| 2U rack form factor |
- Provides expandability, high performance and storage capacity in a dense form factor
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| Latest high-performance, energy-efficient 4-core and 6-core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors (up to 12 MB L3 cache) |
- Improves productivity through higher processing performance
- Reduces cost with outstanding performance per watt
- Up to 1333 MHz memory access speed
- Six-core processing provides significant performance gains
- Delivers superior processor performance with up to 12 cores using optimized L3 cache
- Maximizes multithreaded applications for faster concurrent execution
- Helps lower overall system energy requirements
- Large cache size yields more transaction processing
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| Fast 1333 MHz, DDR-3 RDIMM memory with 12 DIMM slots (up to 192 GB of memory) |
- Supports 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB high-performance DDR-3 RDIMMs with 12 slots
- Enables memory scalability to match performance to workload requirements
- DDR-3 memory uses less energy than previous generations, supports 1.5 V or 1.35 V memory DIMMs
- Two DIMMs per channel at 1333 MHz supported on single-rank and dual-rank RDIMMs
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| Support for up to 14 3.5" hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives, or up to 28 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drives, for up to 28 TB of local storage capacity |
- Provides choice of storage solutions to meet today's storage needs and tomorrow's expansion requirements
- Generous local storage enables increased performance for data-intensive workloads
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| Optional support for the VMware ESXi 4.0 embedded hypervisor |
- Innovative, thin hypervisor architecture is operating system-independent and designed to optimize virtualization performance
- Integrated into server hardware to help provide compatible, pretested and optimized hardware configurations
- Optimized for remote management tools and industry-standard protocols such as CIM
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| Three PCIe slots: 2 x8 full-height, half-length Gen 2; 1 x4 internal slot low-profile Gen2 |
- Provides expandability choices and the opportunity to increase I/O bandwidth for performance and productivity
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| Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet standard |
- Enables greater network bandwidth and redundancy
- Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
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| Five USB ports (2 front, 2 rear, 1 internal for hypervisor) |
- Provides easy connectivity to multiple peripheral devices
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| 6 Gbps RAID -0, -1, -10 standard, upgradeable to hardware RAID5 or RAID6 (model dependent) |
- Enhances system availability and data protection
- Provides upgrade options for more aggressive RAID protection
- 6 Gbps technology increases storage performance
- Choice of one of the following RAID adapters (model-dependent):
- 6 Gbps RAID-0, -1, -10 (additional option RAID-5 with Self Encrypting Disk (SED) function), or
- 6 Gbps RAID-0, -1, -10, -5, -50 with 256 MB or 512 MB cache (additional option RAID-6, -60 with SED function and additional optional battery backup)
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| 675-watt power supply; optional hot-swap redundant power supply |
- Increases system and application uptime by eliminating another potential point of failure with a second hot-swap power supply
- Redundant power supply improves availability
- Hot-swappable components improve serviceability
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| Four redundant fan modules standard |
- Redundant fan modules improve availability
- Allows the server to continue operating even with a fan failure
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| Energy-efficient components |
- Integrated power gates and automated low-power states improve energy efficiency
- Power control unit (PCU) improvements enable more efficient turbo boost and memory power management
- Low-voltage CPUs and low-voltage DDR-3 memory help reduce energy consumption
- Energy-efficient power supplies exceed efficiency standards
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| Broad operating system support |
- Enables customer choice of operating system platforms
- Broadens the application offerings that can be supported, increasing deployment opportunities
- For customer convenience, operating systems can be purchased with the hardware
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| IBM Systems Director |
- Web-based GUI provides intuitive access to powerful systems management functions
- Extensive wizards and tutorials enable quick time-to-value
- Facilitates management of physical and virtual resources across heterogeneous systems
- A comprehensive systems management platform that helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
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| IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ |
- Reports and collects actual energy usage
- Enables automated or user-defined energy control
- Energy trending reports enable system-level energy analysis
- CPU controls reduce energy draw during low utilization
- Provides advanced energy notification and control, monitors energy consumption, achieves lower heat output and helps decrease cooling costs
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| Integrated Management Module (IMM) with IPMI 2.0 support |
- Enables standards-based alerting for upward integration with management environments
- Provides error diagnostics for more effective troubleshooting
- Optional Virtual Media Key provides for around-the-clock remote management capabilities to manage, monitor and troubleshoot from any location
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| UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) |
- Next-generation BIOS provides a richer management experience, provides more functionality than previous generation BIOS and facilitates greater manageability through a common infrastructure for managing all machines
- Server efficiency is improved by a faster boot and restart of OS
- Intuitive interface allows you to add features and functions quickly
- Provides simplified error handling
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| IBM ToolsCenter |
- Provides a consolidated, integrated suite of management tools
- Reduces the complexity of choosing and learning platform management tools
- Provides a bootable media creator for executing customized updates
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| IBM ServerGuide software |
- Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers
- Helps get your server up and running faster
- Simplifies installation and configuration of your IBM System x® servers
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| 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty |
- Provides investment protection and peace of mind for an extended period of time
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