IBM 71413SU - System x3950 M2 Reference

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4 IBM System x3950 M2 and x3850 M2 Technical Introduction Three servers: A three-node complex comprised of three x3950 M2 servers, with six or 12processors and up to 768 GB RAM installed Four servers: A four-node complex comprised of four x3950 M2 servers, with eight or 16processors and up to 1 TB RAM installedThe following are the key features of the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2: Four-way 1 -capable server. eX4 Architecture featuring the XA-64e fourth-generation chipset. Two standard Intel Xeon® MP dual-core or quad-core processors, upgradable tofour-way. These processors support 64-bit addressing with the Intel 64 Technologyarchitecture. Support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT). Support for an internal removable flash drive installed in a dedicated USB connector onthe system board. 4 GB or 8 GB memory standard expandable to 256 GB (using 8 GB DIMMs), usinghigh-performance PC2-5300 ECC DDR2 DIMMs. Active Memory™ with Memory ProteXion, memory mirroring, memory hot-swap andhot-add, and ChipKill. Seven half-length 64-bit PCI Express x8 slots, two of which are hot-swap. Integrated LSI 1078 serial-attached SCSI (SAS) controller. Supports the RAID-0 and the RAID-1 standards. To enable additional RAID features and a256 MB battery-backed cache, an optional ServeRAID-MR10k RAID controller isavailable. Four internal hot-swap drive bays for up to 584 GB of internal storage (using 146 GBdisks). Integrated Dual-port Broadcom 5709C PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller. Onboard Baseboard Management Controller and Remote Supervisor Adapter II adapterare both standard. Three-year warranty onsite, nine hours per day, five days per week, with a next businessday response.The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 are optimized for ERP, high-end database, and serverconsolidation applications.Comparing the x3850 M2 with the x3850Table 1 on page 5 shows the major differences between the x3850 and the x3850 M2.Note: Support for three-node and four-node configurations is planned for 2Q08.1 4-way means 4 processor sockets. In this document, we use way to indicate a processor socket regardless ofwhether it is a dual-core processor or a quad-core processor.