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Highlights
- Reduce cost with an energy-smart design that provides optimal quad-core computing performance per watt
- Improve service with a highly flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate and manage
- Manage risk with resilient architectures and virtualised environments.
Energy-efficient profile
The IBM System x3550 M2 offers robust, proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering quad-core computing on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors with QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, this server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile.
Powerful systems management
This server offers feature-rich systems management capabilities from power management to proactive hardware monitoring. The Integrated Management Module (IMM) increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes. The Virtual Media key option provides remote presence capabilities without taking up a slot on the planar, while IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager provides advanced power monitoring and notification.
Leadership virtualisation
Designed to provide leadership virtualisation, the x3550 M2 supports the VMware ESXi 3.5 embedded hypervisor, the industry-leading solution for virtualisation. In addition, the x3550 M2 provides exceptional memory capacity per core, enabling you to implement virtualisation efficiently and cost-effectively.
Product features
- Outstanding power-optimised performance which can double compute capability of previous generation 2-socket servers
- Help lower operational costs with innovative energy- smart 1U design
- Improve service with a highly scalable, flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate, service and manage
- Manage risk with resilient architectures and virtualised environments
Hardware summary
- Space-saving 1U chassis
- Up to two quad- or dual-core Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors with QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, up to 2.93 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
- New energy-efficient design with low 675 W and up to 92 percent efficient power supplies, six cooling fan modules, new UEFI BIOS, altimeter monitored by Integrated Memory Module (IMM) and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
- Up to 128 GB of high-performance, new-generation DDR-3 memory
- Ultimate internal storage flexibility with up to six 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA/solid state drive (SSD) Hard Disk Drive (HDD) bays
- Two PCI-Express (x16) Gen 2 slots – one half-length, full-height and one low-profile; each slot convertible to PCI-X with riser option
- VMWare ESXi 3.5 embedded hypervisor support with optional 2 GB USB key for virtualisation
