Please RecycleIBM System x3550 M3 at a glanceForm factor/heightProcessor (max)Number of processors(std/max)Cache (max)Memory (max)Expansion slotsDisk bays(total/hot swap)Maximum internalstorageNetwork interfacePower supply(std/max)Hot-swapcomponentsRAID supportSystems managementOperating systemssupportedRack/1UUp to two 3.33 GHz six-core (3.46 GHz four-core)Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPathInterconnect technology, up to 1333 MHzmemory access speed, supports select Intel Xeon5500 series via configure to order1/2Up to 12 MB L3192 GB DDR-3 RDIMMs1 via 18 DIMM slots or48 GB DDR-3 UDIMMs1 via 12 DIMM slots2Up to eight 2.5" hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI(SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs or solid-statedrives (SSDs)Up to 4.0 TB hot-swap SAS or up to 4.0 TBhot-swap SATA or up to 400 GB hot-swap SSDstorageIntegrated 2 ports, plus 2 ports optional GigabitEthernet1/2; 675 W eachPower supplies, fan modules, disksHardware RAID-0, -1, -1E or RAID-0, -1,-10 (additional option RAID-5 with Self EncryptingDisk (SED) function) or RAID-0, -1, -10, -5, -50 with256 MB or 512 MB cache (additional optionRAID-6, -60 with SED function and additionaloption battery backup), model dependentIBM Integrated Management Module with VirtualMedia Key for optional remote presence enable-ment, Predictive Failure Analysis, Integrated ServiceProcessor, Diagnostic LEDs, light path diagnosticspanel, Automatic Server Restart, IBM SystemsDirector and IBM Systems Director Active EnergyManager™, IBM ServerGuideMicrosoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 and 2008,Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer and VMware ESXi 4.0 embedded hypervisorLimited warranty 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limitedwarrantyFor more informationWorld Wide WebU.S. ibm.com/systems/x/Canada ibm.com/systems/ca/en/servers/x/index.html© Copyright IBM Corporation 2010IBM Systems and Technology GroupRoute 100Somers, New York 10589Produced in the United States of AmericaMarch 2010All Rights ReservedIBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com and System x are trademarksor registered trademarks of International Business MachinesCorporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Ifthese and other IBM trademarked terms are marked on theirfirst occurrence in this information with a trademark symbol(® or ™), these symbols indicate U.S. registered or commonlaw trademarks owned by IBM at the time this informationwas published. Such trademarks may also be registered orcommon law trademarks in other countries. A current list ofIBM trademarks is available on the Web at “Copyright andtrademark information” at ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtmlIntel and Intel Xeon are registered trademarks of IntelCorporation or its subsidiaries in the United States andother countries.Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in theUnited States, other countries or both.Microsoft is a registered trademark of MicrosoftCorporation in the United States, other countries or both.Other product, company or service names may betrademarks or service marks of others.1 Maximum RDIMM support for 192 GB when 16 GBDIMMs are available 2Q 2010, and maximum UDIMMsupport for 48 GB when 4 GB DIMMs are available2Q 2010.XSD03059-USEN-02