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1. ofvideoports video ofvideoports Video Video memory 16MB 16MB DDR2 SDRAM standard shared with IMM 16MB DDR2 SDRAM standard shared with IMM standard shared with IMM 1024x768 resolution analog with a color depth of 32 bits at 100Hz bit color 1280x1024 resolution digital with a color depth of 32 bits at 75Hz Dual port Emulex NIC integrated all models except ARx per chassis node 8 2 front 4 rear ports plus 2 internal USB connectors for hypervisor 16 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Integrated systems management controller Light path diagnostics support Predictive Failure Analysis support Power supply size chassis MAX5 of power supplies standard maximum chassis MAX5 Hot swap redundant power supported chassis MAX5 of fans blowers standard maximum Hot swap redundant fans supported chassis Rack mount method Maximum altitude Operating temperature range Heat emitted typical maximum chassis MAX5 Dimensions chassis MAX5 Weight chassis MAX5 Operating systems supported Length of limited warranty The Bottom Line Processors memory power supplies fans HDDs adapters voltage regulator modules VRMs and system temperature with external pop out drop down panel Processors memory PCle slots VRMs p2. KVM keyboard video and mouse switch boxes 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 xSeries 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 11 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Options IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager previously called IBM Electronic Service Agent is an innovative call home feature
3. Scalability ports 4 QPI Ports per chassis of interconnected nodes 2 chassis maximum Maximum memory per node with 1TB 2TB 2 nodes 40GB 16GB 64 E a 4GB 128GB 8 x 4GB on 4 4 x 4GB on 2 Standard memory per chassis on 8 memory cards 32 x 4GB on 8 memory cards in memory cards 39x4Gbin _ memory cards chassis 2 x 4Gbin 1Rx 2Rx 3Rx 4Rx 4Fx 5Gx MAX5 ORx 258x 4Sx 5Sx Internal L3 cache 18MB 3Rx 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx 12MB 1Rx MAX5 4Cx 4Dx 64 60 1Rx 2Rx 3Rx 4Rx 5Rx 96 86 2Sx 4Sx 5Sx of DIMM sockets total available for chassis and MAX5 96 0 4Cx 4Dx 64 32 4Fx 5Gx MAX5 memory expansion unit capacity mame Supported memory types PC3 10600 DDR3 1333MHz ECC RDIMMs Memory ProteXion supported 512GB 32 x 16GB of HDD SSD drive bays total available 8 8 2 5 inch HDDs or 16 16 1 8 inch SSDs of 5 25 bays total available 1 1 optional optical drive with SATA interface 1 8 inch SSD 800GB 16 x 50GB hot swap 16 x 200GB when available 2 5 inch SAS 2 5 inch SATA Maximum HDD SSD capacity 4 0TB 8 x 500GB hot 4 0TB 8 x 500GB hot swap swap 15 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 2 5 inch SAS 500GB 7 2K RPMs 146 8 300GB 10K 1 8 inch SSD 50GB 200GB when available
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5. 4 core processor cores per 2 chassis configuration e Large L3 cache 24MB 18MB or 12MB of external processor cache model specific e Huge memory capacity Up to 1TB in standalone configuration up to 1 5TB with MAX5 up to 2TB in 2 node configuration e Fast memory access 1066MHz 977Mhz or 800 MHz processor specific e Fast memory PC3 10600 DDR3 ECC memory standard with up to four way interleaving and a low latency memory controller e Embedded virtualization e Fast disk technology Serial Attach SCSI SAS controller in a dedicated slot e Fast SSD technology Optional SSD optimized controller and drives e High lIOPS technology Optional High IOPS SSD adapters e Fast and flexible communications Integrated 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter and dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting load balancing and failover as well as TOE 17 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance RDMA and iSCSI acceleration Fast I O PCle x16 16Gbps and x8 8Gbps Gen 2 adapter slots Flexibility Scale up or scale out Scalable on demand from 2 to 8 processors 8 to 64 processor cores 7 to 14 adapter slots and 32 to 128 DIMMs using two chassis or 2 to 4 processors 8 to 32 processor cores 7 adapter slots and 32 to 64 DIMMs using one chassis and MAX5 FlexNode parti
6. Efficient Cooling Six strategically located hot swap redundant fans combined with efficient airflow paths provide highly effective system cooling for the x8850 X5 and x3950 X5 systems known as Calibrated Vectored Cooling The fans are arranged to cool three separate zones left center and right with one 120mm fan each in the left and center zones and a pair of redundant 30mm fans in the third zone The left and center zones are redundant with fans contained in the removable power supply units The fans automatically adjust soeeds 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 soeed Why not Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance simply run the fans at 100 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
7. Internal HDD SSD capacities 2 5 inch SATA supported RPMs 73 4 146 8GB 15K RPMs 1 8 inch SSD 2 5 inch SAS SATA HDD SSD capacity standard 800GB 16 x 50GB 4F x 5Gx None all other models 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter 160 500GB 7 2K RPMs Additional Internal SSD storage via PCle adapter of of optical drives standard drives standard None None optional optical drive in dedicated 5 25 UltraBay optical drive in dedicated 5 25 UltraBay Embedded USB Flash Key Optional available Disk drive technology drive Disk drive technology Hot pS HotswapSASISATA S pS HotswapSASISATA S External disk drives supported Yes via optional adapter System Storage DS4200 DS4700 DS4800 DS5100 DS5300 DS8100 DS8300 N3300 N3600 N3700 N5200 N5300 N5500 N5600 N6040 N6060 N6070 N7600 N7700 N7800 N7900 storage subsystems External disk storage devices supported Integrated RAID controller cache ServeRAID BR10i V2 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 1E ServeRAID M5025 x8 ServeRAID M5015 x8 PCle 512MB cache battery ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle 512MB cache battery backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 Opuonal RAID controllers PCle no cache RAID backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and supported 0 1 10 optional RAID 50 60 and SED support for multiple SED external IBM System Storage expansion units
8. Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions even if the server has failed The x3850 X5 and x3950 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 asystem lockup If the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes it automatically triggers the ASR hardware which immediately restarts the server and logs an ASR event with IBM Systems Director These features are designed so
9. The 3Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID BR10i V2 controller hardware RAID 0 1 1E support no cache for up to 8 HDDs or SSDs e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M1015 SAS SATA controller RAID 0 1 10 no cache for up to 8 drives The IBM ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 5 and Self Encrypting Disk SED support 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 for up to 8 drives The IBM ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 6 60 and SED support to the M5015 e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5025 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 512MB of cache memory and battery backup It supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 for up to 8 internal drives plus multiple external IBM System Storage expansion units with up to 240 HDDs Additional external SAS SATA disk storage as well as tape backup is available via one of several supported iSCSI or FC SAN controllers Versatile Drive Bays The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers include either 1 or 2 drive backplanes model specific The single backplane models are upgradeable to 2 backplanes Each backplane supports either 4 2 5 inch hot swap HDDs or within the same space 8 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs Thus you can achieve up to 8 HDDs or 16 SSDs using up to two IBM eXFlash storage options Each individual SSD is capable of sustaining approximately 4 300 IOPS whi
10. systems include one dual port 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapter The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter is an industry leading performance and scalability per watt dual port network adapter for 10Gbps Ethernet 10GbE networks It offers the benefits and Se EMULEX flexibility of I O seine ina ane te a solution Protocol offload for stateless TCP IP and TCP Chimney provide maximum bandwidth with minimum use of CPU 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 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 Pv4 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
11. that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted Automatic Node Failover helps improve the availability of multi node systems If one node of a multi node system experiences a failure the remaining node will reboot and continue running Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off Once 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 VRMs power supplies fans and hard disk
12. 0600 double data rate 3 DDR3 memory operating at 1066MHZz for fast access Adding a second x3850 x3950 X5 server to the first doubles the memory capacity to 2GB 128 DIMM slots in 8U of rack space The standard configuration includes 2 memory cards which support up to 8 DIMMs apiece The system is upgradeable to 8 memory cards per chassis With configurations of 8 to 16 DIMMs using two memory cards saves cost but using eight cards increases performance If 1TB is not enough but you don t need additional processors you can attach a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds another 32 DIMM slots up to 512GB for a total of 1 5TB in only 5U Redesign in the architecture of the x7500 series processors brings radical changes in the way memory works in these servers For example the Xeon 7500 series processors integrate two memory controllers inside each processor resulting in eight memory controllers in a four socket system Each processor has four memory channels This advanced memory architecture provides up to 333 more aggregate memory bandwidth up to 120GBps when using eight memory cards vs a maximum of 32GBps bandwidth than the previous generation for exceptional memory performance and quadruple the system memory capacity of the predecessor x3850 M2 server By performing reads and writes simultaneously it eliminates memory read to write blocking latency In addition it also offers innovative data reliability and security featu
13. 066MHz 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 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance DDR3 Registered Memory with Active Memory Protection eX5 servers use registered double data rate III DDR3 DIMMs and provide 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 In addition to offering triple the memory bandwidth of DDR2 or fully buffered memory DDR3 memory also uses less energy DDR2 memory already offered up to 37 lower energy use than fully buffered memory Now a generation later DDR3 memory is even more efficient using 10 15 less energy than DDR2 memory The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers support up to 1TB of memory per node chassis in 64 DIMM sockets They use PC3 1
14. 4 eXFlash options An optional ultraslim 0 5 optical drive with a SATA interface is supported in all x3850 X5 and x3950 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 using an optional controller High Performance Adapter Slots There are seven PCle PCI Express Gen 2 adapter slots standard per chassis PCI Express Gen 2 is the latest high performance low latency next generation serial I O bus Slot 7 contains a 10Gb Ethernet Adapter in all models except for the 7145 ARx Slots 1 through 4 are full length full height Slots 5 7 are half length full height Slot 1 is a x16 by 16 slot both physically and electrically meaning it operates at the full x16 16GBps bidirectional speed Slot 2 is physically x8 but electrically x4 4 GBps Slots 3 7 are x8 8GBps both physically and electrically Because the SAS ServeRAID dual Giaabit Ethernet video and svstems management Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance controllers are all integrated onto the system board six of the seven adapter slots are available which offers you a wide degree of latitude in expansion options 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM Most x3850 X5 and x3950 X5
15. 6 25W 6 4 GI ps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper Threading technology e 95W 8 core Xeon processor model L7555 at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 11 88W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading technology e 95W 6 core Xeon processor model L7545 at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions 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 Turbo Boost and Hyper Threading technology e 130W 6 core Xeon processor model L7542 at 2 66GHz with 64 bit extensions reduced power draw per core 21 67W 5 86 GT ps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost technology e 105W 6 core Xeon processor model E7540 at 2 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 17 5W 6 4 GIT ps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 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 GI ps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 12MB of sha
16. DS8000 series 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 x3850 X5 x3950 X5 Images Front View 120mm Fans Carrying Handles A Pop Out Light U USB Path Diagnostics Ports Panel Hot Swap Drives gt N Optical Drive 488857 Rack Release Button Rear View Redundant Hexagonal Ventilation Gb Ethernet H S Power Holes Ports qd Supply Bays g a k 1 iru L oN a L a sietete peers setesess siesedetetets ee ete ice feta wee tet dete E REH Ai ett sees sees et oe is ser eetstetatets n HARHAA AAA E ARREA HH EREE e A Beta H HAH HHH H RAA PEE Date HOH H H ajj bel T Y If aptata p fg e e i et e A bE a I E patat A A A i E si f _ amp g cast os A ota e e N etetete j FO i 9 BeSeSesesese E _ QPI Scalability Management Gb Video Serial USB Port Ethernet port Port Port Ports A 13 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Interior View 7 Adapter Slots 2 Hot Swap Eu Processors Power ee Sockets Supplies 7 E zS o
17. E Text console redirection systems management standard E Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards Active Memory protection Advanced Chipkill ECC memory correction Memory ProteXion Spare rank memory ODODO Memory mirroring E Memory scrubbing Hardware based RAID 1 1E disk mirroring standard in a dedicated slot optional RAID 10 5 50 6 60 highly available arrays Ultra efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features Hot swap HDDs or SSDs Hot swap redundant power supplies Hot swap redundant cooling Light path diagnostics front LED panel drop down light path panel PFA support for processors memory PCle slots VRMs 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 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 18 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Requirements Rack Optimized Servers ag TI o selzz 2_ s EOMER a5 3 Oo o a E E 2 2 2 Bes es S 3e e3 3e go z fos S fee ZME E e e Bele las
18. F MAX5 Interior View a 16 DIMM 4 2 Hot Swap a Scale a56 DIMM Redundant ae Slots Power Supply Bays removed a i m ee x3850 X5 x3950 X5 Specifications x3850 X5 i x3950 X5 Machine type 7145 1Rx 2Rx 2Sx 3Rx 4Rx 4Sx 7145 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx ARx Form factor standard maximum 4U 10U 2 4U chassis nodes 2 1U MAX5 memory expansion units Eight core Xeon Six core Xeon X75xx E75xx Four core Xeon Processor type 2 0GHz X7550 1 86GHz E7530 E75xx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx 2Rx 2Sx 2 0GHz E7540 1 86GHz E7520 1Rx 2 26GHz X7560 3Rx 14 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 32 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4S8x Processor cores per chassis 5GX5Rx 5Sx 24 2Rx 2Sx 3Rx 16 1Rx Processor cores per 2 chassis 64 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx system 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx 48 2Rx 2Sx 3Rx 32 1Rx Maximum processor power draw 130W 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx T951 ORY 95W 1Rx 2Rx 2Sx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx i 6 4 GTps 3Rx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx 5 86 GTps 2Rx 2Sx 4 8 GTps 1Rx 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx QuickPath Interconnect QPI speed gigatransfers per second of processors standard 2 4 up to 8 total 2 chassis 1Rx 2Rx 4 4 up to 8 total 2 chassis 2Sx maximum per chassis 3Rx 4Rx 5Rx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Sx 5Gx 5Sx 24MB 2Rx 2Sx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx Chipset Intel 7500 chipset IBM eX5
19. Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Product Guide October 2010 Architecture Overview CONTENTS Architecture Overview 1 Key Highlights 2 Key Features 3 Key Options 12 x3850 x3950 X5 Images 13 x3850 x3950 X5 Specs 14 The Bottom Line 17 Server Comparison 18 For More Information 20 Legal Information 20 IBM System x3850 X5 x3950 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 of
20. aced Competitive fans must run faster at all times just in case wasting power Other Features e Trusted Platform Module 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 a USB 2 0 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 added or replaced without tools including the processors DIMMs hot swap HDDs PCle Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance adapters an optional optical drive and the integrated or optional ServeRAID controller This can save a Servicer significant time Advanced Systems Management Capabilities The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 have a high level of systems manage
21. 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 3X 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 High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps IBM 320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps IBM 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter x8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps IBM 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter x8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps 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 O O O OO Because these adapters go in PCle slots rather than drive bays they can be used in addition to standard HDDs and SSDs This ma
22. bled one half of total memory is available for use Note Due to the double writes to memory performance is affected Mirroring is handled at the hardware level no operating system support is required 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 is available in 2GB 4GB 8GB or 16GB DIMMs a High Performance Scalability Scalability can be achieved in two different ways You can choose to scale natively by simply cabling two chassis together via the Quick Path Interconnect QPI ports for 8 sockets and 128 DIMMs Or you can scale via MAX5 adding memory capacity for increased performance This configuration cables a 4 socket chassis to a MAX5 containing 32 DIMM slots for a total of 4 sockets with up to 96 DIMMs Up to four QPI cables connect the MAX5 to the host x3850 x3950 X5 at speeds up to 6 4Gbps processor specific providing exceptional interchassis throughput 100GBps aggregate Because of this design an x3850 x3950 X5 server has the incredible fl
23. can save much time and effort and speed deployment You can also save money on software licensing by virtualizing a 4 or 8 processor server into many VMs rather than using multiple 2 processor servers Huge amounts of memory also enable more or larger VMs and larger databases IBM X Architecture pioneered XpandOnDemand pay 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 an
24. ch component needs servicing By following the light path the component can be replaced quickly and 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 7500 6500 series processors that intelligently adjust their voltage and frequency help take costs out of IT e 95W 8 core 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 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 aperformance 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 repl
25. ch 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 up to 34 400 IOPS vs only 3 360 IOPs for 8 SAS HDDs This means one x3850 x3950 X5 with two eXFlash options 16 drives is capable of generating 68 800 IOPs vs only about 6 700 IOPS for storage servers using an equal number of HDDs In a 2 chassis configuration up to 16 HDDs or 32 SSDs are supported for up to 137 600 IOPS 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 One or two ServeRAID controllers are required per eXFlash option For RAID support use one ServeRAID M1015 M5014 M5015 or M5025 controller For enhanced IOPS throughput use one ServeRAID B5015 non RAID controller which is optimized for SSD IOPS performance 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 Supported single chassis configurations include e 4 2 5 inch HDDs 8 1 8 inch SSDs with 1 eXFlash option e 82 5 inch HDDs e 16 1 8 inch SSDs with 2 eXFlash options Supported two chassis configurations include e 82 5 inch HDDs 16 1 8 inch SSDs with 2 eXFlash options e 16 2 5 inch HDDs e 32 1 8 inch SSDs with
26. d I O resources which make maximum use of any applicable virtual machine software licensing fees and 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 These eX5 servers are designed to protect your data with high performance high reliability and high availability They support the latest eight six and four core Intel Xeon processors up to 1066MHz memory access and up to 24MB of L3 cache to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and growth In addition the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 use industry standard DDR3 memory with Chipkill ECC Error Checking and Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 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 addition a dual port 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC is standard in most models The 10GbE solution provides the benefits and flexibility of I O convergence in a single end to end sol
27. dapters such as 10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel Converged Network Adapter CNA and InfiniBand cards the two Active PCle hot plug slots help increase system availability Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Features Up to 4TB of internal high speed SAS storage using eight 2 5 inch HDDs per chassis Integrated Management Module IMM standard e Optional ServeRAID controllers that support RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 and high performance SSD drives Multicore Xeon Processors The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 ship with two high performance Intel Xeon 7500 series processors and support up to four per chassis node allowing you to upgrade as business needs require The eX5 servers also go a step further by allowing you to add a second node to increase the number of sockets from four to eight using two chassis The system offers a choice of processor clock rates cache sizes and power draw e 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7560 at 2 26GHz with 64 bit extensions 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 Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper Threading technology e 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7550 at 2 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 1
28. drives before actual failure and alert the 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
29. 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 balancing 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 Hot Swap Redundant Components 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 three redundant pairs e Hot swap redundant power supplies Ultra
30. ed servers Standard in both the x3850 X5 and the x3950 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 manageability 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 with Calibrated Vectored Cooling 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 formerly known as PowerExecutive and IBM ServerGuide the x3850 x3950 X5 is designed for maximum uptime If you need a balance of high performance four socket processing scalability up to eight sockets enormous memory expansion and large I O capaci
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32. exibility of starting out as a 4 socket server with up to 1TB of memory seven PCle adapter slots and eight HDD bays or 16 SSD bays and then doubling the processors cache slots and HDD bays or by increasing only the memory capacity by 50 while maintaining best in class performance The MAXS5 scalability and memory expansion feature is a unique IBM enhancement not offered by other x86 server architectures Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Flexible Internal Storage Capacity The eX5 servers offer a choice of internal storage supporting up to eight 2 5 inch hot swap Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA SATA hard disk drives or up to sixteen 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs per chassis using the IBM eXFlash option 2 5 inch SAS e 7 200 RPMs 500GB 4 0TB maximum per chassis 8TB in a 2 chassis configuration e 10 000 RPMs 73 4 146 8 or 300GB 2 4TB per chassis 4 8TB per 2 chassis e 15 000 RPMs 73 4 or 146 8GB 1 174TB per chassis 2 35TB per 2 chassis 2 5 inch SATA e 7 200 RPMs 160 or 500GB 4 0TB 1 8 inch SSD e 50GB 800GB per chassis e 200GB 3 2TB per chassis 4Q 10 o High I O Performance Offers up to 8X more IOPS than HDDs 67 33 read write OLTP transaction base mix Optimized for heavy mix of read and write operations such
33. fering that can harness the power of 4 socket and up 64 bit x86 x64 Xeon processors The eX5 family includes two 4U 4 socket rack optimized chassis x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 which are offered in two different scaled configurations up to 8 sockets with the architectural capability to scale further In addition for those workloads that require the maximum available memory the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 support a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds an additional 32 DIMM slots per chassis up to 96 DIMMs 1 5TB total If you also need more processor sockets you can add a second x3850 X5 or x3950 X5 to form one 8U 8 socket server with double the memory up to 2TB HDDs SSDs adapter slots and all the other system resources IBM FlexNode partitioning allows you to logically divide an 8 socket server into two 4 socket servers remotely and automatedly and then revert back to a single 8 socket server all without requiring a physical visit to the server Maybe you d like to start out with a 4 socket server and possibly add sockets later if your needs change Or perhaps you need more than a 4 socket server now but don t want to get locked into a monolithic 8 socket or larger server again in case your requirements change With IBM you can stop at 4 sockets or expand memory or CPU sockets further if needed And if you require a variety of 4 and 8 socket servers in your data center you only have to qualify one server for all these workloads This
34. ieve significant performance 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 An 8 core processor should have twice as much memory as a 4 core processor x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers support 64 DIMMs natively and 96 DIMMs using aMAX5 memory expansion unit 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 acritical 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 300GB 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 50 0GB 1 8 solid state drive as a higher reliability lower energy use 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 A 200GB 1 8 drive is also supported in the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 when available 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 m
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36. kes 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 Approximately 3 000 000 hours MTBF for SSDs vs approximately 1 000 000 hours for enterprise 3 5 inch 15K SAS HDDs According to internal IBM testing the typical maximum IOPS of a 600GB 15K 3 5 inch hot swap SAS HDD is 400 4K random reads while the typical IOPS of a 640GB High IOPS SSD PCle adapter is 200 000 or 500x The typical bandwidth of the same HDD 195MBps 64K sequential reads while the typical bandwidth of a 640GB High IOPS MLC adapter is 1 5GBps or 7 1X 97 014 IOPS SW 10 779 IOPS per watt 160GB 320GB adapters 196 000 IOPS 12W 16 333 IOPS per watt 640GB adapters 400 IOPS 16 5W 24 2 IOPS per watt 600GB 15K 3 5 inch hot swap SAS HDD Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance System x3850 53 PCI EXPRESS Storage Controllers All models include an integrated ServeRAID BR10i V2 SAS SATA Controller in a dedicated x8 PCle slot Supported controllers include e
37. ment 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 Automatic Node Failover 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 IPMI 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 management software e g XCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI IMM functions The IMM alerts IBM
38. opulated 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 Xeon 7500 Series memory controllers support IBM Chipkill memory protection 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 With memory rank sparing two unused ranks per memory card are configured as spares These spare ranks are used in the event of a memory failure on the same memory card Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels Data is written concurrently to both channels lf a DIMM fails in one of the DIMMs in the primary channel it is instantly disabled and the mirrored backup memory in the other channel becomes active primary until the failing DIMM is replaced With mirroring ena
39. ort solutions 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 processor provides high clock rates a choice of 8 6 or 4 cores 64 bit extensions a large L3 cache and advanced features for availability and manageability Large cache size combined with a 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 third or fourth processor may be a cost effective way to ach
40. ower supplies fans hard disk drives and solid state drives 675W universal autoswitching hot swap rear access MAX5 1975W universal autoswitching hot swap rear access chassis Sides and Cable Management Arm provided standard 1 2 MAX5 5 5 MAXS5 Slides and Cable Management Arm provided standard 7 000 ft 2 133 m 50 95 F 10 35 C up to 3 000 ft 914 4 m 50 90 F 10 32 C 3 000 ft to 7 000 ft 914 4m to 2 133m 3753 6739 BTUs 1100 2150 Watts chassis BTUs Watts MAX5 6 8 172 8mm H 17 5 444mm W 28 04 712mm D 1 75 44 4mm H 17 5 444mm W 28 35 720 2mm D 77 110 Ibs maximum 35 3 49 9 kg 28 2 33 8 Ib maximum 12 8 15 1 kg Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard W eb Enterprise Datacenter Editions 64 bit Windows HPC Server 2008 RHEL 5 Server 64 bit with and without Xen SLES 10 11 64 bit with and without Xen VMware ESXi vSphere Hypervisor 4 0 3 years parts and labor 7145 4 years parts and labor 7146 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 26GHz 8 core 1 86 to 2 0GHz 6 core or 1 86GHz 4 core Xeon processors up to 32 8 core 24 6 core or 16 4 core processor cores per chassis up to 64 8 core 48 6 core or 32
41. red L3 cache and Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper Threading technology e 95W 4 core Xeon processor model E7520 at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 23 75W 4 8 GI ps QPI speed 800MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Hyper Threading technology This processor is limited to single chassis configurations 4 sockets per chassis supported With the Xeon 7500 series processors Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP architecture to a Non Uniform Memory Access NUMA architecture The Xeon 7500 processors are connected through three serial coherency links called QuickPath Interconnect QPI QPI is capable of 6 4GTps gigatransfers per second Put another way the 7500 series 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 two model frequencies For example with six cores active a 2 26GHz X7560 8 core processor can run the cores at 2 53GHz With only three or four cores active the same processor 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 1
42. res to help improve data integrity including enhanced CRC protection data retry on error detect and buffer registers for improved fault isolation An 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 Mem Card 5 Mem Card 6 Mem Card 7 Mem Card 8 r r r r Xeon 7500 Xeon 7500 Processor 3 Processor 4 Xeon 7500 Xeon 7500 Processor 1 Processor 2 Mem Card 1 Mem Card 2 Mem Card 3 Mem Card 4 Notes 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 combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 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 Always populate processors with equal amounts of memory to enable a balanced NUMA system e Always populate both memory controllers with equal memory capacity e Ensure an even number of ranks are p
43. support costs It does this by inventorying 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 configure and purchase System x or xSeries servers get them running and keep them running long term 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 ey Server systems have been tested on the server and are officially supported to work together It is er 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
44. that allows System x and BladeCenter servers to automatically report hardware problems to IBM support which can even dispatch 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 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 and xSeries hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM Maintenance and Technical Supp
45. tioning Allows dynamically repartitioning the system at the node level Huge memory capacity 1TB of DDR3 memory with 64 DIMM slots per chassis plus another 512GB in 32 DIMM slots in a MAX5 expansion unit expandable to 2TB of RAM using QPI scaling and 2 chassis or 3TB using 2 chassis and 2 MAX5 units Integrated flash drive preloaded with a hypervisor for instant virtualization standard on selected x3950 X5 models optional on others A choice of 8 2 5 inch hot swap SAS SATA HDDs or 16 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs internally per chassis up to 16 HDDs or 32 SSDs in a 2 chassis configuration Optional IBM 160GB 320GB or 640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters for extremely high IOPS and bandwidth storage High performance external I O expansion Eight 480Mbps USB 2 0 ports two front four rear two internal Hardware based RAID 0 1 1E support standard in most models optional slotless RAID support for RAID 10 5 50 6 60 up to two ServeRAID controllers in a multi chassis configuration Six available PCle slots 1 x 16GBps 5 x 8GBps 1 x 4Gbps per chassis in most models 12 total slots in a 2 chassis configuration Optional optical drive Manageability Serviceability and Availability IBM Systems Director systems management software including e IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager e IBM Service and Support Manager Integrated Management Module IMM Q IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control
46. ty in a rack dense environment these are the ideal systems Key Highlights eX5 Design Features eX5 design offers numerous features per chassis to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs Support for up to four Intel Xeon processors with 12MB to 24MB of L3 cache processor dependant Intel VT and Turbo Boost technology and Intel EM64T technology e Supports Xeon 8 core 6 core or 4 core processors scalable to 8 processors in a two chassis configuration e Support fora MAX5 memory expansion unit increasing memory capacity by 50 for memory intensive workloads IBM FlexNode partitioning allows a physical two node configuration to be remotely reconfigured by software into logical single node servers as needs change or for daily peak and off peak workloads For example FlexNode partitioning provides the flexibility of running the server as one 8 socket server at night for heavy duty batch processing and as two 4 socket servers during the day for separate interactive workloads all remotely and automatedly without need for an onsite visit e Fast PC3 10600 DDR3 ECC memory with Chipkill error correction Memory ProteXion redundant bit steering memory scrubbing memory rank sparing and selectable memory mirroring protection provides speed and high availability e Seven high speed PCle Gen 2 adapter slots six available with 10GbE NIC installed offer investment protection by supporting high performance a
47. ultiple 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 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 networked business systems that require large amounts of storage space for data and applications that must be available for their businesses to 12 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance continue operating Supported SAS SATA RAID controllers include the IBM ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 10 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 External Storage The IBM System Storage EXP810 and EXP3000 series expansion units as well as the DS3000 DS4000 and
48. ution The x3850 offers seven high performance PCle adapter slots six available if the 10GbE NIC is installed The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 offer industry leading scalability including 4 processor support upgradeable to 8 processors 64 cores up to 1TB of memory per chassis upgradeable to 2TB overall and a choice of up to eight 2 5 inch internal Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA SATA hot swap hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of 4TB per chassis up to 16 drives and 6TB overall in a two chassis configuration or sixteen 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs with a capacity of 800GB per chassis upgradeable to 1 6TB All models include a ServeRAID BR10i V2 controller which supports hardware RAID 0 1 1E This controller is installed in a dedicated RAID slot and can be upgraded with optional IBM ServeRAID SAS RAID controllers which add up to 512MB of battery backed cache RAID 10 5 50 support and optionally RAID 6 60 and full disk encryption via SED Self Encrypting Disk The 4U size of the chassis helps you maximize your rack investments Up to 10 of these chassis can be installed in a single 42U rack for a total of up to 40 processors 70 PCle slots and 80 HDDs or 160 SSDs offering an ideal balance of performance storage and O slots per rack Optional Advanced Connectivity Technology ACT interconnect cabling helps reduce cable clutter and cost and minimizes installation time when interconnecting many rack mount
49. 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 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 adapters and voltage regulator modules VRMs 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 whi
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