System x3950 M2 at-a-glance guide

IBM System x3950 M2

• Scalable solution delivers outstanding performance for realizing business demands with an easy pay-as-you-grow design
• Balanced design provides additional memory, processing power and I/O on demand
• Consistent, reliable performance delivers advanced data protection to help manage your risk

Features

• Innovation that matters with fourth-generation IBM X-Architecture chipset enhancements to deliver performance, balanced design and proven reliability.
• Manage growth and risk with Active Memory™ and features such as Memory ProteXion™, hot-add/hot-swap memory and Chipkill™, to provide a level of reliability and availability that helps reduce downtime and maintain data integrity.
• Improve responsiveness with double the memory availability over previous generations with 32 DIMM slots, running PC2-5300 DDR II-creating a more balanced total system design.
• Maximize return on your IT investments with extraordinary scalability that delivers the ability to add more processing power, memory or I/O needed in virtualized environments.

x3950 M2 images

Front view

Rear view

Interior view

• Leadership x86 performance for database, enterprise applications and virtualized server workloads

• Performance enhancements including 60% front-side bus speed improvement, and up to 60% faster memory speed than the previous X3 generation, and separate front-side bus for each socket to deliver a balanced system design
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• Innovative and efficient snoop filtering to reduce latency and improve performance
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• Unique lower memory latency with registered DIMMs versus fully buffered DIMM technology

• Enhanced error recovery with Chipkill memory, Memory ProteXion and memory mirroring to help maintain data integrity

• Increase system and application uptime by eliminating another point of failure with a second hot-swap power supply
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• Rear-access power supplies for simplified serviceability

• Gives information about a failing component without interrupting system operation
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• Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time
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• Maximizes uptime by quickly and easily identifying component failures
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• Numeric identifier to allow customers to easy determine the boot sequence

• Allow the server to continue operating even with fan failure
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• Replacing fans is easy, without taking your server offline or out of the rack

• High-function Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
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• Provides around-the-clock remote management capabilities
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• Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
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• Decreases downtime by allowing you to remotely perform systems management functions in many cases whether your server is operational or not

• Comprehensive systems management tools
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• Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities

• Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration

• Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time

• Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers
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• Gets your server up and running faster
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• Simplifies installation and configuration of your System x servers

• Choice of Windows®, Red Hat or SUSE operating systems
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• Runs both 32-bit and 64-bit OS support allowing you to migrate to 64-bit computing at a pace that makes sense to your business