided standard standard 7 000 ft Maximum altitude 2 133 Heat emitted maximum chassis 5115 BTUS 22 BTUs MAX5 1498 Watts x3690 X5 Watts MAX5 6 8 172 8mm H 1 75 44 4mm H Dimensions chassis MAX5 17 5 444mm W 17 5 444mm W 28 04 712mm D 28 35 720 2mm D 77 110 Ibs maximum 28 2 33 8 Ib maximum 35 3 49 9 kg 12 8 15 1 kg 50 95 F 10 35 C up to 3 000 ft 914 4 50 90 F 10 32 C 3 000 ft to 7 000 ft m 914 4m to 2 133m Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard W eb Enterprise Datacenter Editions 64 bit Windows HPC Server 2008 Windows 2008 Hyper V Mic
41. ment Module IMM IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control Text console redirection systems management standard Ll Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards Active Memory protection Advanced Chipkill ECC memory correction Memory ProteXion Spare rank memory Memory mirroring Memory scrubbing Hardware based RAID 1 10 disk mirroring standard in a dedicated slot optional RAID 10 5 50 6 60 highly available arrays Ultra efficient cooling Hot swap HDDs and or SSDs Hot swap redundant power supplies Hot swap redundant cooling Light path diagnostics front LED panel drop down light path panel monitoring processors memory power supplies fans HDDs PCle adapter slots and system temperature PFA support for processors memory PCle slots power supplies fans hard disk drives and solid state drives Toolless chassis and toolless slide design integrated Cable Management Arm simplify installation and removal of the server from the rack Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 20 Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Server Comparison Chart The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x rack optimized servers including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited Requirements Rack Optimized Servers y
42. nents System availability is maximized through the extensive use of hot swap and redundant components including e Hot swap redundant hard disk drives and solid state drives e Hot swap redundant cooling fans e Hot swap redundant power supplies Light Path Diagnostics Light path diagnostics enables a technician to quickly identify and locate a failed or failing system component such as a specific memory DIMM Monitored components include processors memory power supplies fans HDDs and adapters plus system temperature This enables quick replacement of the component which helps increase server uptime and lower operating costs The front of the server has an LED indicator light to show possible component failures If the front LED indicates an error condition by pressing a button on the front of the server an LED panel will pop out and drop down for easy viewing without the need to open the server cover or remove the server from the rack The light path diagnostics panel tells the servicer which component requires attention In addition many components have their own identifying LEDs For example each of the memory modules has an LED next to the socket as do all processors all adapter slots all fans all power supplies all voltage regulator modules and the service processor allowing the servicer to easily identify exactly which component needs servicing By following the light path the component can be replaced quickly an
43. offers a smaller memory footprint extremely high performance and stronger security making getting a system up and running in a virtualized environment faster and easier than ever before IBM X Architecture pioneered XpandOnDemand as you grow scalability which allows chassis to be simply cabled together to form larger scale up systems This capability allows IBM to sell a large SMP symmetric multiprocessing system at entry price points With XpandOnDemand you can start small and later expand as your needs change without requiring you to buy more than you need up front or throw away parts later as you expand IBM s eX5 technology based systems are the ideal solution for scale up database serving applications on Microsoft Windows with Microsoft SQL Server or IBM DB2 as well as Linux with Oracle or DB2 Database hosting demands ultimate server reliability features and once installed they tend to grow and grow requiring ever greater levels of availability eX5 servers provide exactly that degree to availability Another strong application area for the eX5 based systems is enterprise server consolidation activities workloads including SAP and Oracle eX5 systems can offer considerable savings over UNIX deployments using our certified solution stacks on either Windows or Linux Larger servers need more processor memory I O resources which make maximum use of any applicable virtual machine software licensing fees and
44. olutions can help you get the most out of your IT investment by reducing support costs increasing availability and simplifying management with integrated support for your multiproduct multivendor hardware and software environment For more information on hardware maintenance software support solution support and managed support visit http ibm com services maintenance IBM options for System x servers help you take your servers to a higher level You can rely on System x options to supply a complete solution for your business needs Options help you create an optimized server system to meet your data protection storage and availability needs Every IBM option is designed and tested for peak performance and flexibility helping to maximize your return on investment The combination of System x servers and options lets you keep your fingers on the pulse of your e business Processors The Intel Xeon processors provide high clock rates a choice of 10 8 6 or 4 cores a large L3 cache and advanced features for availability and manageability processor specific Large cache size combined with fast 1066MHz memory access reduces memory latency and facilitates the movement of data through the processor and I O devices Note System performance depends not only on the number of processors in the server but also on the power and functionality of each processor Adding a second processor may be a cost effective way to achieve significant pe
45. ores active it can run those cores at 2 67GHz When the cores are needed again they are dynamically turned back on and the processor frequency is adjusted accordingly Each processor includes two integrated memory controllers to reduce memory bottlenecks and improve performance Memory access is at up to 1066MHz frequency depending on the processor model and memory used In processors implementing Hyper Threading technology each core has two threads capable of running an independent process Thus an 8 core processor can run 16 threads concurrently Intel s Virtualization Technology VT integrates hardware level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed to reduce power draw DDR3 Registered Memory with Active Memory Protection eX5 servers use registered double data rate Ill DDR3 DIMMs and provides Active Memory features including advanced Chipkill memory protection for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory IBM Memory ProteXion and optional memory mirroring or memory rank sparing In addition to offering triple the memory bandwidth of registered DDR2 or fully buffered memory DDR3 memory also uses less energy 1 8V DDR2 memory already offered up to 3796 lower energy use than fully buffered memory Now a generation later Please see the Legal In
46. our memory controllers in a two socket system MAX5 adds another four memory controllers Each controller has two memory channels four per processor each with a memory buffer PCle gt 10 dolo ne QPI Link rara rara rara im ERN cg rc rr Ceo Coo rr oo co Lal OS Co Gol Co Eee od C OOO CD Oo ooo The memory architecture of the eX5 chipset provides up 333 more aggregate memory bandwidth than the previous generation eX4 for exceptional memory performance By performing reads and writes simultaneously it eliminates memory read to write blocking latency In addition it also offers innovative data reliability and security features to help improve data integrity including enhanced CRC protection data retry on error detect and buffer registers for improved fault isolation It is important to ensure that DIMMs with appropriate number of ranks are populated in each channel for optimal performance Whenever possible it is recommended to use dual rank DIMMs in the system Dual rank DIMMs offer better interleaving and hence better performance than single rank DIMMs Another important guideline is to populate equivalent ranks per channel For instance mixing one single rank DIMM and one dual rank DIMM in a channel should be avoided Not
47. ransaction base mix Optimized for heavy mix of read and write operations such as transaction processing media streaming surveillance file copy logging backup recovery and business Intelligence o Lower Cost IOPS Performance Yields better IOPS lower capacity GB required to achieve higher IOPS Consumes less energy and produces less heat than a conventional disk drive o Superior Uptime the reliability of mechanical disk drives No moving parts to fail Enterprise wear leveling to extend life even further o Full OS Support Supports all ServerProven OSes For read intensive transactional workloads requiring extreme IOPS performance such as database video on demand and caching IBM offers High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters equivalent to the IOPS output of approximately 500 3 5 inch 600GB 15K SAS HDDs with 99 lower latency 30 us and 7 7x the bandwidth of a HDD On a performance per watt basis these adapters outperform HDDs by up to 445x High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter 4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps 320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter 4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps e 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter 4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter 8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps e BM 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter x8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps Because these adapt
48. reducing overall system power requirements The adapter is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter UCNA platform that also includes the capability for future upgrades to Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and iSCSI protocol offloads By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and storage networks data centers can reduce capital expense CapEx for adapters switches and cables and operational expense OpEx for power cooling and IT administration End to end data protection with hardware parity CRC ECC and other advanced error checking and correcting ensure that data is safe from corruption Dual 10Gbps Ethernet ports e Pv4A IPv6 TCP UDP checksum offload Large Send Offload LSO Large Receive Offload Receive Side Scaling RSS IPV4 TCP Chimney Offload e VLAN insertion and extraction e Jumbo frames up to 9000 Bytes e Preboot eXecutive Environment PXE 2 0 network boot support e Interrupt coalescing e Load balancing and failover support including adapter fault tolerance AFT switch fault tolerance SFT adaptive load balancing ALB teaming support and IEEE 802 3ad Note You must have either one SFP transceiver or one SFP direct attached cable for each of the two 10Gb ports on the adapter Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller The eX5 systems include one integrated dual port Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine acceleration support as well as load bal
49. rformance improvements Memory Memory is a significant factor in systems application performance Adding more memory to a System x server is one of the most effective ways to increase application performance For optimum performance an 8 core processor should have twice as much memory as a 4 core processor x3690 X5 servers support 32 DIMMs natively and 64 DIMMs using a MAX5 memory expansion unit 1 35V DIMMs machine type 7147 can help reduce energy consumption by up to 19 Hard Disk Drives IBM hard disk drives help customers improve the transaction and cost performance of their System x servers The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I O throughput of the system SAS hard disk drives 2 5 inch are available for the eX5 servers with capacities of 500GB at 7 200 RPMs up to 600GB at 10 000 RPMs and 146 8GB at 15 000 RPMs Enterprise class 2 5 inch SATA hard disk drives are available with capacities of up to 500GB at 7 200 RPMs Solid State Drives IBM offers a choice of 50GB or 200GB 1 8 solid state drives as a higher reliability lower energy use higher IOPS alternative to internal HDDs They can be used as a highly available boot drive for storing disk images or for other uses that stress read performance such as databases High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters For storage media offering up to 500 times the I O operations per second IOPS and up to 7 7 times the bandwidth of 15 000 RPM HDDs IBM
50. rosoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard W eb Enterprise Datacenter Editions 32 64 bit RHEL 5 6 Server 64 bit with and without Xen SLES 10 11 64 bit with and without Xen VMware vSphere 4 0 4 1 Operating systems supported Length of limited warranty 3 years parts and labor The Bottom Line The eX5 servers are extremely powerful systems incorporating leading edge industry standard features and adding IBM unique innovations Price Performance e High throughput processors 2 0 to 2 67GHz 10 core 2 0 to 2 26GHz 8 core 1 73 to 2 0GHz 6 core or 1 86GHz 4 core Xeon processors up to 20 10 core 16 8 core 12 6 Core or 8 4 core threads per processor e Large L3 cache 30MB 24MB 18MB or 12MB of L3 processor cache model specific e Fast memory access Up to 1066MHz processor specific two way interleaving and a low latency memory controller e Energy efficient memory 1 35V DIMMs supported in 7147 machine type Uses low power memory buffers as well e Embedded virtualization standard or optional e Fast disk technology SAS SATA RAID controller and drives standard model dependent e Fast SSD technology Optional SSD optimized controller and drives e High IOPS technology Optional High IOPS SSD adapters e Fast communications Optional 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter and integrated dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting load balancing and failover as well as TOE acceleration
51. s the server and logs an ASR event with IBM Systems Director These features are designed so that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off Once Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance powered up the server can be controlled across the network using the Preboot Execution Environment PXE Like Wake on LAN PXE is system firmware It enables software such as the optional IBM Remote Deployment Manager to take control of a system before the BIOS operating system or applications are loaded using Wake on LAN PXE and lets an administrator perform many low level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system These tasks may include such things as formatting a hard disk drive updating system firmware or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system Text and Graphical Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view system text messages and graphics over serial or LAN Predictive Failure Analysis PFA is designed to allow the eX5 servers to detect impending failure of supported components processors memory PCle slots power supplies fans the XCeL4v Dynamic Server Cache and hard disk drives before actual failure and alert the
52. ss the power of the latest 64 bit x86 x64 Xeon processors The eX5 family includes a 2U 2 socket rack optimized chassis x3690 X5 In addition for those workloads that require the maximum available memory the x3690 X5 support a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds an additional 32 DIMM slots up to 64 DIMMs 2TB total You can save money on software licensing by using the memory capacity to virtualize the server into many VMs rather than using multiple servers Huge amounts of memory also enable larger VMs and larger databases The x3690 X5 offers database optimized models with eXFlash solid state drive technology pretested and ready to deploy for database workloads The x3690 X5 Workload Optimized Solution for SAP In Memory Appliance SAP HANA models offer a preloaded and optimized appliance based on the two socket x3690 X5 server platform These models include two processors 256GB of memory and choice of all eXFlash SSs or a combination of solid state and hard disk drives They are designed for use in small to midsized SAP HANA configurations These models also include the following software Novell SLES for SAP Applications operating system with three year priority support and the IBM General Parallel File System GPFS with 3 year support Note SAP HANA software is included but sold separately by SAP The x3690 X5 offers models integrated with a hypervisor preloaded on a USB 2 0 flash key It operates in a diskless configuration
53. stalled it will go in Slot 5 If you require a X16 adapter slot an optional riser card containing one full length full height x16 x16 slot can be added as a replacement for the riser card containing Slots 1 and 2 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability in a 2 socket package combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Because the dual Gigabit Ethernet video and systems management controllers are all integrated onto the system board four of the five adapter slots are available which offers you a wide degree of latitude in expansion options Storage Controllers All models include an integrated IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS SATA Controller Several other controllers are supported including e he 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M1015 SAS SATA controller RAID 0 1 10 no cache for up to 32 drives limited to available bays The IBM ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 5 and Self Encrypting Disk SED support e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5014 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 256MB of cache memory and supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for up to 32 drives limited to available bays e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5015 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 512MB of cache memory and battery backup and supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for up to 32 drives limited to available bays e The 6Gbps x8
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55. ty that is designed to keep costs down and the system up even when network usage increases The drop down light path diagnostics panel enables quick servicing of the system if a problem develops These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime as do IBM OnForever features such as hot swap redundant HDDs power and fans Active Memory temperature controlled fans IPMI 2 0 support including highly secure remote power control and Serial over LAN as well as text and graphics console redirect over LAN Another improvement with the new generation of X Architecture is the replacement of legacy BIOS with a new generation Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI UEFI provides a more intuitive user interface and understandable event logs and better management With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager and IBM ServerGuide the x3690 X5 is designed for maximum uptime If you need a balance of high performance two socket processing enormous memory expansion and large I O capacity in a rack dense environment these are the ideal systems eX5 Design Features eX5 design offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs e Supports up to two Intel Xeon processors with 12MB to 30MB of L3 cache processor dependent and Intel Virtualization Technology VT Hyper Threading
56. ty to configure a 20 or 3U system using 1 server and 1 MAX5 unit e 2 Port 10Gb Ethernet virtual fabric adapter and 2 port Gigabit Ethernet controller standard in selected models Integrated Management Module IMM standard e Optional ServeRAID controllers that support RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 and high IOPS SSD drives e Upto 9 6TB of internal high speed hot swap SAS storage or 8TB of low cost hot swap SATA storage using 16 2 5 inch HDDs up to 4 8TB of hot swap solid state storage using 24 SSDs Key Features Multicore Xeon Processors The x3690 X5 supports up to two high performance Intel Xeon E7 family or 7500 6500 series processors depending on machine type allowing you to upgrade as business needs require The system offers a choice of processor clock rates cache sizes and power draw Xeon E7 Family Processors 105W 10 core Xeon processor model E7 8867L running at 2 13GHz with extremely low power draw per core 10 5W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 30MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology processor available via CTO only 130W 8 core Xeon processor model E7 8837 running at 2 67GHz with reduced power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology 105W 6 core Xeon proc
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