Leadership platform technology—engineered to deliver faster access to data compared to typical industry-standard design
Optimized to run at full speed for all memory capacities, satisfying the high speed memory access demanded by scientific and technical computing applications
IBM eXtended I/O featuring the high-performance HTX slot
PCI-Express (1) x16 standard; optional (1) x8 or (1) HTx to meet customer interconnect solution preferences
Optional RAID-0 (striping) and RAID-1 (mirroring) for internal drives
Supported with IBM HBA Controller
Integrated Base Management Controller
Remote Management via Serial over LAN provides maximum solution control
Simplified systems management and increased security with IPMI 2.0
DDR II memory
Lower power requirements and better performance than DDR 1 memory
Up to two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors
Outstanding floating-point performance for high performance computing applications
Light path diagnostics
Provides information about a failing component without interrupting system operation via a lighted path
Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time
IBM Director
Represents comprehensive systems management tools
Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
Supports up to two SAS or SATA II HDDs
Choice of high-performance SAS hard disk drives and price/performance SATA hard disk drives
Provides fast access to local storage
Flexible performance levels, cost and ease or use
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Provides redundancy or ability to configure for dedicated systems management without having to utilize a PCI slot for an adapter card
