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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w ith extreme availabili ty features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 1 Product G uide October 201 0 IBM Sy stem x3850 X5 / x3950 X5 Architecture Overview CONTE NTS Architecture Overv iew 1 Key Highlig hts 2 Key Featur es 3 Key Opti[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w ith extreme availabili ty features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 2 C o rrecting) protection—f or high p e rf o r mance and r e li ability. F or even higher level s of av ail ability, the eX5 s e rv ers als o off er Memory P r[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 3 • Up to 4T B o f intern al hig h-speed SA S storage using eight 2.5-inch H DDs per ch a ssis. • Integrated M anagem ent Module ( IMM) stan dard. • Option[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 4 DDR3 Regis tered Memo ry with A c tive Memory Protec ti on eX5 s e rvers use regist e r ed double d ata rate III (DD R3) DI MMs and p rovide Acti ve Memor y fe[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 5 the band width of al l th e memor y ch annels is util ized to sup port the c apability of t he pro c ess o r. So, a s th e c hannels ar e d e c reas ed, the bu[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 6 Flexibl e Int ernal Storage Cap acity The eX5 s ervers o f fer a choic e o f intern a l st o r age, supp o rti ng up to eight ( 2.5 -inch) hot-swap Serial-Att [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 7 Storage Control lers All models i nclude an integr a t ed Serv eRAID- B R 10i V2 SAS /SATA C ontroller in a dedicat ed x8 PCIe slot. S upp o rt ed c ontrollers[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 8 controllers are all int eg r ated on to the s y st em b oard, six of t he s even adapter slots are availab le , which off e rs you a wid e degree of l atitud e[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 9 simply run t he f a ns at 100% c a pacit y all the ti me? For s everal good reas ons: to red uce the ambient n oi s e, reduc e th e wear-an d-tear on th e f an[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 10 adapters, an optional optical dri ve , and th e int egrated or op tional Ser ve RA ID control ler. This can s av e a s ervic e r s ignific ant time. A dvanc e[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 11 Wake on LAN p e r mits the s erver to be remot ely p owered on i f it ha s b een s hut off. Onc e power ed up, the ser ver c an be contr o ll ed a c ross the [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 12 IBM Syste ms Direct or Service and Support M anager (previousl y called IBM El e c tronic Servic e Agent ™ ) is an inn ovative “c a ll h ome” f ea t ure[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 13 continue operating. Support ed S AS/SATA R AID contr ollers includ e the IBM S erveRAID- M 1015 ( x8 PCIe, RAID- 0/1/10), IB M ServeR AID-M50 15 (x8 PCIe, 5 1[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 14 Interior V iew MA X5 Interior Vie w x3850 X5 / x3950 X5 Specifications M achi ne ty pe x3850 X 5 7145-1Rx , 2Rx/2S x, 3Rx, 4Rx/4Sx , 5Rx/5Sx, A R x x3950 X 5 [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 15 (5Gx/5R x/5Sx) Processor cores per chassis 32 (4Cx/4D x/4Fx/4R x/4Sx, 5Gx/5R x/ 5S x ) 24 (2Rx/2S x, 3R x ) 16 (1Rx) Processor cores per 2-chassi s system 64 [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 16 Internal HDD/SS D cap acities support ed 2.5-inch S AS 500G B — 7. 2K RPMs; 146.8, 30 0GB — 10K RPMs; 73.4, 146. 8GB — 1 5K RPMs 2.5-inch S A T A 160, 5[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 17 Integrated systems manage ment controller IMM Light path diagnostics support Proc e s s o rs , mem ory, power su pplies, f an s, HDDs, adapters, volt age r e [...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 18 RDMA , and iSCSI a cc e ler ation • Fast I/O — PCIe x 16 ( 16G bps ) and x8 ( 8Gbp s ) G en 2 ad apter sl o ts Flexibility • Scale up or scale out — S[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 19 Theme Key W orkloads S c al a bi lit y F l oa t in g P o in t P er f o rm a n ce M e m or y T h ro u g h p u t I n te ge r P er f o rm a n ce I /O a nd S to r[...]
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Ultrascalabi lity com bined w i th extreme availabi lity features and industry-l eading performanc e Please see the Le gal In format ion se ction for impor tant n otice s and informat ion. 20 For Mo re I nformation IBM S y s tem x Servers h ttp: // ibm.c o m /s ys t e m s/x IBM S y s tems Dir e c tor S e r vice and Supp o rt M anager http:// ibm.co[...]