IBM x3500 M3 Operator's Manual

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IBM Asia Pacific Hardware Announcement AG11-0009 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2• 5U tower industry-standard models, rack mount special bid option• Two USB front and four USB rear ports, one USB internal port, one com port, oned-sub connector, three 10/100/1000 RJ45 ports, one serial portOverviewThe System x3500 M3 servers include:• Quickpath Interconnect (QPI) support for 4.8, 5.86, and 6.4 Gigabit transfers/second (GTS)• Three hot-swap fans standard and three additional, with redundant power andcooling optional• Six PCI-Express card slots, and one PCI 32-bit/33 MHz card slot• Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet and standard RAID -0, -1, -10 (upgradeable), orRAID 0, -1, -1E, -5, -50, with PCI-E adapter• Optional RAID 6 or 60 via Advance Feature Key• DDR3 ECC DIMMs, combined with an integrated ECC memory controller in corelogic that corrects many soft and hard single-bit memory errors and minimizesdisruption of service to LAN clients• Integrated management module with Remote Presence function standard• Light path diagnostics with a light path panel visible at front of chassisPowered and scaled for business growth• These servers contain one of the following– A 2.13 GHz/4.8 GTS-8 MB 4C Intel E5606, a 2.26 GHz/4.80 GTS-8 MB 4CE5607, a 2.4 GHz/5.86 GTS-12 MB 4C E5620, a 2.4 GHz/5.86 GTS- 12 MB 6CE5645, a 2.53 GHz/5.86 GTS- 12 MB 6C E5649, a 2.66 GHz/6.4 GTS- 12 MB6C X5650, a 3.06 GHz/6.4 GTS-12 MB 6C X5675, or a 3.46 GHz/6.4 GTS-12MB 6C X5690 Intel Xeon processor data bus to the system.– Data bus to the system delivering up to 10.6 Gb/s data transfer rate• A 1333 MHz functional speed processor operations to memory and PCI bus• 4 GB of high-speed, DDR3 - 1333 MHz ECC memory1, 192 GB maximum using 16GB memory DIMMs6• High-speed, wide-bandwidth slots: Six PCI-E bus slots, and one PCI 32-bit/33MHz bus slot• Dual Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet ports and SAS/SATA support• Standard SATA DVD-ROM and tape drive bay• Eight standard SFF hot-swap drive bays and up to twenty-four 2.5-inch baysavailable using upgrade options with total HDD storage capacity of 24 TB, using 1TB Near-Line SFF SAS/SATA HDD optionsHigh availability for around-the-clock business demands• Integrated systems management processor and support for the Remote Presencefunction• Wake on LAN®• ECC memory to detect double-bit errors and correct single-bit errors• Integrated memory mirroringService and support perfected for business needs• ServerGuideTM and IBM® Director• IBM Server support and web support 3• Three-year, customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site service4, limitedwarranty5; optional warranty service upgrades available