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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® X5270 up to 3.5 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5470 up to 3.33 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)



	Memory¹(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 storage¹^{, 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, Integrated Service Processor, Diagnostic LEDs, drop-down light path diagnostics panel, Automatic Server Restart, optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, IBM Systems 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 warranty³		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®.