IBM 79784AU User manual

IBM System x3550
High-speed performance and application density for
power-managed data centers
Highlights
■High-performance design to
maximize your IT investment
■Improved business availability
with IBM Xtended Design
Architecture™ features
■New design and tools for opti-
mized power management
Optimized for speed
Designed for applications ranging
from Web serving to workload
consolidation and virtualization, the
IBM System x3550 offers high-speed,
dual-core and quad-core processors
with blazing front-side bus speed.
Optimized for exceptional application
computing, the x3550 features a highly
functional infrastructure that addresses
more memory, lowers power consump-
tion and provides dramatic systems
performance increases.
Innovation comes standard
Standard integrated data protection
with hardware RAID and 2.5" SAS hard
disk drives keeps your data safe and
readily available. Super-efficient network
communication and hot-swap redun-
dant power help keep your business
humming at lower support costs.
Protect investments, lower heat output
Fault protection comes integrated in the
x3550. IBM PowerExecutive™ delivers
advanced control to help monitor
power usage and achieve decreased
infrastructure, power and cooling costs.
Hot-swap, redundant fans keep com-
ponents cool without taking the server
offline.
Select configurations of the x3550 are
part of the IBM Express Portfolio™,
designed and priced to meet the needs
of mid-sized businesses. Reliable and
easy to manage, Express models/
configurations vary by country.
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November 2006
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XSD02332-USEN-04
1Maximum 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 capacity 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.
2GB and TB = 1,000,000,000 and
1,000,000,000,000 bytes, respectively, when
referring to storage capacity. Accessible
capacity is less.
3IBM hardware products are made from new
parts, or new and serviceable used parts.
Regardless, our warranty terms apply. For a
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x3550 at a glance
Form factor/height Rack/1U
Processor (max) Dual-Core Intel®Xeon®Processor 5160 up to 3.0 GHz and
up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor E5320 up to 1.86 GHz and up to 1066 MHz front-
side bus
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
L2 cache 2x2MB (dual-core) and 2x4MB (quad-core)
Memory1(std/max) 1GB or 2GB/32GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz
Expansion slots 2 PCI-Express (x8) half-length, full-height or optional riser card
for 1 PCI-X (64-bit 133 MHz)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 2/2 or 4/4
Maximum internal storage1, 2 293.6GB hot-swap SAS or up to 1TB simple-swap SATA
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 670W 1/2
Hot-swap components Power supply, fans, hard disk drives (select models)
RAID support Integrated RAID-0, -1, -10, optional RAID-5, -6
Systems management IBM PowerExecutive (included with IBM Director), Integrated
Service Processor, Diagnostic LEDs, drop-down light path
diagnostics panel, Automatic Server Restart, optional Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, IBM Director,
IBM ServerGuide™ and optional Remote Deployment Manager
Operating systems supported Microsoft®Windows®Server™ 2003, Windows 2000
Server/Advanced Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®3.0, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 8.0 and 9.0, TurboLinux Enterprise
Server 8.0, Novell NetWare 6.5 and VMware ESX Server v2.5
Limited warranty33-year onsite limited warranty