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IBM X3950 M2 manual

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 1 Product Guide September 200 8 IBM System x 3850 M2 / x3950 M2 Architecture Overview CONTENTS Architecture Overview 1 Key Highlights 2 Key Features 3 Key Options 11 x3850/x3950 M2 Ima[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 2 business needs and growth. In addition, the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 use industry- standard DDR II memor y with C hipkill ™ ECC (Error C hecking and C orrectin g) p[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 3 IBM Sy stem x 3950 M 2-spec ific • ScaleX pander Option Kit standard • Offers physic al partit ioning at four- socket granul arity al lowing y ou to r un mult [...]

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 4 twice as many FSBs as before and each is 60% faster than before . Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) 64 - bit extensions allow the Xeon processor to use large memory address[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 5 Hig h-S pe ed Sc ala bil ity Po rts When m ore th an one chassis is use d, they are sim ply cab led tog ether v ia one or more scalabi lity cabl es . Up to three c[...]

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 6 2.5 - inch SAS • 10,000 RPMs — 73.4 or 146.8GB ( 587.2G B maximum per chassis; 2.349TB in a 4 - chassis configuration ) • 15,000 RPMs — 73.4GB ( 293.6 GB per chassis ; 1.174T[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 7 times t he max imum t hrough put of a 133MH z PCI-X adapte r 3 . (A x1 adapter offers throughput similar to a 66M Hz PC I-X slot .) Becaus e the S AS , Serv eRAID [...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 8 front LE D indic ates an error c onditio n, by pr essing a butto n on th e front of the s erver a n LED panel will pop out and drop down for easy viewing without t[...]

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 9 Advanced Systems Management Cap a bilities The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 have a high level of systems management capabiliti es that are well - suited to remote locations as well as to st[...]

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 10 • SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and LDAP ( Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) support Automatic Server Restart (ASR) hel ps reduce downtime by restarti ng the server automaticall [...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 11 BladeC enter s ystems : power input (watts), PDU siz ing (a mp s), heat output (BTUs) , airflow require ments t hrough chassi s (CFM) , VA rat ing , leakage curre[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 12 ServeR AID tec hnolog y also a llows d ata to b e store d redu ndantly , across multip le hard disk drives— enhan cing b oth the integrit y and th e avai labili[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 13 Rea r Vi ew Inte rior Vie w Red unda nt H/ S Pow er Sup ply B ays PCIe Slot s Vide o Port Scal abili ty Port s Hot- swa p PCIe slo ts USB Port s Seri al Port Rem [...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 14 x38 50 M2 / x39 50 M2 S pec ifi cat ion s Machine type x3850 M2 7141 -1RX/1R Y, 2RX /2RY, 3HX/3H Y, 3RX/3R Y, 4RX /4RY — 3 yr. w arranty; 7233 -2RX/2R Y, 5RX /5[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 15 x38 50 M2 / x39 50 M2 S pec ifi cat ion s # of dri ve bay s total / availa ble 5 / 4 # of HD D drive bays total / a vailab le 4 / 4 2.5 -inch # of 5.2 5" bay[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 16 x38 50 M2 / x39 50 M2 S pec ifi cat ion s # of keyboard ports None (U SB-att ached) # of SA S ports 1 (rear) # of US B 2.0 p orts 5 externa l (2 front, 2 rear) po[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 17 • Large L2 cache — 9 MB , 8MB, 6 MB or 4MB of inte rnal pro cessor cache (m odel-s pecific) • Large L3 cache — 16MB , 12MB , or 8MB of exter nal pro cesso[...]

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    Com bini ng h igh- perf orm ance arc hitec ture with hig h-p erfo rma nce X eon pro cess ors Pleas e se e the Leg al In form ation sect ion fo r im porta nt no tices and infor mati on. 18 • Hot-swap/redundant cooling • Light path diagnostics (front LED p anel, d rop-dow n light p ath pa nel) • Toolless chassis and toolless sli de desig n; int[...]

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    Combining high - performanc e architectu re with high - performance Xeon processors Please see the Legal Information secti on for important notices and infor mation. 19 For More Information IBM System x S ervers http://www. ibm.com /systems/x Electronic Service Agent http://www . ibm.com /support/electronic IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Confi [...]