IBM System x3650 M2 At-a-glance Manual

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IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware AnnouncementZG09-0169, dated March 30, 2009IBM Europe, Middle East, and AfricaHardware Announcement ZG09-0169IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1IBM System x3650 M2 server features new Intel Xeon5500 Series processors with new microarchitecturedesign featuring Quick Path Interconnect (QPI)technologyTable of contents1 At a glance 16 Publications2 Overview 17 Services3 Key prerequisites 17 Technical information3 Planned availability date 27 IBM Electronic Services3 Description 27 Terms and conditions14 Product positioning 30 Pricing15 Product number 30 Announcement countries31 CorrectionsAt a glancePower, scalability, control, and serviceability for dynamic Web-serving and OnDemand Business applications:• Ultra-thin, high-availability, rack-optimized, 2U platform• Powerful Intel® Xeon® 5500 series dual- or quad-core processor with newIntel Xeon 5500 series processors with new microarchitecture design featuringQuick Path Interconnect (QPI) technology• 2, 4, or 8 GB of high-speed DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory; sixteenDIMM slots that support up to 128 GB maximum memory with 8 GB optionalDIMMs• Support for up to twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA HDDs or SSDs• Four PCI-Express x8 Gen 2 slots– 2 x8 - Full length, full height.– 1 x8 - Half length, full height.– 1 x8 - Low Profile.– 4 x8 are convertible to 2 x16 via optional risers.– All 4 x8 slots are convertible to 2 x16 via optional risers.• Optional support for PCI-X adapters with optional PCI-X 64-bit riser• 675-watt, auto-ranging power supply• Integrated systems management processor• Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet ports (standard) for high I/O capacity, plus twoadditional GbE ports (option) with failover capability