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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 1 Product Guide Decem ber 2009 IBM System x 3550 M2 Product Overvie w CONTENT S Product Overvie w 1 Selling Features 2 [...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 2 Another improv ement with the ne w genera tion of X-Architecture is the re placement of legacy BIOS with a new genera[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 3 the riser card conta ining one of the PCIe slots can be ex changed for a ri ser containing a PCI- X/133 adapter slo t[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 4 Similarly, hot-swap /redundant HD Ds, fan modules and power supplies , as well as online mirrored me mory, mean great[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 5 cores. Turbo Boost Tec hnology dynamically turns off unu sed processor c ores and increase s the clock speed of the c[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 6 Xeon 5550 series processors access memory with al most 50% lower latency than the previous generation 5400 series pro[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 7 Disk Controllers All x3550 M2 models include an integr ated ServeRA ID-BR10i, ServeRA ID-M5014 or ServerRA I D-M5015 [...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 8 High-Performance Adapter Slots The x355 0 M2 provides two x16 (“b y 16”) 8GBps PCIe (PCI Express ) Gen 2 high per[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 9 Ultra-Efficient Cooling Strategically located fans, combin ed with efficient airflo w paths, provide highly effective[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 10 2GB USB key; for supporting VMwa re ESXi for virtualizatio n • Virtual Media Key — This optional full- function [...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 11 Solutions Configur ation Tool, IBM Syste m x and BladeCenter Power Co nfigurator, IBM ServerGuide, IBM Systems Direc[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 12 • Serial Over LAN • Proxy server support • LAN messaging and alerting • Text console redire ction over LAN ?[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 13 IBM Systems Direc tor enables you to cu stomize threshold s and monitor syste m components (for things like tempera [...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 14 IBM System x3550 M2 Images Front View Inside View Rear View Serial Port Processor Adapter Slot Hot-Swap Pow er Suppl[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 15 IBM System x3550 M2 Specifications Machine ty pe 7946-1xx, 2xx, 3xx , 4xx, 5xx, 6xx , 7xx, 9xx Form factor 1U Proces[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 16 Internal tape drive s supported None (extern ally attached) Disk drive techno logy Hot-swap SAS/SAT A/SSD; also simp[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 17 Hot-swap/redun dant fans support ed Yes (standard) Rack mount met hod Slides and Cable Ma nagement Arm (pr ovided st[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 18 IBM Systems Director Ac tive Energy M anager IBM Service and Support M anager • Integrated Manage ment Mod[...]
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Leadership en terprise server with significantly lower co st of own ership in a h ighly available a nd expandab le, rack-dense, 1 U dual-socket server Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 19 For More Information IBM Sy stem x Servers ht tp:// ibm.com /sy stems/x IBM Sy stems Director Service and Support Ma[...]