spec Server IBM System X3550 M3

spec Server IBM System X3550 M3

Components	Specification
Form factor	1U Rack.
Processor	Up to two six-core (up to 3.46 GHz) or quad-core (up to 3.6 GHz) Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology up to 6.4 GT/s, and up to 1333 MHz memory speed. Supports specific Quad-core and Dual-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors via Configure-To-Order (CTO).
Memory cache	Up to 12 MB L3 for Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. Up to 8 MB L3 for Intel Xeon 5500 series processors.
Chipset	Intel 5520.
Memory	Up to 18 DIMM sockets (9 DIMMs per processor). Up to 288 GB with 16 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 18 populated DIMM slots (up to 144 GB with 9 DIMMs per processor), or up to 48 GB with 4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and 12 populated DIMM slots (up to 24 GB with 6 DIMMs per processor).
Memory protection	ECC, ChipKill (for x4-based memory DIMMs), Memory Mirroring, and Memory Sparing.
Disk drive bays	Up to eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or solid-state drives (SSDs).
Maximum internal storage	Up to 7.2 TB with 900 GB SAS HDDs, or up to 8.0 TB with 1 TB SATA HDDs, or up to 1.6 TB with 200 GB SSDs. Intermix of SAS/SATA/SSD is supported.
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 1E with ServeRAID-BR10il v2 or M1015; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 5 is available for M1015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available for M5014/M5015.
Optical drive bays	One with optional Optical Drive Enablement Kit, support for DVD-ROM or Multiburner. If used, the maximum number of HDD bays is limited to 4.
Tape drive bays	None.
Network interfaces	Integrated 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, plus 2 ports on optional Gigabit Ethernet with Ethernet Daughter Card (does not consume PCI slot).
PCI Expansion slots	Up to 3 (up to 2 available, one slot is dedicated to RAID controller), dependant on the riser cards used (two different riser cards are available: 1x PCI-E x16 Gen 2 and 1x PCI-X 64 bit/133 MHz). Up to two riser cards are supported.
External ports	Two USB 2.0 and one DB-15 video on front. Two USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, one RJ-45 systems management, up to 4 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet network ports (2 standard, 2 optional) on rear. One internal USB port for embedded hypervisor.
Cooling	IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ with 6 counter-rotating hot swap fans with N+1 redundancy. Altimeter is to control fan speed based on atmospheric pressure.
Power supply	Up to 2 redundant hot-swap 460 W AC or 675 W AC or 675 W high efficiency (HE) AC power supplies with 90%+ efficiency. 675 W -48 V DC models are available via CTO.
Hot-swap components	Hard drives, power supplies, fans.
Systems management	UEFI, IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM), Predictive Failure Analysis, Light Path Diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, IBM ServerGuide. Optional Virtual Media Key for remote presence (graphics, keyboard & mouse, virtual media).

Security features	Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM).
Video	Matrox G200eV with 16 MB memory integrated into the IMM. Maximum resolution is 1280x1024 at 75 Hz with 16M colors.
Operating systems supported	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.0 Realtime, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11, VMware ESX 4/4.1 and VMware ESXi 4/4.1 embedded hypervisor, Sun Solaris 10, VMware vSphere 5.
Limited warranty	Three-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5/next business day (NBD) response time.
Service and Support	Optional service upgrades are available through IBM ServicePacs®: 24x7/next business day or 4 hours onsite repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, remote technical support for IBM hardware and selected IBM and third-party (Microsoft, Linux, VMware) software.