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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac kage, c ombined w ith extre me availabi lity feat ures and industry- leading per formanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 1 Product G uide April 2011 IBM Sy stem x3690 X5 Architecture Ov erview CONTE NTS Architecture Overv iew 1 Key Highlig hts 2 Key Featur[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac kage, c ombined w ith extre me availabi lity feat ures and industry- leading per formanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 2 to 30M B of L3 c a c he to hel p provid e you with th e computing power yo u n ee d t o match yo ur busin e ss needs and gr owth. The[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac kage, c ombined w ith extre me availabi lity feat ures and industry- leading per formanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 3 memory mirroring pr otecti on pr ovides speed and high a vailability. • Five high-sp eed PCIe G en 2 adap ter sl ots offer investm [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac kage, c ombined w ith extre me availabi lity feat ures and industry- leading per formanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 4 controllers, 18MB of s hared L 3 c a ch e, and Int el Tur bo Boost and Hy pe r-T hreading techn o logy • 95W 8-cor e Xeon pr o c e [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac kage, c ombined w ith extre me availabi lity feat ures and industry- leading per formanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 5 1.5V DDR 3 memor y is even mor e effic ient, usin g 10-15 % les s energ y than DDR 2 memor y. In additi on m a c hine type 7 147 supp[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 6 the band width of al l th e memor y ch annels is util ized to sup port the c apability of t he pro c ess o r. So, a s th e c h an[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 7 Bec au s e th e dual Gigab it Ethernet , video , an d systems m anagem en t c ontroll e rs are all integrated onto the s y s tem [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 8 using an optional c on tr oller. Flexibl e I nternal Storage Cap a city The eX5 s ervers o f fer a ch oice o f intern a l st o r [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 9 res o urc e s . It a c hieves li ne rate 10G bps perf o r manc e with supp ort for TCP/IP st a t eless o ff load s and TCP Of flo[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 10 H ot-Swap/Redundant Compon ents System a vailability is m aximiz ed th r ough the extens ive us e o f h ot-swap and r edundant c[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 11 added or r eplaced with out tools, i ncluding proc ess o rs 8 , DIMMs, h ot-swap HDDs , PCIe adapters, an optional optical dri v[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 12 power ed up, the ser ver c an be contr o ll ed a c ross the netw o r k, using the Preb oot Executio n Environ ment (PXE). Like W[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 13 onsite s e r vice if n ecess a r y to th o s e cust omers en titl ed to onsit e support un de r the t e r ms of th eir warranty [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 14 ServeRAID c ontrollers c an help si gnific a ntl y improve d ata transf e r r ate s, this techn ology is extrem ely e ff e ct iv[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 15 Interior V iew MA X5 Interior Vie w In t ernal USB Sl ot 2 PC I e A da pter Slots Optica l Drive a n 5 Hot - Sw ap Fans Up to 1 [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 16 x3690 X5 Spe cifications M achi ne ty pe 7147-A1x /A2x/A3x/A 5x/A6x/A 7x, C1x, D1x/D2x. H 2x/ H3x 7148-1Rx , 2Dx/2Rx, 3 Dx/3Gx/3[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 17 x3690 X5 Spe cifications 1.35V 10 M emory interleaving Ye s (two- way using p airs of DIM Ms) Chipkill prot ection s upported Ye[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 18 x3690 X5 Spe cifications ServeR A ID- B5015 —D 2x Optional R AID controll ers support ed ServeR A ID-M 5014 ( x8 PCIe, 256 MB [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 19 x3690 X5 Spe cifications maximu m Hot-swap/r edundant fans support ed ( chassis) Ye s Rack mou nt method Slides an d Cable M ana[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 20 • High-perfor mance ext ernal I/ O expansion — Eight 48 0Mbps USB 2.0 ports (t wo fr on t, f our rear, two i nternal) • H [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 21 Server Comparison Ch art The followi ng table sh ows th e s ugg e s ted us e s f or the r e s p e ct ive IBM S y s tem x rack- o[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity in a 2-socket pac k ag e , com bined w it h ex treme avai lability f eatures and industry- leading per f ormanc e Please see the Le gal Informa tion sectio n for importan t n otice s and informat ion. 22 For Mo re I nformation IBM S y st em x S ervers http:// ib m.com /s y s tems/x IBM S y st ems Dir e c t o r S e r vi c e and Sup[...]