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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 1 Product Guide May 2010 IBM System x3 620 M3 Product Overvie w CONTENT S Product Overvie w 1 Selling Features 2 Key Feat ures 4 Key Options 11 x3620 M3 Images 13 x3620 M3 Spec[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 2 With the inclusion of unique IBM s ervice and suppor t features such as the IMM, IBM Sy stems Director 6.1 , IB M Systems Direc tor Active Energy Manager ™ , IB M ToolsCent[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 3 • Alternatively, direct-attach, network-attached storage (NAS), or iSCSI or Fibre Ch annel- attached storage can be attached using IBM Sy stem Storage ® serve rs. Manageab[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 4 allows an ad ministrator to restart a server without having to visit it in per son, saving travel time and getting the serv er back up and ru nning quickly and se curely. It [...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 5 concurrently. Intelligent Power Capability powers individual pro cessor elements on and off as needed, to reduce pow er draw. Execute Disable Bit functionality can help preve[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 6 The 5500 and 5600 Series proce ssors support single- , dual-, and qu ad-rank memory. A memory rank is simply a segment of memory that is addressed by a specific addre ss bit.[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 7 VMwa re ESXi includes all the perf ormance, scalability and compatibility fea tures of ESX, including full VMFS support acros s FC SAN, iSCSI S AN, and NAS, and 4-way VSMP . [...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 8 High-Performance Adapter Slots The x362 0 M3 provides three PCI e (PCI Expre ss) Gen 2 I/O slots fo r long-term inve stment protection. PCI Expres s Gen 2 is t he next-gen er[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 9 grouped more den sely than round holes, providing gr eater airflow thr ough the system cove r. This cooling sche me is important because newer, more powerful pr ocessors gene[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 10 determination. Additional servi ces include hardw are warranty upgra des and factory-in stalled Product Customization Services (PCS), su ch as asset tagging, hardw are integ[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 11 integrated suite of 8 tools. They ar e organized by func tion: deploy ment, updates , configuration and diagnostics. Tools are now simpler to access and use with a single w [...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 12 to a System x serve r is one of the most effective way s to increase app lication performance. For best perfor mance in a server with a 4-core processor , there should be tw[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 13 IBM System x3620 M3 Images Front View Inside View Hot-Swap 3.5 ” HDD s Status LEDs Optical Drive Hexagonal Ve ntilation Holes Power Button USB 2.0 Ports Simple-Swap 3.5 ?[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 14 Rear View IBM System x3620 M3 Specifications Machine ty pe 7376-2 2x, 32x, 42x, 52x, 62x Form factor 2U Processor ty pes (standard) 6-Core Xeon (L56xx/X56xx) 2.66GHz X56 50 [...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 15 Memory interleavin g Yes (two-w ay using pairs of DIMM s) DIMM ty pes / capacities support ed PC3-10600 1333MHz RDIMM 1GB single -ran k x8, 1.5V; 2GB single -ran k x4 , 1.5V[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 16 # of PCI-X/133 sl ots (1GBps) Non e # of 33MHz legacy PCI slots None # of video ports 1 (rear) Video controller Ma trox G200eV (in IMM) stand ard (NVIDIA FX5 80 optional) Vi[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 17 Length of limited warranty 3 years (parts and labor) 10 The Bottom Line The IBM Syste m x3620 M3 is an extremely energy efficient, powerful syste m, incorporating significan[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 18 • A ctive M emory protection: Advanced Chipki ll ECC memory protection support Memory mirroring • Integrated ServeRA ID controller — enhances sys tem availabil[...]
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A cost-op timized storage-rich alternative to traditiona l enterprise 2U dua l-socket servers Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 19 For More Information IBM System x Servers ht tp:// ibm.com /sy stems/x IBM Systems Direc tor Service and Support Manager http:// ibm .com /support/electr onic IBM System x a[...]