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Highlights
- Reduce cost with an energy-smart design that provides optimal computing performance per watt
- Improve service with a flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate and manage
- Manage risk with resilient architectures and virtualised environments.
Energy-efficient profile
The IBM System x3650 M2 offers robust and proven technology and a flexible, energy-smart design. Delivering quad-core computing on Intel® Xeon® 5500 Series processors with QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, this powerful 2U server delivers significant performance improvement per watt compared to previous generation servers by integrating low-wattage components for an energy-smart thermal profile.
Designed for virtualisation
Designed to provide leadership virtualisation, the x3650 M2 supports the VMware ESXi 3.5 embedded hypervisor, the industry-leading solution for virtualisation. In addition, the x3650 M2 provides exceptional memory per core, enabling you to implement virtualisation efficiently and cost-effectively.
Select configurations of the x3650 M2 are part of the IBM Express Advantage Portfolio, designed to meet the needs of mid-sized businesses. Easy to manage, Express models/configurations vary by country.
Product features
- Outstanding power-optimised performance that can double compute capability of previous generation 2-socket servers
- Helps lower operational costs with innovative energy-smart 2U 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
- 2U chassis
- Up to two quad- or dual-core Intel® Xeon® 5550 Series processors with 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, three cooling fan modules, new UEFI BIOS, altimeter monitored by Integrated Management Module (IMM) and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
- Up to 128 GB of high-performance, new-generation Double Data Rate (DDR)-3 memory
- Ultimate internal storage flexibility with up to twelve 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA/solid state drive (SSD) hard disk drive (HDD) bays
- 4 PCI-Express (4x8) Gen 2 slots: 2x8 full-length, full-height; 1x8 half-length, full-height; 1x8 low-profile. 4x8 are convertible to 2x16 via optional risers. Also, convertible to 2x PCI-X via optional risers
- VMWare ESXi 3.5 embedded hypervisor support with optional 2 GB Universal Serial Bus (USB) key for virtualisation
