IBM eServer x3850 M2
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1. 256GB of DDR2 memory with 32 DIMM slots per chassis expandable to 1TB of RAM using the ScaleXpander Option Kit and four chassis e Integrated 4GB flash drive preloaded with VMware ESXi 3 5 selected models for instant virtualization e A choice of four 2 5 inch hot swap SAS drives internally and one external SAS port for optional external storage per chassis up to 16 drives in a 4 chassis configuration e High performance external I O expansion Six 480Mbps USB 2 0 ports two front three rear one internal one external SAS port e Hardware based RAID 0 1 support standard optional slotless RAID support for RAID 10 5 50 6 60 up to two ServeRAID MR10k controllers in a multi chassis configuration e Seven available x8 PCle slots 4Gbps per chassis including 2 Active PCI hot plug slots per chassis 28 total slots including 8 Active PCle slots in a 4 chassis configuration e Integrated DVD CD RW combo drive Manageability Serviceability and Availability e IBM Systems Director systems management software including E IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 IBM Management Processor Assistant IBM Rack Manager IBM RAID Manager IBM Update Assistant IBM Software Distribution E IBM System Availability e Integrated Baseboard Management Controller BMC COOCOO CD E IPMI 2 0 compliance including highly secure remote power control E Text console redirection systems management standard e Remote Superv2. Optical Drive Pop Out Light Hexagonal _ Power Button Path Diagnostics Ventilation Holes s f i t J hirea pio ua USB Ports mi A 3 gt y i P iy Hot Swap pAS Drives Swiss 6 v4 s a 12 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors Rear View j Sel ial SAS Hexada 7 Supervisor Port Port Ventilation Holes 1 i MOH ty lt AUap Tet th alo ote Ha A Nt a OARA es esasoses a PCle Hot swap Scalability USB Gb Ethernet Video Redundant Slots PCle slots Ports Ports Ports Port H S Power Supply Bays Interior View 7 Adapter N 2 Memory oe fit Cards 4 HDD Bays 2 Processors 2 Memo Cards Remote Supervisor Y Adapter Il ServeRAID 6 Hot Swap Adapter 2 Hot Swap Fans Slot Power Supply 7 hi ae fis Days S O 13 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors x3950 M2 7144 1SX 1SY 3SX 3SY 4SX 4SY 3 yr warranty 7233 2SX 2SY 5SX 5xSY 6SX 6SY 7SX 7SY 3 yr warranty 7234 6SX 6SY 4 yr warranty X3850 M2 x3950 M2 Specifications x3850 M2 7141 1RX 1RY 2RX 2RY 3HX 3HY Machine type 3RX 3RY 4RX 4RY 3 yr warranty 7233 2RX 2RY 5RX 5RY 6RX 6RY 7RX 7RY 3 yr
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4. extensions EM64T and either 8MB dual core 4MB 6MB or 8MB quad core or 9MB of L2 cache 8MB 12MB or 16MB six core of L3 cache and up to 256MB of L4 cache per chassis all models to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors Key Highlights business needs and growth In addition the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 use industry standard DDR II memory with Chipkill ECC Error Checking and Correcting protection for high performance and reliability and lower energy consumption than fully buffered memory For even higher levels of availability the eX4 servers also offer Memory ProteXion memory scrubbing and selectable memory mirroring A dual port integrated high speed Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine is standard as are seven high performance PCle x8 adapter slots two of them hot plug The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 offer industry leading scalability including quad processor support upgradeable to 16 processors 96 cores up to 256GB of memory per chassis upgradeable to 1TB overall 256MB of L4 cache per chassis upgradeable to 1GB and up to four 2 5 inch internal high performance Serial Attach SCSI SAS hot swap hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of 587 2GB per chassis up to 16 drives and 2 3TB overall
5. standard internal SAS Optional RAID controllers supported ServeRAID MR10k 256MB internal external SAS of PCle physical x8 electrical x8 slots 4GBps 7 full height half length including 2 Active PCle hot plug slots E S a a 1024 x 758 x 32 bit color at 85Hz None USB attached External disk storage devices supported 15 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors X3850 M2 x3950 M2 Specifications of keyboard ports None USB attached of USB 2 0 ports 5 external 2 front 2 rear ports plus 1 internal USB connector for flash drive Integrated systems management Remote Supervisor Adapter II controller A f Processors memory power supplies fans HDDs adapters voltage regulator one PAIN olagnestics SUPPOR modules VRMs and system temperature with external pop out drop down panel Predictive Failure Analysis support Processors memory PCle slots VRMs power supplies fans and hard disk drives Power supply size 1440W universal autoswitching hot swap rear access maximum i i 2 730 5 527 BTUs Heat emitted typical maximum 800 1 620 Watts Rack mount method Slides and Cable Management Arm provided standard 7 000 ft Maximum altitude 2 133 m V EE A E E ETE 50 95 F 10 35 C up to 3 000 ft 50 90 F 10 32 C 3 000 ft to 7 000 ft p g p g 914 4 m
6. warranty 7234 6RX 6RY 4 yr warranty Form factor standard maximum 4U 16U Six core Xeon Quad core Xeon E74xx L74xx X74xx E73xx X73xx 2 13GHz E7420 1 6GHz E7310 1SX 1SY Dual core Xeon 2xX 2xY 2 13GHz 2 13GHz E7320 72xx L7445 7xX 7xY 2 4GHz 2xX 2xY 2 4GHz E7330 2 4GHz E7210 1RX 1RY E7450 5xX 5xY 3xX 3xY 2 93GHzZ 2 66GHz X7460 6xX 6xY X7350 4xX 4xY Processor type 130W 7141 7144 SOW 7141 7144 Maximum processor power draw 4xX 4xY 7233 Perit eaten 1xX 1xY 2xX 2xY 50W 7xX 7xY 6xX 6xY 3xX 3xY of independent front side buses 4 8MB 2x 4MB 6MB 2x3MB 4MB 2x 2MB 9MB 3 x 3MB 7233 7234 all FAUNA 714117144 714117144 1xX 1xY 4xX 4xY 3xX 3xY 2xX 2xY External L3 cache 16MB shared cache 12MB shared cache 8MB shared cache 7233 6xX 6xY 7233 5xX 5xY 7xX 7XY 7233 2xX 2xY XceL4v Dynamic Server L4 cache Up to 256MB per chassis 1TB max Internal L2 cache Chipset IBM eX4 Optional 7141 1RX 1RY 2RX 2RY Standard 7144 1SX 1SY 3SX 3SY SHX 3HY 3RX 3RY 4RX 4RY 7233 ScaleXpander Option Kit 4SX 4SY 2RX 2RY 5RX 5RY 6RX 6RY 7RX 7RY Scalability ports 3 per chassis of interconnected nodes chassis 4 maximum 8GB 8 x 1GB on 4 4GB 4 x 1GB on 2 memory cards 256GB GRX BRY aay memory cards 256GB AXX 4xY SRX SRY 8GB 4 x 2GB on 2 memory cards 256GB SHX 3HY Standard m
7. 4MB L2 caches 4MB per core 8MB total per processor The two cores appear to software as separate physical processors The dual core processors can offer more than double the performance of a same speed single core Xeon processor depending on workload Similarly quad core Xeon processors contain four processor cores The cores share dual 2MB 3MB or 4MB L2 caches 4MB 6MB or 8MB total per processor That is two cores per L2 cache They can offer more than double the performance of dual core Xeon processors again depending on workload The six core processors contain six processor cores The cores share dual 4MB 6MB or 8MB L2 caches 8MB 12MB or 16MB total per processor The servers provide four separate 1066MHz FSBs front side buses one per processor Each of the four FSBs which connect memory and I O to the processor boasts a peak rate of 8 53GBps 34 1GBps aggregate This contrasts to the two 667MHz FSBs with up to two processors per FSB provided in the original x3850 x3950 models In other words vou now have Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors 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 addressing when running with a 64 bit operating system This in turn lets individu
8. Drives IBM hard disk drives help you improve the transaction and cost performance of your System x servers The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I O throughput of the system 2 5 inch SAS hard disk drives are available for the eX4 servers with capacities up to 146 8GB apiece at 10 000 RPMs or up to 73 4GB apiece at 15 000 RPM Remote Supervisor Adapter Il The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 include a plethora of systems management features built in The Remote Supervisor Adapter II not only offers powerful new features it does so without taking up a valuable PCle adapter slot instead using a dedicated PCI X slot on the motherboard 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 For onsite labor IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician 11 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors 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 onboar
9. ESX 3 5 If you prefer Microsoft Hyper V to VMware the intent is for the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 to fully support Microsoft s hypervisor software installed on the system HDD at a future date Disk Tape Controllers All models include an integrated eight port LSI 1078 Serial Attach SCSI SAS controller This controller supports up to four internal SAS LVD low voltage differential drives The integrated SAS controller offers hardware RAID 0 1 support for those SAS drives The ServeRAID MR10k option adds additional RAID levels including RAID 10 5 50 6 and 60 along with 256MB of battery backed cache memory for higher performance and data integrity without consuming a valuable PCle adapter slot The SAS controller provides data transfer speeds of up to 300MB per second in each direction full duplex across the SAS bus for an aggregate speed of 6 00MBps nearly double that of Ultra320 SCSI s 320MBps half duplex bandwidth The serial design of the SAS bus allows maximum performance to be maintained as additional drives are added Additional external SAS SATA disk storage as well as tape backup is available using the external SAS port on the system unit or via one of several supported iSCSI or FC SAN controllers Drive Bays The eX4 servers contain five drive bays per chassis in all including four 2 5 inch HDD bays that support hot swap SAS drives totaling up to 587 6GB A 24X 10X 24X 8X speed ultraslim 0 5
10. and alerting e Text console redirection over LAN e VLAN support e Enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms RMCP SHA 1 AES e Local update of BMC firmware e Firmware firewall e Support for IPMI v2 0 compliant management software e g xCAT e Other mandatory and optional IPMI BMC functions The BMC alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors such as voltage and thermal conditions even if the server has failed The IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II provides additional systems management capabilities including e Graphical console redirection over LAN e Web based out of band control e Windows blue screen capture e Remote virtual floppy and CD ROM e High speed remote redirection of PCI video keyboard and mouse Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors e SSL Secure Socket Layer and LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol support Automatic Server Restart ASR helps reduce downtime by restarting the server automatically in the event of a system lockup ASR technology is a combination of hardware circuitry tied into the server s system reset function and a device driver As long as the server continues running the ASR watchdog timer will keep being reset but if the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes somehow the ASR software will be unable to reset the ha
11. of cabling behind most racks is at best inconvenient to work around and at worst an expensive logistical nightmare requiring the rewiring of servers PDUs KVM switches and other equipment whenever a rack server is added or removed Even worse the veil of cables blocks rack airflow and can actually contribute to equipment failure due to overheating ACT 4 cabling is the solution for reducing behind the rack cabling by as much as 87 Conventional cabling has bulky KVM cables exiting each server which then connect to a KVM switch The cables exiting a series of KVM switches must then be aggregated via additional KVM switches and PDUs which only increases the number and cost of cables KVM switches and PDUs Instead the daisy chain approach of ACT cabling uses readily available inexpensive CAT5 and 6 cabling to considerably reduce the number of cables KVM switches and PDUs needed rather than increasing them If a server is removed or added no complicated rewiring is needed One cable connects the first server in the rack to the next and so on Up to 16 servers form a chain up to 8 chains can connect to one Local Console Manager LCM 16 LCMs can connect to one Global Console Manager GCM In this manner up to 2 048 servers can be centrally managed Equally importantly with ACT unlike some other offerings everything is done externally via cabling no special adapters are required The illustration below shows a sample ACT config
12. of virtual cache per node taken from main memory is used for interprocessor communications between chassis to keep data in synch In a 4chassis configuration this amounts to as much as 1GB of L4 cache This not only compensates for any performance hit that might otherwise result from sending data across the distances between processors in multiple chassis it actually results in a performance improvement versus a single chassis IBM X3 and eX4 servers have achieved well over 100 1 results on industry standard benchmarks such as TPC C TPC E TPC H SAP SD vConsolidate Vmark and more This feature is a unique IBM enhancement not offered by other x86 server architectures using either Intel or AMD processors Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors High Speed Scalability Ports When more than one chassis is used they are simply cabled together via one or more scalability cables Up to three cables connected to low latency 10 24Gbps full duplex ports 5 12Gbps in each direction supported by up to 1GB of L4 cache provide exceptional interchassis throughput 30 72Gbps aggregate Because of this design an x3950 M2 server has the incredible flexibility of starting out as a 4 socket server with up to 256GB of memory 256MB of L4 cache seven PCle adapter slots and four HDD bays and then doubling tripling or eve
13. power draw per core 20W quad 1066MHz FSBs and 6MB of L2 cache 2 x 3MB 1 5MB per core e 80W quad core Xeon processor models E7320 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 20W quad 1066MHz FSBs and 4MB of L2 cache 2 x 2MB 1MB per core e 80W dual core Xeon processor model E7210 at 2 4GHz with 64 bit extensions 40W per core of power draw quad 1066MHz FSBs and 8MB of L2 cache 2 x 4MB 4MB per core e 50W quad core Xeon processor model L7445 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 12 5W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 12MB of L3 cache Also available via special bid configure to order e 90W quad core Xeon processor model E7440 at 2 4GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 15W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 16MB of shared L3 cache e 90W quad core Xeon processor model E7430 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 12 5W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 12MB of shared L3 cache e 65W six core Xeon processor model L7455 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 10 83W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 12MB of shared L3 cache The dual core Xeon processors contain two complete processor cores Each processor contains two
14. 4 design offers an additional level of Active Memory protection memory mirroring Memory mirroring works much like disk mirroring The total memory is divided into two channels Data is written concurrently to both channels If 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 Note Mirroring requires DIMMs to be installed in multiples of four one pair per memory channel A secondary benefit of memory mirroring is that the failed DIMM and its memory card can be hot swapped out to replace the failed DIMM This is a hardware feature that is operating system independent DIMMs must be installed in matching pairs Memory is available in kits consisting of two 1GB 2GB 4GB or 8GB DIMMs Flexible Internal Storage Capacity The eX4 servers offer a choice of internal storage supporting up to four 2 5 inch hot swap high performance Serial Attach SCSI SAS drives per chassis In addition selected models of the x3850 M2 include an integrated 4GB USB 2 0 Flash Key with VMware preloaded as an embedded virtualization hypervisor Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors 2 5 inch SAS e 10 000 RPMs 73 4 or 146 8GB 587 2GB maximum per chassis 2 349TB in a 4 chassis configura
15. 914 4m to 2 133m 6 8 172 8mm H 17 5 444mm W 28 35 720 2mm D 70 95 Ib maximum Dimensions HWD weight 31 75 43 2 kg 7233 7244 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 7141 7144 Standard Web Enterprise Datacenter Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Editions 64 bit Microsoft Windows Standard Web Enterprise Editions Server 2003 R2 Standard Web 32 64 bit RHEL 4 AS ES 32 64 bit Enterprise Datacenter Editions 32 64 bit RHEL 5 Server 32 64 bit SLES 9 10 RHEL 4 AS ES 64 bit RHEL 5 Server 32 64 bit VMware ESX Server 3 0 2 32 64 bit with and without Xen SLES 9 64 bit SLES 10 32 64 bit with and without Xen VMware ESX 3 5 ESXi 3 5 7 Length of limited warranty 7 iy a 4 years parts and labor 7234 The Bottom Line The eX4 servers are extremely powerful systems incorporating leading edge industry standard features and adding IBM unique innovations Operating systems supported Price Performance e High throughput processors 2 13 to 2 66GHz six core 2 13 to 2 93GHz quad core or 2 4GHz dual core Xeon processors up to 24 six core 16 quad core or 8 dual core processor cores per chassis 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 products or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven Telephone support may be subject to
16. CD RW DVD ROM combo drive with an IDE interface ships standard in all x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 servers No floppy drive is supplied with any model an external USB floppy drive may be used if needed For still more storage a direct attach iSCSI or FC SAN external expansion option can be added using an optional controller High Performance Adapter Slots There are seven physical x8 by 8 PCle PCI Express adapter slots standard per chassis Each is capable of supporting x4 or x8 adapters All slots are half length full height Electrically they are x8 slots as well meaning that they operate at full x8 4GBps speeds Slots 6 and 7 are Active PCle hot add hot swap slots offering the capability to add or replace adapters without having to shut down the system PC PCI Express is a high performance low latency next generation serial I O bus that is rapidly LE replacing the older parallel PCI and PCI X buses A x8 PCle adapter offers approximately four EXPRESS Data transfer rates depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors times the maximum throughput of a 133MHz PCI X adapter A x1 adapter offers throughput similar to a 66MHz PCI X slot Because the SAS ServeRAID MR10k dual Gigabit Ethernet and systems management controlle
17. Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors Product Guide September 2008 Architecture Overview CONTENTS Architecture Overview 1 Key Highlights 2 Key Features 3 Key Options 11 x3850 x3950 M2 Images 12 x3850 x3950 M2 Specs 14 The Bottom Line 16 For More Information 19 Legal Information 19 IBM System x3850 M2 x3950 M2 Outstanding performance superior mainframe like reliability and fault tolerant memory characteristics IBM has been designing and implementing chipsets under the X Architecture name since 2001 eX4 technology represents the fourth generation of products 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 eX4 technology is primarily designed around three major workloads These workloads are database servers server consolidation using virtualization services and Enterprise Resource Planning application and database servers If you are adopting industry standard Xeon EM64T servers for running business critical applications the systems that run these applications need the type of technology designed into IBM s eX4 technology systems The eX4 chipset represents a 100M investment in designing a flagship offering that can harness the power of 4 s
18. Hardware based RAID 0 1 support is standard An optional IBM ServeRAID MR10k SAS RAID controller adds 256MB of battery backed cache to the onboard controller to provide five additional RAID levels including RAID 10 5 50 6 60 The 4U 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 70 PCle slots 20 of them hot plug and 40 HDDs offering an ideal balance of performance storage and I O slots per rack Optional Advanced Connectivity Technology ACT interconnect cabling helps reduce cable clutter and cost and minimizes installation time when interconnecting many rack mounted servers Standard in both the x3850 M2 and the x3950 M2 is the Remote Supervisor Adapter II that communicates with the Baseboard Management Controller BMC to enable the user to manage and control the server easily both locally and remotely This high level of manageability is designed to help keep management costs down and the system up 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 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 redi
19. 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 Other Features e Trusted Platform Module standard 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 Six 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 p
20. It does this by inventorying all components then adding up the total power draw and tracking the usage Extensive System Support Features The IBM services and technical support portfolio provides world class consistent high quality service and support The eX4 servers offers 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 or xSeries servers get them running and keep them running long term These features include IBM Express Portfolio IBM ServerProven the IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator IBM ServerGuide IBM Electronic Service Agent Product Customization Services and extensive technical support offerings The IBM ServerProven program provides the confidence that specific options and operating wu Server systems have been tested on the server and are officially supported to work together It is oe 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 cl
21. 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 16 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors e Large L2 cache 9MB 8MB 6MB or 4MB of internal processor cache model specific e Large L3 cache 16MB 12MB or 8MB of external processor cache model specific e Huge L4 cache 256GB per chassis up to 1GB in a 4 chassis configuration of IBM unique XceL4v Dynamic Server cache e 64 bit extensions EM64T e Fast front side buses 4 x 1066MHz one per processor e Fast memory PC2 5300 DDR II ECC memory standard with two way interleaving and a low latency memory controller e Embedded virtualization in selected models e Fast disk technology Integrated Serial Attach SCSI SAS controller and slotless hardware based RAID 0 data striping e Fast communications Integrated dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller supporting load balancing and failover as well as TOE RDMA and iSCSI e Fast I O PCle x8 4Gbps adapter slots Flexibility e Scale up or scale out 1 to 4 chassis with 2 to 16 processors and 4 to 96 processor cores scalable on demand using the ScaleXpander Option Kit and four chassis e Large memory capacity
22. al software processes directly access more than 4GB of RAM which was the limit of 32 bit addressing This can result in much higher performance for certain kinds of programs such as database management and CAD Additional registers and instructions SSE3 can further boost performance for applications written to use them Customers should contact their software provider to determine their software support for EM64T Intel s Virtualization Technology VT integrates hardware level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads a key workload for the eX4 platform Eg L La a P eX4 Chipset Snoop Filtering One of the core features of the eX4 chipset that gives the platform a performance advantage is the snoop filter The Xeon Coherency Protocol or snoop is an operation that occurs whenever a processor in an SMP system needs to update a memory address during normal operation The snoop occurs when the processor getting ready to operate on a piece of data asks the other processors in the SMP complex to verify they have not modified the same piece of data without writing back from their cache This operation increases traffic on the front side bus The eX4 chipset contains 324MB of EDRAM within the Northbridge chip This copies all data as it is written to the processor cache allowing the chipset to respond directly to the snoop requests This reduces the overall
23. aximum memory per 1xX 1xY 2xX 2xY 7TXX TXY chassis SSX 5SY 6xX 6xY Standard memory type Registered PC2 5300 533MHz DDR II ECC with Chipkill protection Memory interleaving Yes two way using pairs of DIMMs DIMM capacities supported 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB i 32 24 3RX 3RY 3SX 3SY 4xX 4xY of DIMM sockets total available 5RX 5RY 5SX 5SY 6xX 6xY 32 28 3HX 3HY 4xX 4xY 7xX 7xY Memory mirroring supported Maximum memory and disk capacity may require the replacement of standard components with the largest supported component available 14 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors X3850 M2 x3950 M2 Specifications of HDD drive bays total available 4 4 2 5 inch of 5 25 bays total available 1 0 CD RW DVD installed Maximum HDD capacit 2 5 inch SAS ieee 587 2B 4 x 146 8GB hot swap SAS 2 5 inch SAS Internal HDD capacities supported 73 4 146 8GB 10K RPMs 73 4GB 15K RPMs 1 CD RW DVD Combo 24X 10X 24X 8xX in dedicated 5 25 UltraBay 4GB preloaded with VMware ESXi 3 5 3HX 3HY Eternal a a Yes via external 4 port SAS connector standard System Storage DS4100 DS4200 DS4300 DS4400 DS4500 DS4700 DS4800 DS6800 DS8100 DS8300 N3700 N5200 N5300 N5500 N5600 N7600 and N7800 storage subsystems Integrated RAID controller cache LSI 1078 no cache
24. b Ethernet Fibre Channel and InfiniBand cards the two Active PCle hot plug slots help increase system availability Up to 587 2GB of internal SAS storage using four 2 5 inch HDDs per chassis scalable to 2 3TB using the ScaleXpander Option Kit Baseboard Management Controller BMC and Remote Supervisor Adapter II standard Support for an optional ServeRAID MR10k RAID controller that supports RAID 0 1 10 5 50 6 and 60 IBM System x3850 M2 specific A 4U rack optimized model expandable to 16U using a ScaleXpander Option Kit and three additional chassis Installing the ScaleXpander Option Kit turns the x3850 M2 into an x3950 M2 including a new bezel cable management arm and scalability key e 4GB USB 2 0 Flash Key with VMware ESXi preinstalled in selected models Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors IBM System x3950 M2 specific ScaleXpander Option Kit standard Offers physical partitioning at four socket granularity allowing you to run multiple operating systems on the same integrated hardware Support for up to two ServeRAID MR10k options if a multi chassis configuration is used Key Features High Performance Xeon Processors The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 ship with two high performance Intel Xeon processors and support up to four allowing you to upgrade as business needs requi
25. d 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 The optional integrated ServeRAID MR10k SAS SATA controller offers enhanced performance over the integrated LSI 1078 SAS controller 256MB of battery backed cache memory and supports seven RAID levels 0 striping 1 mirroring 10 mirroring and striping 5 striping with parity and 6 striping with double parity 50 striping with parity across multiple arrays and 60 striping with double parity across multiple arrays Note RAID 50 and 60 require external storage due to the minimum requirement of six or eight drives respectively External SAN NAS and direct attach storage is available using one of several IBM System Storage and TotalStorage host bus adapters The IBM TotalStorage DS4000 DS6000 and DS8000 series as well as the System Storage DS4000 N3000 N5000 and N7000 series comprise a powerful and broad shared storage family with integrated management software designed to meet midrange and enterprise needs X3850 M2 x3950 M2 Images Front View
26. earances 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 E U a 10 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors Key Options BladeCenter systems power input 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 and xSeries servers ServerGuide goes beyond mere hardware configuration by assisting with the automated installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2000 and 2003 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 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
27. entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement Electronic Service Agent 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 information sent to IBM is stored in a highly secure database and used for improved problem determination 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 and xSeries hardware and software as well as onsite custom services to provide the level of expertise you require IBM options for System 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 se
28. isor Adapter Il daughter card standard uses dedicated slot E Supports LDAP and SSL industry standards e Active Memory protection E Advanced Chipkill ECC memory correction E Memory ProteXion E Memory mirroring E Memory scrubbing e Slotless hardware based RAID 1 disk mirroring standard optional slotless RAID 10 5 50 6 60 highly available arrays e Ultra efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features e Hot swap hard disk drives e Hot add hot swap memory e Hot swap redundant power supplies and cooling 17 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors e Hot swap redundant cooling e Light path diagnostics front LED panel drop down light path panel e Toolless chassis and toolless slide design integrated Cable Management Arm simplify installation and removal of the server from the rack Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information 18 Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors For More Information IBM System x Servers Electronic Service Agent IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool Configuration and Options Guide ServerProven Program Technical Support Other Technical Support Resources Legal Information IBM Corporation 2008 IBM Systems and Technology Group Dept
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30. n quadrupling those numbers while maintaining first in class performance This feature is another unique IBM enhancement not offered by other x86 server architectures DDR Il ECC Memory with Active Memory Protection The eX4 servers support up to 256GB of memory per node chassis in 32 DIMM sockets up to 1TB for a 4 node 16 processor configuration It uses PC5300 double data rate II DDR II memory operating at 533MHz for faster access and provides IBM Active Memory features including advanced IBM Chipkill memory protection for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory IBM Memory ProteXion hot add hot swap memory support and optional memory mirroring Notes Hot add capability requires operating system support Hot add memory and mirroring are mutually exclusive Conversely hot swap requires mirroring The standard configuration includes two memory cards which support up to eight DIMMs apiece The system is upgradeable to four memory cards with eight DIMMs each With configurations of 8 to 16 DIMMs using two memory cards saves cost but using four cards increases performance With more than 16 DIMMs four memory cards are required The memory architecture of the eX4 chipset provides up to 60 more aggregate memory bandwidth up to 34 1GBps when using four memory cards vs a maximum of 21 3GBps bandwidth in the previous generation for exceptional memory performance and quadruple the system memory capacity of
31. ocket and up 64 bit x86 x64 Xeon processors The eX4 design includes two 4U 4 socket rack optimized chassis x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 with the ability to scale up to 16 sockets and up to 96 cores In fact you can start with a single node x3850 M2 chassis and by adding a ScaleXpander Option Kit you can turn it into an x3950 M2 ready to expand into a multi node configuration providing more flexibility in deploying your scalable solution than ever before The x3850 M2 now offers selected models integrated with VMware ESXi 3 5 preloaded on an IBM 4GB USB 2 0 Flash Key It operates in a diskless configuration offers a smaller memory footprint extremely high performance and stronger security making getting a system up and running in a virtualized environment faster and easier than ever before 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 unique capability allows IBM to sell a large SMP symmetric multiprocessing system at entry price points Other Intel OEMs can t match this capability If they offer a 16 socket product at all they require you to start out with a 16 socket chassis whether you ll ever grow into it or not With XpandOnDemand you can start small with a 4 or 8 socket configuration 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 ex
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33. pand IBM s eX4 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 9i RAC and 10g or IBM DB2 Database hosting demands ultimate server reliability features and once installed they grow and grow The eX4 design offers two strong selling arguments against the competition lower initial purchase price and potentially much lower long term TCO Another strong application area for the eX4 based systems is enterprise server consolidation activities Larger servers have 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 One of the fastest growing application areas for eX4 based systems is ERP workloads including SAP and Oracle eX4 based systems can offer considerable savings over UNIX deployments using our certified solution stacks on either Windows or Linux The 4 socket eX4 servers are designed to protect your data with high performance high reliability and high availability They support the latest six quad and dual core Intel Xeon processors designed with high performance quad 1066MHz front side buses FSB 64 bit
34. rdware timer If the timer is not reset within five minutes 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 Wake on LAN permits the server to be remotely powered on if it has been shut off Once powered up the server can be controlled 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 system text messages and graphics over serial or LAN Predictive Failure Analysis PFA is designed to allow the x3850 M2 x3950 M2 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 componen
35. re The eX4 servers also go a step further by allowing you to add additional nodes chassis to increase the number of sockets from 4 to as many as 16 using four total chassis The ScaleXpander Option Kit converts a 4 socket x3850 M2 into an ultra expandable x3950 M2 With multiple chassis you can use physical partitioning to segment the one physical server into multiple logical servers for virtualization Processors can be added or replaced through the top cover of the system The system offers a choice of processor clock rates FSB speeds and power draw e 130W six core Xeon processor model X7460 at 2 67GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 21 67W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 16MB of shared L3 cache e 130W quad core Xeon processor model X7350 at 2 93GHz with 64 bit extensions 32 5W per core of power draw quad 1066MHz FSBs and 8MB of L2 cache 2 x 4MB 2MB per core e 90W six core Xeon processor model E7450 at 2 4GHz with 64 bit extensions extremely low power draw per core 15W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 12MB of shared L3 cache e 90W quad core Xeon processor model E7420 at 2 13GHz with 64 bit extensions low power draw per core 22 5W quad 1066MHz FSBs 9MB of L2 processor cache 3 x 3MB 1 5MB per core and 8MB of shared L3 cache e 80W quad core Xeon processor model E7330 at 2 4GHz with 64 bit extensions low
36. rect over LAN With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 formerly known as PowerExecutive and IBM ServerGuide__ the x3850 x950 M2 is designed for maximum uptime If you need a balance of high performance four socket processing scalability beyond eight sockets and large I O capacity in a rack dense environment these are the ideal systems eX4 Design Features eX4 design offers numerous features per chassis to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs Support for up to four Intel Xeon processors with four 1066MHz front side buses and 4MB to 16MB of integrated Level 2 cache model dependant 8MB 12MB or 16MB of external L3 cache model dependant Intel VT technology and Intel EM64T technology Supports Xeon six core quad core or dual core processors scalable to 16 processors and 32 to 96 cores using the ScaleXpander Option Kit A built in snoop filter to lower the amount of inter processor communication needed in an SMP system Fast PC2 5300 DDR II ECC memory with Chipkill error correction Memory ProteXion redundant bit steering memory scrubbing selectable memory mirroring and hot add hot swap memory protection provides speed and high availability Seven 64 bit high speed 4Gbps PCle x8 adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high performance adapters such as 10G
37. rovided on the front of the server three are on the back and one is internal to support the embedded 4GB USB 2 0 Flash Memory Key in selected models e Remote Supervisor Adapter Il standard This full function systems management adapter provides local and remote management functions in a dedicated PCI X slot without consuming one of the seven PCle adapter slots e Video An ATI Radeon ES1000 SVGA video controller on the Remote Supervisor Adapter Il provides up to 1024x768 resolution with a color depth of 32 bits at 85Hz refresh rate with 16MB of video memory 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 removed and replaced without tools including the CD RW DVD combo drive hot add hot swap memory hot swap HDDs adapters and the integrated optional ServeRAID MR10k and Remote Supervisor Adapter II This can save a servicer significant time Rack Cable Management and KVM Console Switching IBM Advanced Cabling Technology ACT is an optional feature that offers many advantages over standard KVM cabling across the entire System x and xSeries product line So now you can interconnect all of your servers with one smart cabling architecture ACT cabling eliminates the need for one to one direct connections between each server and a KVM switch by using a daisy chain approach The snarl
38. rs are integrated onto the system board the seven adapter slots are all available which offers you a wide degree of latitude in expansion options Even though the HP DL580G5 has eleven total slots they offer lower throughput providing no more aggregate bandwidth than the seven slots of the eX4 servers Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller The eX4 systems include one integrated dual port Broadcom 5709C Gigabit Ethernet controller with TOE TCP Offload Engine acceleration support available 1Q 08 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 iSCSI support works similarly for iSCSI workloads 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 offering failover and load balancing between adapters are available for added throughput and increased system availability Ultra Efficient Cooling Six strategically located hot swap redundant fans combined with efficient airflow paths provide highly effective system cooling for the eX4 systems known as Calibrated Vectored Cooling The fans are arranged to cool three separate zones left center and right with one pair of redundant fans per zone The fans automaticall
39. rver 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 The Intel Xeon processor provides high clock rates a choice of dual quad or six cores 64 bit extensions a large cache and advanced features for availability and manageability Large cache size combined with a fast 1066MHz front side bus 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 second 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 For best performance in a server with dual core processors there should be twice as much memory available as for a server using single core processors A server with six core processors should have three times as much memory as a server using dual core processors The eX4 servers take memory upgrades in pairs and provide two way interleaving Hard Disk
40. t before it fails resulting in increased uptime IBM Systems Director software for advanced workgroup management is included with the eX4 servers IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools including Management Processor Assistant Rack Manager RAID Manager Update Assistant and Software Distribution IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 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 for x86 to put control of system power saving features at the fingertips of administrators Active Energy Manager is a combination of hardware and software 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
41. the predecessor x3850 server By performing reads and writes simultaneously it eliminates the previous memory read to write blocking latency In addition it also offers innovative data reliability and security features to help improve data integrity including enhanced CRC protection data retry on error detect and buffer registers for improved fault isolation Even running at 533Mhz with twice the number of channels and twice the DIMM Capacity supported the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 deliver a memory subsystem with greater throughput than the competition In addition the DDR2 DIMMs use up to 37 less energy than the competition s FB DIMMs 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 the error is recoverable Memory ProteXion technology 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 ProteXion technology also called redundant bit steering provides multichip error protection and works in conjunction with Chipkill technology which provides multibit protection per chip and standard ECC protection to provide three level memory correction For increased availability the eX
42. tion e 15 000 RPMs 73 4GB 293 6GB per chassis 1 174TB per 4 chassis 2 5 inch drives not only require less space than 3 5 inch drives they weigh less consume half the power produce less noise seek faster and offer increased reliability The hot swap SAS drives use the Converged Tray for interchangeability with other IBM System x systems If you need more storage space terabyte capacities are possible with external direct attach NAS and SAN solutions Integrated Virtualization Selected models of the x3850 M2 ship with an IBM 4GB USB 2 0 Flash Key installed preloaded with VMware ESXi 3 5 This is an embedded version of VMware ESX 3 5 fully contained on the flash drive and requiring no disk space not an ESX Lite Rather than management through a Service Console based on a Linux operating system ESXi 3 5 relies on aggregate management tools including VirtualCenter the Remote Command Line interface and the introduction of CIM for standards based and agentless hardware monitoring VMware ESXi 3 5 includes all the performance scalability and compatibility features of ESX 3 5 including full VMFS support across FC SAN iSCSI SAN and NAS and 4 way VSMP Because it runs from flash memory it s extremely fast and ideal for diskless configurations It also offers enhanced security because it runs without an operating system based console and is updated patched much like firmware Licensing works the same as for standard
43. traffic across the FSB and helps to improve system performance over other architectures Intel now offers a first generation snoop filter in their 7300 chipset however it contains only 64MB of RAM which is 80 smaller than the eX4 fourth generation solution 1066 MT s 2 5 GT s IB 2 x12 Memory DIMMS 533 Sealable Virtual L4 i Advanced Buffer eXecution The IBM Advanced Buffer eXecution ABX chips 2 per eX4 with DDR2 DIMMs chassis provide the x3850 M2 g 3950 M2 s DDR2 memory with DDR2 Parallel up to 60 more bandwidth than Stub bus other vendors can manage using Topology more expensive and more energy hungry Fully Buffered DIMMs FB DIMMs The ABX chip uses two buffers per memory card to re drive the signals from the eX4 memory FB DIMMs controller to the DIMMs bypassing the latency adding FB DIMM Serial DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMM ne to one iin o buffers used on each FB DIMM Topolooy Erza EITA Butfor The use of ABX reduces OPoroay J 4 4 4 4 latency by 20 vs FB DIMMs 3 FB DIMM This feature is a unique IBM Memory enhancement not offered by Controller other x86 server architectures using either Intel or AMD processors XceL4v Dynamic Server Cache Another performance feature of the eX4 chipset is the XceL4v L4 cache When using a single node chassis the cache works with the snoop filter to help reduce FSB traffic When more than one node is used 256MB
44. ultiple levels of RAID support e Hot swap PCle adapter slots with optional failover support e Hot swap redundant cooling fans three redundant pairs e Hot swap redundant power supplies 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 Variable read rate Actual playback speed varies and is often less than the maximum possible Actual throughput will depend on the adapter vendor s implementation At 220V both power supplies are redundant at 110V only the first power supply is redundant Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors front LED indicates an error condition by pressing a button on the front of the server an LED 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
45. uration Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information Combining high performance architecture with high performance Xeon processors a ia Daisy Cha Sa Via Daisy Chain Max 16 servers per port Sr All CAT5 5e 6 Via Secondary cabling Switch Advanced Systems Management Capabilities The x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 have a high level of systems management capabilities that are well suited to remote locations as well as to stand alone environments Features include the Baseboard Management Controller BMC IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 formerly known as PowerExecutive Automatic Server Restart Wake on LAN support PXE support text console redirect Predictive Failure Analysis IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 and the Remote Supervisor Adapter II The BMC provides industry standard Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 2 0 compliant systems management It provides a number of important system functions 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
46. vidual 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 speed CD ROMs CD Rs CD RWs and DVDs actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible XSO003033 USEN 01 19 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information
47. y 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 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 Hot Swap Redundant Components System availability is maximized through the extensive use of hot swap and redundant components including e Hot add hot swap redundant memory protection with Chipkill Memory ProteXion and selectable memory mirroring capabilities e Hot swap redundant hard disk drives with standard LSI 1078 controller and optional ServeRAID MR10k providing m
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