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IBM System x3550

High-speed performance and application density for power-managed data centers

  
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Form factor/height Rack/1U
Processor (max) Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X5460 up to 3.16 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
L2 cache 2x2 or 2x6 MB (dual-core) and 2x6 MB (quad-core)
Memory 1 (std/max) 1 GB or 32 GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz
Expansion slots 2 PCI-Express (x8) half-length, full-height or optional riser card for 1 PCI-X (64-bit 133 MHz)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 2/2 (3.5" form factor) or 4/4 (2.5" form factor)
Maximum internal storage 1, 2 600 GB 3.5" hot-swap SAS or up to 2.0 TB simple-swap SATA or 293.6 GB 2.5" hot-swap SAS
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 670W 1/2
Hot-swap components Power supply, fans, hard disk drives (select models)
RAID support Integrated RAID-0, -1, -10, optional RAID-5, -6
Systems management IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86, Integrated Service Processor, Diagnostic LEDs, drop-down light path diagnostics panel, Automatic Server Restart, optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide™ and optional Remote Deployment Manager
Operating systems supported Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, TurboLinux Enterprise Server, Novell NetWare and VMware ESX Server
Limited warranty 3 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty

 




1 Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and/or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest capacity 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.
2 GB and TB = 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, respectively, when referring to storage capacity. Accessible capacity is less.
3 IBM hardware products are made from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. For a copy of applicable product warranties, write to: Warranty Information, P.O. Box 12195, RTP, NC 27709, Attn: Dept. JDJA/B203. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services, including those designated as ServerProven® or ClusterProven®.


 
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