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1. Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance panel will pop out and drop down for easy viewing without the need to open the server cover or remove the server from the rack The light path diagnostics panel tells the servicer which component requires attention In addition many components have their own identifying LEDs For example each of the memory modules has an LED next to the socket as do all processors all adapter slots all fans all power supplies all voltage regulator modules and the service processor allowing the servicer to easily identify exactly which component needs servicing By following the light path the component can be replaced quickly and without guesswork Note In the event of a failed DIMM the system will restart and mark the DIMM as bad while offline thus allowing the system to continue running with reduced memory capacity until serviced In addition to the outstanding diagnostic detection there is a new feature with a digital readout that indicates at what stage of the boot process your system may have experienced trouble This can reduce the troubleshooting time and help get your system up and running quickly and efficiently Energy Smart Features IBM servers work hard to keep your energy bills low from high efficiency power supplies and fans to lower draw processors memory and solid state drives Technologies such as these along with t
2. MB GB and TB 1 000 000 1 000 000 000 and 1 000 000 000 000 bytes respectively when referring to storage capacity Accessible capacity is less up to 3GB is used in service partition Actual storage capacity will vary based upon many factors and may be less than stated Performance is in Internal Throughput Rate ITR ratio based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput that any user will experience will depend on considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the user s job stream the I O configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput improvements equivalent to the performance ratios stated here Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available When referring to variable soeed CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs and DVDs actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible XSO03099 USEN 03 23 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information
3. 82 5 inch HDDs 16 1 8 inch SSDs with 2 eXFlash options 16 2 5 inch HDDs e 32 1 8 inch SSDs with 4 eXFlash options e Plus 4 High IOPS adapters in 4 adapter slots 2 per chassis An optional ultraslim 0 5 optical drive with a SATA interface is supported in all x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers An external USB floppy drive or optical drive may be used if needed For still more storage NAS iSCSI SAN or FC SAN external expansion options can be added using an optional controller High Performance Adapter Slots There are seven PCle PCI Express Gen 2 adapter slots standard per chassis PCI Express Gen 2 is the latest high performance low latency next generation serial I O bus Slot 7 contains a 10Gb Ethernet Adapter in all models except for the 7145 ARx Slots 1 through 4 are full length full height Slots 5 7 are half length full height Slot 1 is a x16 by 16 slot both physically and electrically meaning it operates at the full x16 16GBps bidirectional speed Slot 2 is physically x8 but electrically x4 4GBps Slots 3 7 are x8 8GBps both physically and electrically Because the SAS ServeRAID dual Gigabit Ethernet video and systems management controllers are all integrated onto the system board six of the seven adapter slots are available which offers you a wide degree of latitude in expansion options 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM Most x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 systems include
4. 28 04 712mm D 28 35 720 2mm D 77 110 Ibs maximum 28 2 33 8 Ib maximum Megat KCNA s als MAAS ae kg eae kg Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard W eb Enterprise HPC Datacenter Editions 64 bit Windows HPC Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition Operating Systems supported 32 64 bit Windows SBS 2008 Standard Premium Editions RHEL 5 Server 64 bit with and without Xen RHEL 6 Server 64 bit without Xen SLES 10 11 64 bit with and without Xen 20 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Se VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4 1 Update 1 Length of limited warranty 3 years parts and labor 7143 7145 4 years parts and labor 7146 The Bottom Line The eX5 servers are extremely powerful systems incorporating leading edge industry standard features and adding IBM unique innovations Price Performance e High throughput processors 2 0 to 2 4GHz 10 core 2 0 to 2 67GHz 8 core 1 86 to 2 0GHz 6 core or 1 86GHz 4 core Xeon processors up to 40 10 core 32 8 core 24 6 core or 16 4 core processor cores per chassis up to 80 10 core 64 8 core 48 6 core or 32 4 core processor cores per 2 chassis configuration e Large L3 cache 30MB 24MB 18MB or 12MB of L3 processor cache model specific e Huge memory c
5. draw The reduction in ambient noise and power draw may be relatively minor for a single server but if you have a larger number of systems the aggregate savings in power and noise pressure can be significant In addition the server uses hexagonal ventilation holes in the chassis Hexagonal holes can be grouped more densely than round holes providing greater airflow through the system cover This cooling scheme is important because newer more powerful processors generate a significant amount of heat and heat must be controlled for the system to function properly Light Path Diagnostics Light path diagnostics enables a technician to quickly identify and locate a failed or failing system component such as a specific memory DIMM Monitored components include processors memory power supplies fans HDDs adapters and voltage regulator modules VRMs plus system temperature This enables quick replacement of the component which helps increase server uptime and lower operating costs The front of the server has an LED indicator light to show possible component failures If the frant FD indicatee an errar canditinn hv nreesina a hiittan an the frant af the carver an FD ne adapter vendor s implementation edundant at 110V only limited configurations are redundant is i ath i PRITETELELCLE CeCe ete eT WETEN ENE EE BIE ee m q EE 10 i Ci Legal Information section for important notices and information
6. e Toolless slides Allows quick rack installation and quicker upgrade and servicing of the server e Toolless chassis The cover can be opened without tools and many components can be added or replaced without tools including the processors DIMMs hot swap HDDs PCle adapters an optional optical drive and the integrated or optional ServeRAID controller This can save a servicer significant time Advanced Systems Management Capabilities The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 have a high level of systems management capabilities that are well suited to remote locations as well as to stand alone environments Features include UEFI IMM with Virtual Media Key IBM ToolsCenter IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager Automatic Server Restart Automatic Node Failover Wake on LAN support PXE support text console redirect Predictive Failure Analysis and IBM Systems Director The IMM provides industry standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 compliant systems management It provides a number of important system functions 1 97 014 IOPS 9W 10 779 IOPS per watt 160GB 320GB adapters 196 000 IOPS 12W 16 333 IOPS per watt 640GB adapters 400 IOPS 16 5W 24 IOPS per watt 600GB 15K 3 5 inch hot swap SAS HDD Although the processor can be installed and removed without tools IBM provides a special tool to reduce the possibility of processor socket damage 11 Please see the Legal Information section fo
7. 4 0TB 1 8 inch SSD e 50 200GB 3 2TB per chassis 6 4TB per 2 chassis o High I O Performance Offers up to 8X more IOPS than HDDs 67 33 read write OLTP transaction base mix Optimized for heavy mix of read and write operations such as transaction processing media streaming surveillance file copy logging backup recovery and business Intelligence o Lower Cost IOPS Performance Yields better IOPS lower capacity GB required to achieve higher IOPS Consumes less energy and produces less heat than a conventional disk drive o Superior Uptime 3X the reliability of mechanical disk drives No moving parts to fail Enterprise wear leveling to extend life even further o Full OS Support Supports all ServerProven OSes For read intensive transactional workloads requiring extreme IOPS performance such as database video on demand and caching IBM offers High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters equivalent to the IOPS output of approximately 500 3 5 inch 600GB 15K SAS HDDs with 99 lower latency 30 us and 7 7x the bandwidth of a HDD On a performance per watt basis these adapters outperform HDDs by up to 445x High IOPS SSD PCle Adapters e IBM 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps Machine type 7143 only Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and
8. 6 optional i RAID 50 60 and SED support for supported RAID 5 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 battery 6Gbps SSD Host backup and SED SED multiple external IBM Bus Adapter x8 System Storage PCle no cache no expansion units RAID of adapter slots total available 14 10 H3x 7 7 ARX m ee 7 5 H1x H2x of PCle physical x16 electrical x16 Gen 2 slots 16GBps of PCle physical x8 electrical x8 2 full height full length 3 full height half length per chassis node 1 full height full length per chassis node 19 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Gen 2 slots 8GBps of PCle physical x8 electrical x4 Gen 2 slots 4GBps 1 full height full length per chassis node of video ports Matrox G200eV graphic controller integrated in IMM miecoeonrerr optional nVIDIA 3D DCV graphics card supported Video memory 16MB DDR2 SDRAM standard shared with IMM Maximum video resolution at 32 1024x768 resolution analog with a color depth of 32 bits at 100HZz bit color 1280x1024 resolution digital with a color depth of 32 bits at 75Hz 10 Gigabit Virtual Fabric Adapter Dual port Emulex NIC integrated all models except ARx per chassis node Gigabit Ethernet controller Dual port Broadcom BCM5709C Network acceleration TOE 1Gb and 10Gb Failover load balancing capable Yes
9. 6 core Xeon processor model E7530 running at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 17 5W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 12MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 95W 4 core Xeon processor model E7520 running at 1 86GHZz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 23 75W 4 8 GT ps QPI speed 800MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VI and HT technology no Turbo Boost With the Xeon E7 and 7500 series processors Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing SMP architecture to a Non Uniform Memory Access NUMA architecture The Xeon 7500 processors are connected through three serial coherency links called QuickPath Interconnect QPI QPI is capable of 6 4GTps gigatransfers per second Put another way the E7 and 7500 series processors offer 3X the bandwidth of the previous 7400 series processors Turbo Boost Technology dynamically turns off unused processor cores and increases the clock speed of the cores in use by up to three model frequencies For example with 7 10 cores active a 2 4GHz E7 8870 10 core processor can run the cores at up to 2 53GHz With 5 6 cores active it can run those cores at 2 67GHz with only 1 4 cores active it can run those cores at 2 8GHz Similarly with six cores active a 2 26GHz X7560 8 core processor can run the cores at 2 5
10. Chipset Intel 7500 amp IBM eX5 ah 4 QPI Ports per chassis Scalability ports 3 EXA ports with two MAX5 units of interconnected nodes chassis maximum Maximum memory per node with 2TB 4TB 2 nodes 1TB 512GB 384GB 64 DIMMs x 16GB on 16 32 DIMMs x 16GB on 8 64 DIMMS x 4GB on 8 memory cards 2 nodes ah memory cards 32 x 4GB in memory cards H2x H3x MAX5 4Cx 4Dx F1x i 40GB 8 x 4GB on 4 memory cards in chassis 2 x 4GB in MAX5 258x 4Sx 5Sx 256GB 128GB Standard memory 16 DIMMs x 16GB on 4 32 x 4GB on 8 memory memory cards H1x cards 4Fx 5Gx D1x D2x 16GB 4 x 4GB on 2 memory 8GB cards 1 Rx 2Rx 3Rx 4Rx 2 x 4GB on 1 memory 5Rx B2x B3xB5x B6x B7x card B 1x C1x C2x 128 64 96 0 96 86 H3x 4Cx 4Dx F1x 25x 45x 58x 64 60 of DIMM sockets total available 64 62 1Rx 2Rx 3Rx 4Rx 5Rx 64 48 B1x B2x B3xB5x B6x B7x H1x C1x C2x 64 32 4Fx 5Gx D1x D2x H2x a a expansion unit 1TB 32 x 32GB Maximum memory for 1 node plus 1 MAX5 expansion unit aka Meee Maximum memory for 2 nodes plus 2 MAX5 expansion units 7143 machine type only Supported memory types PC3 10600 DDR3 1333MHz ECC RDIMMs PC3 10600 PC3 8500 PC3L 10600R 999 1333MHz 1333MHz 1066MHz 8GB 4Rx8 1 5V 4GB 2Rx8 1 35V 16GB 4Rx4 1 5V of HDD SSD drive bays total 8 8 2 5 inch HDDs or available 16 16 1 8 inch SSDs 12 Maximum memory and disk capacity may
11. Oracle eX5 systems can offer considerable savings over UNIX deployments using our certified solution stacks on either Windows or Linux Larger servers need more processor memory and I O resources which make maximum use of any applicable virtual machine software licensing fees and deliver superior system utilization levels The name of the game in consolidation activities is to deploy the fewest new servers possible and help IT staff manage more images with the same or fewer overall people These eX5 servers are designed to protect your data with high performance high reliability Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Highlights and high availability They support the latest ten eight six and four core Intel Xeon E7 family and 7500 series processors up to 1066MHz memory access and up to 30MB of L3 cache to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and growth The new Xeon E7 8800 and E7 4800 series processors offer up to 40 greater performance than the previous generation Intel 7500 series processors In addition the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 use industry standard DDR3 memory with Chipkill ECC Error Checking and Correcting protection for high performance and reliability For even higher levels of availability the eX5 servers also offer Mem
12. architecture of the 7500 series and E7 family processors brings radical changes in the way memory works in these servers For example they integrate two memory controllers inside each processor resulting in eight memory controllers in a four socket system Each processor has four memory channels each with a memory buffer MAX5 adds another 4 memory controllers Intel Intel ET E7 Intel Intel E7 E7 inl SIE A te This advanced memory architecture provides up to 333 more aggregate memory bandwidth up to 120GBps when using eight memory cards vs a maximum of 32GBps bandwidth than the previous generation for exceptional memory performance and quadruple the system memory capacity of the predecessor x3850 M2 server By performing reads and writes simultaneously it eliminates memory read to write blocking latency In addition it also offers innovative data reliability and security features to help improve data integrity including Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance enhanced CRC protection data retry on error detect and buffer registers for improved fault isolation An important guideline is to populate equivalent ranks per channel For instance mixing one single rank DIMM and one dual rank DIMM in a channel should be avoided Notes DIMMs must be installed in matching pair
13. require the replacement of standard components with the largest supported component available 6TB 192 x 32GB PC3L 8500 1066MHz DIMMs supported 2GB 1Rx8 1 5V 4GB 2Rx8 1 5V 16GB 4Rx4 1 35V 32GB 4Rx4 1 35V 18 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance of 5 25 bays total available 1 1 optional optical drive with SATA interface 2 5 inch SAS 2 5 inch SATA 1 8 inch SSD Maximum HDD SSD it TE PEETER j ne PARE 4 8TB 8 x 600GB hot swap 4 0TB 8 x 500GB hot swap 3 2TB 16 x 200GB hot swap 2 5 inch SAS Internal HDD SSD capacities 160 500GB 7 2K RPMs 2 5 inch SATA 1 8 inch SSD supported 146 8 Ge 10K 160 500GB 7 2K RPMs 50 200GB 73 4 146 8GB 15K RPMs 1 8 inch SSD HDD SSD capacity standard 3 2TB 16 x 200GB 4F x 5Gx D1x D2x H1x 2 5 inch SAS SATA 4TB 8 x 500GB all other models 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter Additional Internal SSD storage 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter via PCle adapter 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter 640GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter via CTO 16 x 200GB SSD 8 x 600GB 2 5 inch 8 x 600GB 2 5 inch_ 16 x 600GB 2 5 inch pose aciaevepatdatn D1x D2x SAS 1 x 320GB SAS 1 x 640GB SAS 2 x 640GB High IOPS SSD High IOPS SSD High IOPS SSD NONE al ONEI Ad
14. the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 8 core Xeon processor models E7 4830 running at 2 13GHZz with low power draw per core 13 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 8 core Xeon processor models E7 4820 running at 2 0GHz with low power draw per core 13 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 6 core Xeon processor models E7 4807 running at 1 86GHz with moderate power draw per core 17 5W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT and HT technology no Turbo Boost This processor is limited to single chassis configurations 4 sockets per chassis supported Xeon 7500 Series Processors e 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7560 running at 2 26GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual int
15. works in conjunction with Chipkill technology which provides multibit protection per chip and standard ECC protection to provide multi level memory correction Memory scrubbing is an automatic daily test of all system memory It detects and reports memory errors that might be developing before they cause a server outage Memory scrubbing and Memory ProteXion work together When a bit error is detected memory scrubbing determines whether the error is recoverable If so the Memory ProteXion feature will write the data to new location if it is not recoverable scrubbing sends an alert to light path diagnostics which then notifies IBM Systems Director Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels Data is written concurrently to both channels lf a DIMM fails in one of the DIMMs in the primary channel it is instantly disabled and the mirrored backup memory in the other channel becomes active primary until the failing DIMM is replaced With mirroring enabled one half of total memory is available for use Note Due to the double writes to memory performance is affected Mirroring is handled at the hardware level no operating system support is required Memory rank sparing works somewhat like mirroring except instead of having an entire memory channel reserved two memory ranks per memory card are configured as spares In the event of a memory failure on the same card one of the spare ran
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17. 3GHz With only 3 4 cores active it can run those cores at 2 67GHz When the cores are needed again they are dynamically turned back on and the processor frequency is adjusted accordingly Each processor includes two integrated memory controllers to reduce memory bottlenecks and imnrava narfarmanra Aamnarwv arrace ic at iin ta 1NKRAMH franiiancou Aanandinan an tha Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance processor model and memory used In processors implementing Hyper Threading technology each core has two threads capable of running an independent process Thus an 8 core processor can run 16 threads concurrently Intel s Virtualization Technology VT integrates hardware level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed to reduce power draw DDR3 Registered Memory with Active Memory Protection eX5 servers use registered double data rate III DDR3 DIMMs and provide Active Memory features including advanced Chipkill memory protection for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory IBM Memory ProteXion and optional memory mirroring In addition to offering triple the memory bandwidth of DDR2 or fully buffered mem
18. 5 servers offer a number of tools and services designed to make ownership a positive experience From the start IBM programs make it easier for you to plan for configure and purchase System x servers get them running and keep them running long term These features include IBM ServerProven the IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM ServerGuide IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager Product Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating ey Server systems have been tested on the server and are officially supported to work together It is Penns updated frequently to ensure that the latest compatibility information is always at your fingertips The IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool SSCT is a downloadable tool that simplifies the often complex chore of configuring a full rack of servers including blade servers and confirming that you have all the cables power distribution units KVM keyboard video and mouse switch boxes and other components you need as well as the proper airflow clearances electrical circuits and other environmental conditions IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator helps IT managers plan for data center power needs by providing the following information for specific configurations of System x and BladeCenter systems power i
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20. OPS SW 10 779 IOPS per watt 160GB 320GB adapters 196 000 IOPS 12W 16 333 IOPS per watt 640GB adapters 400 IOPS 16 5W 24 2 IOPS per watt 600GB 15K 3 5 inch hot swap SAS HDD Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Ss PCI EXPRESS gt EMULEX astonishing 937 600 IOPS for a single two node server Each customer installable eXFlash option includes a drive cage SSD backplane and two x4 SAS SATA cables which can be installed in seconds as a single unit One or two ServeRAID controllers are required per eXFlash option For RAID support use one ServeRAID M1015 M5014 M5015 or one M5025 controller or Fibre Channel adapter per multiple external IBM System Storage expansion units For enhanced IOPS throughput use one ServeRAID B5015 non RAID controller which is optimized for SSD IOPS performance Note Because SSDs offer triple the reliability of SAS HDDs RAID support is less necessary Each adapter requires a PCle slot For maximum IOPS performance use two ServeRAID B5015 controllers per eXFlash option Supported single chassis configurations include e 4 2 5 inch HDDs 8 1 8 inch SSDs with 1 eXFlash option e 82 5 inch HDDs e 16 1 8 inch SSDs with 2 eXFlash options Plus 2 High IOPS adapters in 2 adapter slots Supported two chassis configurations include e
21. Tps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 30MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 10 core Xeon processor model E7 8860 running at 2 26GHz with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 8 core Xeon processor model E7 8837 running at 2 67GHz with reduced power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 8 core Xeon processor model E7 8830 running at 2 13GHz with low power draw per core 13 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 10 core Xeon processor model E7 4870 running at 2 4GHz with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 30MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 10 core Xeon processor models E7 4860 or E7 4850 running at 2 26 or 2 0GHz with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed Please see
22. Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Product Guide April 2011 Architecture Overview CONTENTS Architecture Overview 1 Key Highlights 2 Key Features 3 Key Options 14 x3850 x3950 X5 Images 15 x3850 x3950 X5 Specs 17 The Bottom Line 21 Server Comparison 22 For More Information 23 Legal Information 23 IBM System x3850 X5 x3950 X5 Outstanding performance superior mainframe like reliability and fault tolerant memory characteristics IBM has been designing and implementing servers under the X Architecture name since 2001 eX5 technology represents the fifth generation of enterprise servers based on the same design principle IBM began with in 1997 to offer systems that are expandable offer big iron reliability availability and serviceability RAS features with extremely competitive price performance on an Intel Xeon processor based system The eX5 technology is primarily designed around three major workloads database servers server consolidation using virtualization services and Enterprise Resource Planning application and database servers If you re using industry standard Xeon processor based servers for running business critical applications the systems that run these applications need the type of technology designed into IBM s eX5 technology systems eX5 technology represents a 100M investment in designing a flagship offer
23. Yes of Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 rear of serial ports 1 rear of USB 2 0 ports 8 2 front 4 rear ports plus 2 internal USB connectors for hypervisor Integrated systems management controller ne Processors memory power supplies fans HDDs adapters voltage regulator modules VRMs Eight path diagnostics support and system temperature with external pop out drop down panel Predictive Failure Analysis support Processors memory PCle slots VRMs power supplies fans hard disk drives and solid state drives Power supply size chassis 1975W universal autoswitching hot swap rear 675W universal autoswitching hot swap M access chassis rear access MAX5 of power supplies standard maximum chassis MAX5 2 2 chassis 1 2 MAXS Hot swap redundant power supported chassis MAX5 Yes Yes of fans blowers standard 6 6 chassis 5 5 MAX5 maximum Hot swap redundant fans supported chassis Rack mount method Slides and Cable Management Arm provided standard 7 000 ft Maximum altitude 2 133 m Operating temperature range 50 952 F 10 35 C up to 3 000 ft 914 4 m S050 Er 10 e190 000 1 t0 7090 thy 914 4m to 2 133m Yes gt lt Heat emitted typical maximum 3753 6739 BTUs BTUs chassis MAX5 1100 2150 Watts chassis Watts MAX5 6 8 172 8mm H 1 75 44 4mm H 17 5 444mm W 17 5 444mm W Dimensions chassis MAX5
24. apacity Up to 2TB in standalone configuration up to 3TB with MAX5 up to 4TB in 2 node configuration up to 6TB in 2 node configuration with 2 MAX5 units 7143 machine type e Fast memory access Up to 1066MHz processor specific up to four way interleaving and a low latency memory controller e Energy efficient memory 1 35V DIMMs supported in 7143 machine type Uses low power memory buffers as well e Embedded virtualization e Fast disk technology SAS SATA RAID controller in a dedicated slot and drives standard model dependent e Fast SSD technology Optional SSD optimized controller and drives e High lIOPS technology Standard or optional High IOPS SSD adapters in addition to HDDs SSDs e Fast and flexible communications Integrated 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter and dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting load balancing and failover as well as TOE RDMA and iSCSI acceleration e Fast I O PCle x16 16Gbps and x8 8Gbps Gen 2 adapter slots Flexibility e Scale up or scale out Scalable on demand from 2 to 8 processors 8 to 80 processor cores 7 to 14 adapter slots and 32 to 128 DIMMs using two chassis or 2 to 4 processors 8 to 40 processor cores 7 adapter slots and 32 to 96 DIMMs using one chassis and one MAX5 or 2 to 8 processors 8 to 80 processor cores 7 to 14 adapter slots and 32 to 192 DIMMs using two chassis and two MAX5 units 7143 machine type only e FlexNode p
25. apter H1x Adapter H2x Adapter H3x models of optical drives standard None optional optical drive in dedicated 5 25 UltraBay Embedded USB Flash Key Optional available p Drive technology Drive technology Hot H SWapSASISATASSD S H SWapSASISATASSD S External disk drives supported Yes via optional ServeRAID M5025 and Fibre Channel adapters System Storage EXP810 EXP3512 EXP3524 expansion units DS4200 DS4700 DS4800 External disk storage devices DS5100 DS5300 DS8100 DS8300 N3300 N3600 N3700 N5200 N5300 N5500 N5600 supported N6040 N6060 N6070 N7600 N7700 N7800 N7900 storage subsystems plus XIV and Storwize V7000 160 320 500 GB RDX Removable Cartridge Backup Ssytem internal external HH LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive HH LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive HH LTO Gen 5 SAS Tape Drive internal external Backup drives supported DDS 6 USB Tape Drive System Storage TS2230 TS2240 TS2250 TS2350 Tape Drive System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader System Storage TS3100 TS3200 TS3500 Tape Library System Storage TS3310 Modular Tape Library Integrated RAID controller cache ServeRAID BR10i V2 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 1E ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle no cache ServeRAID M5025 RAID 0 1 10 r x8 PCle 512MB ServeRAID M5014 pein ae cache battery ServeRAID B5015 x8 PCle 256MB sache ballery backup RAID Optional RAID controllers x8 PCle no cache cache RAID backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and 0 1 10 5
26. ard maximum chassis node 4U 8U 2 4U chassis nodes Ten core Xeon E7 48xx E7 88xx 2 0GHz E7 4850 B5x D1x 2 0GHz Eight core Xeon X75xx 2 0GHz X7550 Six core Xeon Processor type E7 8850 C 1x 2 26GHz E7 4860 B6x D2x F1x 2 26GHz E7 8860 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4 Sx 2 0GHz E7 4820 B2x 2 13GHz E7 4830 B3x 2 26GHz E75xx E7 48xx 1 86GHz E7530 2Rx 2Sx 1 86GHz E7 4807 B1x Four core Xeon E75xx 1 86GHz E7520 1Rx ARx C2x 2 4GHz E7 4870 B7x H1x H2x H3x X7560 2 0GHz E7540 3Rx 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx 4 2Rx 2S8x 3Rx 1Rx ARx 32 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4S8x 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx Processor cores per 2 chassis wa ee a 105W 3Rx eee a T Maximum processor power draw 130W 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx 6 4 GTps 3Rx 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx 5Gx 5Rx 5Sx 95W 1Rx 2Rx 2Sx 4 8 GTps 1RxARx QuickPath Interconnect QPI speed gigatransfers per second 5 86 GTps 2Rx 2Sx of processors standard 2 up to 8 total 2 chassis 1Rx 2Rx 3Rx maximum per chassis 4Rx 5Rx ARx B1x B2x B3x B5x B6x B7x C1x C2x H1x 4 up to 8 total 2 chassis 2Sx 4Cx 4Dx 4F x 4Sx 5Gx 5Sx D1x D2x F1x H2x H3x 18MB 3Rx 5GxX 5Rx 5Sx 12MB 1Rx ARx Internal L3 cache 24MB 2Rx 2S8x 4Cx 4Dx 4Fx 4Rx 4Sx 17 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance
27. artitioning Allows dynamically repartitioning the system at the node level e Huge memory capacity Up to 2TB of DDR3 memory with 64 DIMM slots per chassis plus another 1TB in 32 DIMM slots in a MAX5 expansion unit expandable to 4TB of RAM using QPI scaling and 2 chassis or 6TB using 2 chassis EXA scaling and 2 MAX5 units 7143 machine type only e Integrated flash drive preloaded with a hypervisor for instant virtualization standard on selected x3950 X5 models optional on others e Achoice of 8 2 5 inch hot swap SAS SATA HDDs or 16 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs internally per chassis up to 16 HDDs or 32 SSDs in a 2 chassis configuration e Optional IBM 160GB 320GB or 640GB High IOPS SSD Adapters in addition to HDDs and SDDs for extremely high IOPS and bandwidth storage e High performance external I O expansion Eight 480Mbps USB 2 0 ports two front four rear two internal e Hardware based RAID 0 1 1E support standard in most models optional slotless RAID support for RAID 10 5 50 6 60 up to two ServeRAID controllers in a multi chassis configuration e Six available PCle slots 1 x 16GBps 5 x 8GBps 1 x 4Gbps per chassis in most models 12 total slots in a 2 chassis configuration e Optional optical drive 13 For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty call 800 772 2227 in the U S In Canada call 800 426 2255 IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third party product
28. attery backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and SED and the IBM ServeRAID M5025 x8 PCle 512MB cache battery backup RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional RAID 50 60 and SED supports multiple external IBM System Storage expansion units The ServeRAID B5015 controller is optimized for high IOPS RAID performance with SSDs The IBM 6Gbps SSD HBA is optimized for high lIOPS non RAID performance External Storage The IBM System Storage EXP810 and EXP3000 series expansion units as well as the DS3000 DS4000 and DS8000 series storage subsystems and N3000 N5000 N6000 and N7000 NAS systems comprise a powerful and broad shared storage family with integrated management software designed to meet midrange and enterprise needs In addition IBM Storwize V7000 is virtual storage that offers high efficiency and flexibility through built in SSD optimization and thin provisioning technologies x3850 X5 x3950 X5 Images Front View i 120mm Fans Carrying Handles A Pop Out Light 3 USB Path Diagnostics Ports Panel Hot Swap k Drive 48Q 57 Rack Release Button A 15 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Rear View Redundant Hexagonal Ventilation Gb Ethernet H S Power Holes Ports Supply Bays o 8 senii f n j j he E E
29. d can be used in addition to HDDs and SSDs IBM ServeRAID Controllers System x servers using ServeRAID technology allow companies to build a reliable foundation for business critical computing IBM ServeRAID technology allows an array consisting of multiple physical hard disk drives to be treated as one logical drive ServeRAID technology also allows data to be stored redundantly across multiple hard disk drives enhancing both the integrity and the availability of the data SAS and SATA ServeRAID controllers offer enhanced performance due to onboard processors and cache Because IBM ServeRAID controllers can help significantly improve data transfer rates this technology is extremely effective when implementing demanding transaction oriented applications By employing the advanced fault tolerance of IBM ServeRAID technology companies can effectively implement networked business systems that require large amounts of storage space for data and applications that must be available for their businesses to continue operating 14 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Supported SAS SATA RAID controllers include the IBM ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCle RAID 0 1 10 IBM ServeRAID M5014 x8 PCle 256MB cache RAID 0 1 10 5 6 optional battery backup RAID 50 60 and SED IBM ServeRAID M5015 x8 PCle 512MB cache b
30. e maximum possible MTBF of 73GB 2 5 inch 10K RPM HDD for the first 12 months 305 167 MTBF of solid state SanDisk SDD SATA 5000 2 5 inch 16GB 918 298 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Offload Receive Side Scaling RSS IPV4 TCP Chimney Offload e VLAN insertion and extraction e Jumbo frames up to 9000 Bytes e Preboot eXecutive Environment PXE 2 0 network boot support e Interrupt coalescing e Load balancing and failover support including adapter fault tolerance AFT switch fault tolerance SFT adaptive load balancing ALB teaming support and IEEE 802 3ad Note You must have either one SFP transceiver or one SFP direct attached cable for each of the two 10Gb ports on the adapter Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller The eX5 systems include one integrated dual port Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine acceleration support as well as load balancing and failover capabilities between the two ports TOE support helps improve overall system performance by offloading TCP IP protocol processing from the system microprocessor to the onboard Ethernet TOE processor The controller also supports highly secure remote power management using IPMI 2 0 plus Wake on LAN and PXE Preboot Execution Environment flash interface Optional PCI adapters offer
31. e slots VRMs power supplies fans hard disk drives and solid state drives Toolless chassis and toolless slide design integrated Cable Management Arm simplify installation and removal of the server from the rack Server Comparison Chart The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x rack optimized servers including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited Theme Key Workloads HPC Web 2 0 Web 3D Business Applications Infrastructure Applications Requirements Rack Optimized Servers vja O amp 5 yl 7 ae ss lzz8s 2 o Bolo E g a a a lee 3463 ls8lo z e Rel Be Zlavlselpo s ls e 33 3S x x x x x x x x x sse s je 2 8 22 8 8 SleSslesl sles 88 3 E Zz gt a Sal al vl fol alx olsaulxalxa w o w o jw oj oj ola olv ajoo o o Cluster HPC w Important Modeling amp Simulation hd wW wW wv w w wv High Performance DB wo v w w Business Intelligence w w w wW w Search Nice to Have Content wW wv C Communities O 8 O O O O Commerce w w Can do wit
32. ed across the network using the Preboot Execution Environment PXE Like Wake on LAN PXE is system firmware It enables software such as the optional IBM Remote Deployment Manager to take control of a system before the BIOS operating system or applications are loaded using Wake on LAN PXE and lets an administrator perform many low level tasks remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system These tasks may include such things as formatting a hard disk drive updating system firmware or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system Text and Graphical Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 12 Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance system text messages and graphics over serial or LAN Predictive Failure Analysis PFA is designed to allow the eX5 servers to detect impending failure of supported components processors memory PCle slots VRMs power supplies fans and hard disk drives before actual failure and alert the administrator through IBM Systems Director This gives you the ability to replace the failing component before it fails resulting in increased uptime IBM Systems Director software for advanced workgroup management is included standard IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools including IBM Systems Director Active Ener
33. egrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 8 core Xeon processor model X7550 running at 2 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 16 25W 6 4 GT ps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 95W 8 core Xeon processor model L7555 running at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 11 88W 5 86 GT ps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 24MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 95W 6 core Xeon processor model L7545 running at 1 86GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 15 83W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 130W 6 core Xeon processor model L7542 running at 2 66GHz with 64 bit extensions reduced power draw per core 21 67W 5 86 GTps QPI speed 977MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT and Turbo Boost technology no HT e 105W 6 core Xeon processor model E7540 running at 2 0GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 17 5W 6 4 GTps QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers and 18MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W
34. er enhanced performance with 256MB of cache memory and supports optional battery backup and RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for up to 32 drives limited to available bays e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5015 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 512MB of cache memory and battery backup and supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for up to 32 drives limited to available bays e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5025 SAS SATA controller enhanced performance with 512MB of cache memory and battery backup It supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 for up to 8 internal drives plus multiple external IBM System Storage expansion units with up to 240 HDDs e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID B5015 SSD controller enhanced SSD performance with SSD optimized microcode offering the highest IOPS performance for SSDs in a RAID controller It supports RAID 0 1 5 6 for up to 8 drives e The IBM 6Gbps SSD HBA offers the highest IOPS performance for SSDs in a non RAID controller The IBM ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 6 60 with SED support to the M5014 M5015 or M5025 The IBM ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Key adds battery backup support to the M5014 The ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key adds SSD support to the M5015 Additional external SAS SATA disk storage as well as tape backup is available via one of several supported iSCSI or FC SAN controllers Versatile Drive Bays The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers
35. etwork Adapter CNA and InfiniBand adapters Up to 4 8TB of internal high speed hot swap SAS storage or 4TB of low cost hot swap SATA storage using eight 2 5 inch HDDs per chassis 9 6TB or 8TB respectively in a 2 node configuration up to 3 2TB of hot swap solid state storage per chassis using 16 SSDs 6 4TB per two nodes Integrated Management Module IMM standard in each chassis e Optional ServeRAID controllers that support RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 60 and high performance SSD drives Key Features Multicore Xeon Processors The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 ship with two high performance Intel Xeon processors either the 6 8 or 10 core E7 family or the 4 6 or 8 core 7500 series and support up to four per chassis node allowing you to upgrade as business needs require The eX5 servers also go a step further by allowing you to add a second node to increase the number of sockets from four to eight The system offers a choice of processor clock rates cache sizes and power draw Xeon E7 Series Processors e 130W 10 core Xeon processor models E7 8870 or E7 8850 running at 2 4 or 2 0GHz respectively with low power draw per core 13W 6 4 GTps gigatransfers per second QPI speed 1066MHz memory access dual integrated memory controllers 30MB of shared L3 cache and Intel VT HT and Turbo Boost technology e 105W 10 core Xeon processor model E7 8867L running at 2 13GHz with extremely low power draw per core 10 5W 6 4 G
36. gy Manager Service and Support Manager and others System Availability a no charge download and Capacity Manager sold separately are available as add ons for additional server management and increased availability IBM Systems Director provides a single uniform graphical interface for all of these systems management functions IBM Systems Director enables you to customize thresholds and monitor system components for things like temperature voltage regulation etc to help maximize uptime IBM developed IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager to put control of system power saving features at the fingertips of administrators Active Energy Manager is designed to take advantage of new features such as monitoring power usage and balancing the performance of the system according to available power input It provides the ability to plan and predict power consumption based on your hardware configuration It also helps enable you to reduce the infrastructure required for redundancy by using fewer servers on smaller power feeds and potentially lowering your overall data center support costs It does this by inventorying all components then adding up the total power draw and tracking the usage It also includes power management features to help administrators manage or reduce power usage Extensive System Support Features The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world class consistent high quality service and support The eX
37. he Xeon 7500 6500 series processors that intelligently adjust their voltage and frequency help lower IT costs e 95W 8 core Xeon 7500 series processors use 27 less energy than 130W processors e 1 5V DDR3 DIMMs consume 10 15 less energy than 1 8V DDR2 DIMMs used in older servers e 1 35V DDR3 DIMMs consume up to 19 less energy than 1 5V DDR3 DIMMs e Solid State Drives consume up to 80 less energy than 2 5 inch HDDs and up to 88 less than 3 5 inch HDDs e Ona performance per watt basis High IOPS SSD Adapters outperform enterprise HDDs by up to 445 to 1 e Dynamic fan speeds In the event of a fan failure the other fans will run faster to compensate until the failing fan is replaced Competitive fans must run faster at all times just in case wasting power Other Features e Trusted Platform Module This module provides a highly secure start up process from power on through hand off to the operating system boot loader ACPI support is provided to allow ACPI enabled operating systems to access the security features of this module TCG V1 2 compliant e Eight USB 2 0 ports Provides flexibility to add high speed external devices The USB 2 0 specification supports up to 480Mbps transfer rates Note Not all USB 2 0 devices are capable of achieving this rate Two ports are provided on the front of the server four are on the back and two are internal to support a USB 2 0 Flash Memory Key with embedded hypervisor
38. hout Collaboration ERP SCM wW CRM v Best Hosted Client Q O O O O O Q Point of Sale Branch Office w Better Virtualization w w v Business Continuit w Ld w w Database w w O Good Email Collaboration w w Security wW w w w Web Serving hd hd File amp Print ww O O w w O O O 22 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance For More Information IBM System x Servers IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM Configuration and Options Guide IBM ServerProven Program Technical Support Other Technical Support Resources Legal Information IBM Corporation 2010 IBM Systems and Technology Group Dept U2SA 3039 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park NC 27709 Produced in the USA April 2011 All rights reserved Warranty Information For a copy of applicable product warranties write to Warranty Information P O Box 12195 RTP NC 27709 Attn Dept JDJA B203 IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third party products or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven Telephone support may be subject to additional charges For onsite labor IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician IBM the IBM logo
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40. ility of starting out as a 4 socket server with up to 1TB of memory seven PCle adapter slots and eight HDD bays or 16 SSD bays and then doubling the processors cache slots and HDD bays and tripling the memory while maintaining first in class performance The MAXS5 scalability and memory expansion feature is a unique IBM enhancement not offered by other x86 server architectures XceL4v Dynamic Server Cache A key performance feature of MAX5 expansion is the XceL4v L4 cache When using a two node 10U x3850 x3950 X5 with two MAX5 units 512MB of virtual cache 256MB per node taken from main memory is allocated to improve inter node memory latency by caching memory accesses to the remote Second node XceL4V virtual L4 cache is another IBM unique enhancement Flexible Internal Storage Capacity The eX5 servers offer a choice of internal storage supporting up to eight 2 5 inch hot swap Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA SATA hard disk drives or up to sixteen 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs per chassis using the IBM eXFlash option In addition two IBM High IOPS SSD adapters can be used per node chassis 2 5 inch SAS e 7 200 RPMs 160 500GB 4 0TB maximum per chassis 8TB in a 2 chassis configuration e 10 000 RPMs 73 4 146 8 300 or 600GB 4 8TB per chassis 9 6TB per 2 chassis e 15 000 RPMs 73 4 or 146 8GB 1 174TB per chassis 2 35TB per 2 chassis 2 5 inch SATA e 7 200 RPMs 160 or 500GB
41. include either 1 or 2 drive backplanes model specific The single backplane models are upgradeable to 2 backplanes Each backplane supports either 4 2 5 inch hot swap HDDs or within the same space 8 1 8 inch hot swap SSDs Thus you can achieve up to 8 HDDs or 16 SSDs using up to two IBM eXFlash storage options Each individual SSD is capable of sustaining approximately 4 300 IOPS which is more than 10X what an enterprise 15 000 RPM 2 5 inch 146 8GB SAS HDD can achieve 420 IOPS Thus each eXFlash module containing 8 SSDs is capable of producing up to 34 400 IOPS vs only 3 360 IOPS for 8 SAS HDDs This means one X3850 x3950 X5 with two eXFlash options 16 drives is capable of generating 68 800 IOPs vs only about 6 700 IOPS for storage servers using an equal number of HDDs In a 2 chassis configuration up to 16 HDDs or 32 SSDs are supported for up to 137 600 IOPS Combining 32 SSDs with 4 IBM 640GB High lIOPS MLC Duo Adapters produces an Approximately 3 000 000 hours MTBF for SSDs vs approximately 1 000 000 hours for enterprise 3 5 inch 15K SAS HDDs According to internal IBM testing the typical maximum IOPS of a 600GB 15K 3 5 inch hot swap SAS HDD is 400 4K random reads while the typical IOPS of a 640GB High IOPS SSD PCle adapter is 200 000 or 500x The typical bandwidth of the same HDD 195MBps 64K sequential reads while the typical bandwidth of a 640GB High IOPS MLC adapter is 1 5GBps or 1 1X 97 014 I
42. industry leading performance Oystem XS650 X5 e IBM 320GB High lIOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps e IBM 320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter x4 Gen 1 100K IOPS 750MBps e IBM 320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter x8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps e IBM 640GB High lIOPS MLC Duo Adapter x8 Gen 2 200K IOPS 1 5GBps Because these adapters go in PCle slots rather than drive bays they can be used in addition to standard HDDs and SSDs This makes them ideal for virtualized servers running multiple tasks requiring both write and read intensive storage media As flash media they also offer a predictable lifetime compared to the sporadic failure rate of HDDs using N 1 chip level redundancy and 11 bit ECC protection If you need more storage space terabyte capacities are possible with external direct attach NAS and SAN solutions Storage Controllers All models include an integrated ServeRAID BR10i V2 SAS SATA Controller in a dedicated x8 PCle slot Supported controllers include e The 3Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID BR10i V2 controller hardware RAID 0 1 1E support no cache for up to 8 HDDs or SSDs e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M1015 SAS SATA controller RAID 0 1 10 no cache for up to 32 drives limited to available bays The IBM ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 5 and Self Encrypting Disk SED support e The 6Gbps x8 PCle ServeRAID M5014 SAS SATA controll
43. information sent to IBM is stored in a highly secure database and used for improved problem determination 13 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Key Options Additional services include hardware warranty upgrades and factory installed Product Customization Services PCS such as asset tagging hardware integration software imaging and operating systems personalization IBM offers extensive technical support by phone and via the Web Support options include links to forums newsgroups problem submission online shopping support service offerings device drivers for all IBM product lines software downloads and even upcoming technical seminar worldwide schedules and registration Also available are remote installation configuration and usage support for System x hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM Maintenance and Technical Support solutions can help you get the most out of your IT investment by reducing support costs increasing availability and simplifying management with integrated support for your multiproduct multivendor hardware and software environment For more information on hardware maintenance software support solution support and managed support visit http ibm com services maintenance IBM options for System
44. ing failover and load balancing between adapters are available for added throughput and increased system availability Hot Swap Redundant Components System availability is maximized through the extensive use of hot swap and redundant components including e Hot swap redundant hard disk drives and solid state drives e Hot swap redundant cooling fans three redundant pairs e Hot swap redundant power supplies Ultra Efficient Cooling Six strategically located hot swap redundant fans combined with efficient airflow paths provide highly effective system cooling for the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 systems known as Calibrated Vectored Cooling The fans are arranged to cool three separate zones left center and right with one 120mm fan each in the left and center zones and a pair of redundant 30mm fans in the third zone The left and center zones are redundant with fans contained in the removable power supply units The fans automatically adjust speeds in response to changing thermal requirements depending on the zone redundancy and internal temperatures When the temperature inside the server increases the fans speed up to maintain the proper ambient temperature When the temperature returns to a normal operating level the fans return to their default speed Why not simply run the fans at 100 capacity all the time For several good reasons to reduce the ambient noise reduce the wear and tear on the fans and reduce the server power
45. ing that can harness the power of 4 socket and up 64 bit x86 x64 Xeon processors The eX5 family includes two 4U 4 socket rack optimized chassis x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 which are offered in different scaled configurations up to 8 sockets with the architectural capability to scale further In addition for those workloads that require the maximum available memory the x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 support a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds an additional 32 DIMM slots per chassis up to 96 DIMMs 3TB total Alternatively if you also need more processor sockets you can add a second x3850 X5 or x3950 X5 to form one 8U 8 socket server with double the memory up to 4TB HDDs SSDs adapter slots and all the other system resources For the ultimate in scalability you can add two MAX5 memory expansion units to a 2 node 8 socket server for up to 6TB of memory ideal for large virtualization ERP and database needs IBM FlexNode partitioning allows you to logically divide an 8 socket server into two 4 socket servers remotely and automatedly and then revert back to a single 8 socket server all without requiring a physical visit to the server Maybe you d like to start out with a 4 socket server and possibly add sockets later if your needs change Or perhaps you need more than a 4 socket server now but don t want to get locked into a monolithic 8 socket or larger server again in case your requirements change With IBM you can stop at 4 sockets o
46. ks is automatically used in place of the failing one Rank sparing and mirroring are mutually exclusive Memory is available in 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB and 32GB DIMMs High Performance Scalability Scalability can be achieved in two different ways You can choose to scale natively by simply cabling two chassis together via the Quick Path Interconnect QPI ports for 8 sockets and 128 DIMMs Or you can scale via MAX5 adding memory capacity for increased performance This configuration cables a 4 socket chassis to a MAX5 You can also go further with two chassis and two MAX5 units all interconnected The two MAX5 units are nnhlanNn tAananthansy nainn Arie avalia EVA OQawlalilitvs 1714 Tha vaaniilt tA An O aaalLat 4AM FAIRARA 32GB DIMMs supported in machine type 7143 only Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance system Up to four QPI cables connect the MAX5 to the host x3850 x3950 X5 at speeds up to 6 4Gbps processor specific providing exceptional interchassis throughput 100GBps aggregate With two chassis and two MAXS5 units up to three EXA cables connect to the secondary node at speeds up to 10Gbps processor specific supported by L4 cache to provide exceptional internode throughput 48GBps aggregate Because of this design an x3850 x3950 X5 server has the incredible flexib
47. le that with two nodes and two MAX5 units 1 35V DIMMs machine type 7143 can help reduce energy consumption by up to 19 Hard Disk Drives IBM hard disk drives help customers improve the transaction and cost performance of their System x servers The choice of hard disk drives can be acritical aspect of maximizing the I O throughput of the system SAS hard disk drives 2 5 inch are available for the eX5 servers with capacities of 500GB at 7 200 RPMs up to 600GB at 10 000 RPMs and 146 8GB at 15 000 RPMs Enterprise class 2 5 inch SATA hard disk drives are available with capacities of up to 500GB at 7 200 RPMs Solid State Drives IBM offers a choice of 50GB or 200GB 1 8 solid state drives as a higher reliability lower energy use alternative to internal HDDs They can be used as a highly available boot drive for storing disk images or for other uses that stress read performance such as databases High lOPS SSD PCle Adapters For storage media offering up to 500 times the I O operations per second IOPS and up to 7 7 times the bandwidth of 15 000 RPM HDDs IBM offers the 160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter the 320GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCle Adapter the 320GB High lIOPS MS Class SSD PCle Adapter and the 320GB High lIOPS SD Class SSD PCle Adapter as well as the 640GB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter These adapters offer near DRAM performance with extremely high data retention up to 25 years and RAID grade data protection an
48. n of PCI video keyboard and mouse IBM ToolsCenter consolidates 42 needed tools for managing servers individually into an integrated suite of 8 tools They are organized by function deployment updates configuration and diagnostics Tools are now simpler to access and use with a single webpage for access a common look and feel and a common command line interface for the scripting tools The ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator offers significantly more functionality than past tools with the ability to add more tools to the bootable image and to automatically download the bootable environment if needed Bootable Media Creator allows you to create bootable CDs DVD and USB keys for updates customized to your systems Automatic Server Restart ASR helps reduce downtime by restarting the server automatically in the event of a system lockup If the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes it automatically triggers the ASR hardware which immediately restarts the server and logs an ASR event with IBM Systems Director These features are designed so that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted Automatic Node Failover helps improve the availability of multirnode systems If one node of a multinode system experiences a failure the remaining node will reboot and continue running Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off Once powered up the server can be controll
49. nergy Manager and IBM ServerGuide the x3850 x3950 X5 is designed for maximum uptime If you need a balance of high performance four socket processing scalability up to eight sockets enormous memory expansion and large I O capacity in a rack dense environment these are the ideal systems eX5 Design Features eX5 design offers numerous features per chassis to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs e Supports up to four Intel Xeon processors with 12MB to 30MB of L3 cache processor dependant and Intel Virtualization Technology VT Hyper Threading HT technology and Turbo Boost technology e Supports 10 core 8 core or 6 core Xeon E7 family processors or 8 core 6 core or 4 core Xeon 7500 series processors scalable to 8 processors in a two chassis configuration Supports up to 2TB of DDR3 memory in a single 4U chassis node A two node 8U configuration supports up to 4TB and doubles all other system resources as well HDD SDD capacity 10Gb 1Gb Ethernet ports adapter slots etc e The 7143 machine type supports low voltage 1 35V DIMMs e Support fora MAX5 memory expansion unit increasing memory capacity by 50 for memory intensive workloads One chassis with one MAXS5 supports up to 3TB of Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance memory in 5U two cha
50. nput watts PDU sizing amps heat output BTUs airflow requirements through chassis CFM VA rating leakage current mA and peak inrush current amps IBM ServerGuide installed from CD simplifies the process of installing and configuring System x servers ServerGuide goes beyond mere hardware configuration by assisting with the automated installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating systems device drivers and other system components with minimal user intervention Drivers are also included for support of Novell NetWare Red Hat Linux and SUSE LINUX This focus on deployment helps you reduce both your total cost of ownership and the complexity that administrators and technical personnel face IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager previously called IBM Electronic Service Agent is an innovative call home feature that allows System x and BladeCenter servers to automatically report hardware problems to IBM support which can even dispatch onsite service if necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement Service and Support Manager resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM It monitors networked servers for hardware errors and it can perform hardware and software inventories and report inventory changes to IBM All
51. one dual port 10Gb Virtual Fabric adapter It is optional for all other models The Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter is an industry leading performance and scalability per watt dual port network adapter for 10Gbps Ethernet 10GbE networks It offers the benefits and flexibility of I O convergence in a single end to end solution Protocol offload for stateless TCP IP and TCP Chimney provide maximum bandwidth with minimum use of CPU resources It achieves line rate 10Gbps performance with support for TCP IP stateless offloads and TCP Offload Engine TOE support TOE reduces system processor utilization providing increased system performance and reducing overall system power requirements The adapter is based on the Emulex OneConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter UCNA platform that also includes the capability for future upgrades to Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and iSCSI protocol offloads By using a common infrastructure for Ethernet and storage networks data centers can reduce capital expense CapEx for adapters switches and cables and operational expense OpEx for power cooling and IT administration End to end data protection with hardware parity CRC ECC and other advanced error checking and correcting ensure that data is safe from corruption Dual 10Gbps Ethernet ports e Pv4 IPv6 TCP UDP checksum offload Large Send Offload LSO Large Receive Data transfer rates depend on many factors and are often less than th
52. ory DDR3 memory also uses less energy 1 8V DDR2 memory already offered up to 37 lower energy use than fully buffered memory Now a generation later 1 5V DDR3 memory is even more efficient using 10 15 less energy than DDR2 memory In addition machine type 7143 supports low voltage 1 35V DIMMs which consume up to 19 less energy than 1 5V DIMMs 1 5V and 1 35V DIMMs can be mixed within a given memory controller however all DIMMs in that controller will run at 1 5V The 7143 machine type of x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers support up to 2TB of memory per node chassis in 64 DIMM sockets using 32GB DIMMs The 7145 machine type supports up to 1TB per node with 16TB DIMMs They use PC3 10600 double data rate 3 DDR3 memory operating at 1066MHZz for fast access as well as PC3 8500 DDR3 and LV versions of both types Adding a second x3850 x3950 X5 7143 server to the first doubles the memory capacity to 4GB in 128 DIMM slots in 8U of rack space Two 7145 nodes support up to 2TB The standard configuration includes 2 memory cards which support up to 8 DIMMs apiece The system is upgradeable to 8 memory cards per chassis With configurations of 8 to 16 DIMMs using two memory cards saves cost but using eight cards increases performance If 2TB is not enough but you don t need additional processors you can attach a 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit which adds another 32 DIMM slots up to 1TB for a total of 3TB in only 5U Redesign in the
53. ory ProteXion memory scrubbing memory rank sparing and selectable memory mirroring A dual port integrated high speed Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine acceleration is standard In addition a dual port 10bE virtual fabric adapter is standard in most models The 10GbE solution provides the benefits and flexibility of I O convergence in a single end to end solution The x3850 offers seven high performance PCle adapter slots six available if the 10GbE NIC is installed The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 offer industry leading scalability including 4 processor support upgradeable to 8 processors 80 cores in two chassis nodes up to 2TB of memory per chassis upgradeable to 2TB in two nodes or 3TB with MAX5 and a choice of up to eight 2 5 inch internal Serial Attach SCSI SAS or Serial ATA Il SATA II hot swap hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of 4TB per chassis up to 16 drives and 6TB overall in a two chassis configuration or sixteen 1 8 inch solid state drives SSDs with a capacity of 3 2TB per chassis 6 4TB in two nodes All models include a ServeRAID BR10i V2 controller which supports hardware RAID 0 1 1E This controller is installed in a dedicated RAID slot and can be upgraded with optional IBM ServeRAID SAS SATA SSD RAID controllers which add up to 512MB of battery backed cache RAID 10 5 50 support and optionally RAID 6 60 and full disk encryption via SED Self Encrypting Disk The 4U
54. r expand memory or CPU sockets further if needed And if you require a variety of 4 and 8 socket servers in your data center you can qualify a single server for all these workloads This can save much time and effort and speed up deployment You can also save money on software licensing by virtualizing a 4 or 8 processor server into many VMs rather than using multiple 2 processor servers Huge amounts of memory also enable more and larger VMs and larger databases IBM X Architecture pioneered XpandOnDemand pay as you grow scalability which allows chassis to be simply cabled together to form larger scale up systems This capability allows IBM to sell a large SMP symmetric multiprocessing system at entry price points With XpandOnDemand you can start small and later expand as your needs change without requiring you to buy more than you need up front or throw away parts later as you expand IBM s eX5 technology based systems are the ideal solution for scale up database serving applications on Microsoft Windows with Microsoft SQL Server or IBM DB2 as well as Linux with Oracle or DB2 Database hosting demands ultimate server reliability features and once installed they tend to grow and grow requiring ever greater levels of availability eX5 servers provide exactly that degree to availability Another strong application area for the eX5 based systems is enterprise server consolidation activities workloads including SAP and
55. r important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance including e Monitoring of system and battery voltage system temperature fans power supplies processor and DIMM status e Fan speed control e Product ID and Family ID detection e Highly secure remote power on off e System reset control e NMI SMI detection and generation e System diagnostic LED control power HDD activity alerts heartbeat e IPMI over LAN e Serial Over LAN e Proxy server support e LAN messaging and alerting e Text console redirection over LAN e Predictive Failure Analysis for system fans e Web based out of band control e SSL Secure Socket Layer and LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support e VLAN support e Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms RMCP AES e Local update of IMM firmware e Firmware firewall e Support for IPMI v2 0 compliant management software e g xCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI IMM functions The IMM alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions even if the server has failed The x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 also include standard an IBM Virtual Media Key for additional systems management capabilities including e Latest OS failure screen capture e Graphical console redirection over LAN e Remote virtual floppy and CD ROM e High speed remote redirectio
56. s Also each CPU requires at least 2 DIMMs It is important to ensure that all memory channels in each processor are populated The relative memory bandwidth decreases as the number of channels populated decreases This is because the bandwidth of all the memory channels is utilized to support the capability of the processor So as the channels are decreased the burden to support the requisite bandwidth is increased on the remaining channels causing them to become a bottleneck For peak performance e Populate both processors with equal amounts of memory to enable a balanced NUMA system e Populate both memory controllers within a processor with equal memory capacity e Populate an even number of ranks per channel e Use dual rank DIMMs whenever appropriate Power guidelines e Fewer larger DIMMs for example 8 x 4GB DIMMs vs 16 x 2GB DIMMs will generally have lower power requirements e x8 DIMMs x8 data width of rank will generally draw less power than equivalently sized x4 DIMMs Reliability guidelines e Using fewer larger DIMMs for example 8 x 4 GB DIMMs vs 16 x 2GB DIMMs is generally more reliable e Memory controllers support IBM Chipkill memory protection technology with x4 DIMMs x4 data width of rank and x8 DIMMs For increased availability beyond Chipkill error correction the eX5 servers offer additional levels of IBM Active Memory protection Memory ProteXion technology provides multichip error protection and
57. s or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven Telephone support may be subject to additional charges For warranties including onsite labor a technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely International warranty service is available in any country in which this product is sold 21 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Ultrascalability combined with extreme availability features and industry leading performance Manageability Serviceability and Availability IBM Systems Director systems management software including e IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager e IBM Service and Support Manager Integrated Management Module IMM Q IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control Q Text console redirection systems management standard Q Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards Active Memory protection QO Advanced Chipkill ECC memory correction Q Memory ProteXion QO Spare rank memory Q Memory mirroring O Memory scrubbing Hardware based RAID 1 1E disk mirroring standard in a dedicated slot optional RAID 10 5 50 6 60 highly available arrays Ultra efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features Hot swap HDDs and or SSDs Hot swap redundant power supplies Hot swap redundant cooling Light path diagnostics front LED panel drop down light path panel PFA support for processors memory PCl
58. size of the chassis helps you maximize your rack investments Up to 10 of these chassis can be installed in a single 42U rack for a total of up to 40 processors 400 cores 70 PCle slots and 80 HDDs or 160 SSDs offering an ideal balance of performance storage and I O slots per rack Standard in both the x3850 X5 and the x3950 X5 is the Integrated Management Module IMM that enables the user to manage and control the server easily both locally and remotely The IMM offers a high level of manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up even when network usage increases The drop down light path diagnostics panel enables quick servicing of the system if a problem develops These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime as do IBM OnForever features such as hot swap redundant HDDs power and fans Active Memory temperature controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling IPMI 2 0 support including highly secure remote power control and Serial over LAN as well as text and graphics console redirect over LAN Another improvement with the new generation of X Architecture is the replacement of legacy BIOS with a new generation Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI UEFI provides a more intuitive user interface and understandable event logs and better management With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems i Director IBM Systems Director Active E
59. ssis with two MAX5 units support up to 6TB in 10U e Alternatively with 96 DIMM slots the server and MAX5 can be populated with inexpensive 2GB DIMMs for 192GB while gaining the performance boost from using 12 memory controllers 8 in the server and four more in the MAX5 unit IBM FlexNode partitioning allows a physical two node configuration to be remotely reconfigured by software into logical single node servers as needs change or for daily peak and off peak workloads For example FlexNode partitioning provides the flexibility of running the server as one 8 socket server at night for heavy duty batch processing and as two 4 socket servers during the day for separate interactive workloads all remotely and automatedly without need for an onsite visit e 2 Port 10Gb Ethernet adapter and 2 port Gigabit Ethernet controller standard in most models optional in the others Two 2 port 10Gb adapters and two 2 port Gb Ethernet controllers standard in two node configurations e Fast PC3 10600 DDR3 ECC memory with Chipkill error correction double Chipkill Memory ProteXion redundant bit steering memory scrubbing memory rank sparing and selectable memory mirroring and partial mirroring protection provides speed and high availability e Seven high speed PCle Gen 2 adapter slots six available with 10GbE NIC installed offer investment protection by supporting high performance adapters such as 10Gb Ethernet Fibre Channel Converged N
60. x servers help you take your servers to a higher level You can rely on System x options to supply a complete solution for your business needs Options help you create an optimized server system to meet your data protection storage and availability needs Every IBM option is designed and tested for peak performance and flexibility helping to maximize your return on investment The combination of System x servers and options lets you keep your fingers on the pulse of your e business Processors Intel Xeon processors provide high clock rates a choice of 10 8 6 or 4 cores a large L3 cache and advanced features for availability and manageability processor specific Large cache size combined with fast 1066MHz memory access reduces memory latency and facilitates the movement of data through the processor and I O devices Note System performance depends not only on the number of processors in the server but also on the power and functionality of each processor Adding a third or fourth processor may be a cost effective way to achieve significant performance improvements Memory Memory is a significant factor in systems application performance Adding more memory to a System x server is one of the most effective ways to increase application performance An 8 core processor should have twice as much memory as a 4 core processor x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 servers support 64 DIMMs natively and 96 DIMMs using a MAX5 memory expansion unit or doub

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