IBM System x3500 M2 Type 7839 User manual

Rock-solid, high-performance tower server for your most
demanding applications
IBM System x3500 M2
Highlights
■High availability features and
integrated systems manage-
ment tools maximize uptime
■Stability combined with flexible
growth options delivers
increased investment
protection
■The latest processor
technology with superior
energy-management and
cooling efficiency
Maintain peak performance and reliability
Designed to meet the highest
levels of dependability, the
IBM® System x3500 M2 delivers out-
standing quad-core performance and
availability to help keep mission-critical
applications and virtualized environ-
ments up and running. Redundant
components to reduce points of failure
and light path diagnostics provide
resiliency, while integrated support fea-
tures like a remote presence key opti-
mize systems management efficiency.
Protect IT investments over the long term
A long-life platform, the x3500 M2 pro-
vides exceptional stability in a volatile
marketplace. Flexible configurations
and a generous storage capacity
enable emerging enterprise environ-
ments to meet the demands of today,
and easily grow to accommodate addi-
tional applications as business require-
ments evolve.
Take processor technology to the
next level
The x3500 M2 harnesses the benefits
of the latest Intel® Xeon® quad-core
technology, including faster processing,
simultaneous multithreading and
dynamic power management. It builds
on standard technology to offer supe-
rior power efficiency and proactive
manageability through built-in capabili-
ties for monitoring, measurement and
management of energy consumption.
Select configurations of the
x3500 M2 are part of the IBM Express
Advantage™ Portfolio, designed to
meet the needs of mid-sized busi-
nesses. Easy to manage, Express
models/configurations vary by country.

System x3500 M2 at a glance
Form factor/height Tower/5U (rack-mountable)
Processor (max) Intel®Xeon®X5570 up to 2.93 GHz and up to 8 MB cache
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
Cache (max) 8 MB per processor socket
Memory1(max) 2 GB/128 GB max 1333 MHz DDR-3 registered DIMMs via
16 DIMM slots
Expansion slots 6 PCI-Express, 1 PCI, 2 PCI-X (optional—requires removal of
1 PCI-Express)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 16/16 (SFF) (model dependent), 8 standard
Maximum internal storage1, 2 4.8 TB hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 920 W 1/2
Hot-swap components Power supply, fans and hard disk drives
RAID support Integrated Hardware RAID-0, -1, -1E, optional RAID-5, -6, -10,
-50, -60
Systems management Automatic Server Restart; IBM Predictive Failure Analysis on
hard disk drives, processors, voltage regulator modules (VRMs),
fans and memory; light path diagnostics; integrated
management module; remote presence; IBM Systems Director
and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™
Operating systems supported3,4 Microsoft®Windows®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®,
SUSE Linux Enterprise, VMware ESX and ESXi
Limited warranty53-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
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1Maximum internal hard disk and memory
capacities may require the replacement of any
standard hard drives 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.
2When referring to storage capacity,
GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes, and
TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.
Accessible capacity is less.
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