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Stable-life, mission-critical two-socket tower server for distributed environments

  
  
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Product overview   HDD   RAID controllers
Models   External storage expansion units   Power
Supported options   I/O   Tape
Processor   Storage controllers   Mouse/Keyboards
Memory   Networking   Warranties and RTS



IBM System x3500
 Product overview

Stable-life, mission-critical two-socket tower server for distributed environments

  • Achieve excellent price/performance with industry-leading, two-socket server
  • Stable platform life optimizes IT investment
  • Manage and protect mission-critical applications with scalable memory, I/O and storage

Features

  • Stable-life platform with 24-month availability
  • Eight-core computing power at lower power per core
  • Integrated RAID-5 standard offers versatility without taking up a PCI slot
  • Tested and certified for virtualized environments
  • Troubleshoot more easily with light path diagnostics to help reduce service time and costs

x3500 images

Front view

Front view: light path diagnostics panel, locking drive cover, hexagonal ventilation holes, 8 hot-swap 3.5 SAS/SATA HDD bays

Rear view

Rear view: hot-swap power and fans, keyboard and mouse ports, serial port, parallel port, video port, USB port

Inside view

nterior view: hot-swap power supplies, adapter retainer, ServeRAID-8k, externally visible light path diagnostics panel

Feature Benefits
Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2x12 MB L2 cache)
  • Delivers ultimate processor performance with eight cores using optimized L2 cache

  • Maximize multi-threaded applications for faster and concurrent execution
Fast 667 MHz, Fully Buffered DIMM memory
  • Match the high-performance speed of the Intel Xeon processors with new-generation, high-performance memory supporting optimized throughput

  • Online spare and memory mirroring provide customers with two ways to increase systems and application reliability by allowing the system to continue

  • Interleaved memory to improve application performance
Support for up to 8 hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives (HDDs) or 12 hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) small form factor (SFF) hard disk drives (HDDs)
  • SAS provides increased performance, simplified cabling, and better fault isolation than parallel SCSI without cost premium

  • SATA provides high capacity at lower cost

  • Up to 6.0 TB of data storage capacity, 1.76 TB with SFF drives
Six available PCI I/O slots for system expansion, scalability
  • Gives you expandability choices and the capability to increase I/O bandwidth for performance and productivity
Three PCI-Express slots
  • Allows customers to achieve faster interconnect speeds than PCI-X 133 MHz
Two PCI-X slots
  • Enables customers to continue to utilize their PCI-X adapters while they plan their transition to the PCI-Express standard
Integrated RAID-0, -1, -1E, -5, -6 and -10
  • Advanced RAID protection takes high availability to your HDDs efficiently without sacrificing performance and does not require an I/O slot leaving more room for system availability
Hot-swap/redundant power and cooling
  • Reduces downtime by maintaining system performance if a fan/power supply needs to be replaced
Externally visible light path diagnostic panel
  • Gives information about a failing component without interrupting system operation visible without removal of system covers

  • Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time

  • Provides a lighted path to failing component inside the system
Integrated System Management Processor
  • Provides around-the-clock remote management capabilities

  • Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
  • Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
IBM Director
  • Provides comprehensive systems management tools

  • Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
Support for optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
  • Works in concert with Integrated System Management Processor to provide even greater systems control

  • Decreases downtime by allowing you to remotely perform systems management functions even if the system is powered off

  • Activates dedicated system management Ethernet port
IBM ServerGuide™ software
  • Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers

  • Gets your server up and running faster

  • Simplifies installation and configuration of your IBM System x™ servers
Three-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
  • Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time

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Specifications  
Form factor Tower/5U
Processor (max) Up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5460 up to 3.16 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
L2 cache 2x12 MB (quad-core)
Memory (std/max) 1 GB/48 GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz via 12 DIMM slots
Expansion slots 3 PCI-Express, 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 8/8 or 12/12 (SFF)
Maximum internal storage 2.4 TB hot-swap SAS, 6.0 TB hot-swap SATA, 1.76 TB hot-swap SFF
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 835W 1/2
Hot-swap components Power supply, fans and hard disk drives
RAID support Integrated RAID-0, -1, -1E, -5, -6, -10
Systems management Automatic Server Restart; IBM Predictive Failure Analysis® on hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory; light path diagnostics with side viewable panel; integrated IPMI System Management Processor; IBM Director; optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and IBM ServerGuide™
Operating systems supported Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE Linux, Novell NetWare, VMware ESX Server, SCO OpenServer, SCO UNIXware
Limited warranty 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty

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 Models

Standard models

Express models

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 Supported options

 Processor
40K1234 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5140 (2.33GHz 4MB L2 Cache)
40K1236 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5160 (3.00GHz 4MB L2 Cache)
44R5630 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5405 (2.00GHz 1333MHz 80w)
44R5631 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5410 (2.33GHz 1333MHz 80w)
44R5632 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5420 (2.50GHz 1333MHz 80w)
44R5633 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5430 (2.66GHz 1333MHz 80w)
44R5634 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5440 (2.83GHz 1333MHz 80w)
44R5635 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5450 (3.00GHz 1333MHz 80w)
40K1232 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5120 (1.86GHz 4MB L2 Cache)
40K1235 Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 5150 (2.66GHz 4MB L2 Cache)
44E5122 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Proc X5450(3.00GHz 12MB L2 1333MHz 120W)
43W5821 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5310 (1.60GHz 1066MHz 80w)
43W5822 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5320 (1.86GHz 1066MHz 80w)
43W5823 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5335 (2.00GHz 1333MHz 80w)
43W5824 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5345 (2.33GHz 1333MHz 80w)
43W5825 Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X5355 (2.66GHz 1333MHz 120w)

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 Memory
12 DIMM slots available
Option# Description
44T1482 2GB DDR3-1333 1Rx4 LP RDIMM
44T1483 4GB DDR3-1333 2Rx4 LP RDIMM
44T1480 1GB DDR3-1333 1Rx8 LP RDIMM
44T1481 2GB DDR3-1333 2Rx8 LP RDIMM
39M5782 1GB Kit (2x 512MB DIMM) PC2 5300 DDR2 FBD CL4
46C7418 2GB (2x1GB) Single Rank PC2-5300 CL5 ECC FBD 667MHz Low Power Memory
46C7419 4GB (2x2GB) Dual Rank PC2-5300 CL5 ECC FBD 667MHz Low Power Memory
46C7420 8GB (2x4GB) Quad Rank PC2-5300 CL5 ECC FBD 667MHz Low Power Memory

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 HDD
Option# Description Height Bays supported Maximum quantity
SATA Hot-Swap HDDs
39M4522 160GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Hot-Swap SATA II SL 4...11 8
39M4526 250GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Hot-Swap SATA II SL 4...11 8
39M4530 500GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Hot-Swap SATA II SL 4...11 8
43W7576 750GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Hot-Swap SATA II SL 4...11 8
43W7626 IBM 1TB 7200 SATA 3.5'' HS HDD SL 4...11 8
SAS Hot-Swap HDDs
42D0652 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF HS HDD
40K1043 73GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS SL 4...11 8
40K1044 146GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS SL 4...11 8
43X0802 300GB 15K 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS SL 4...11 8
40K1052 73GB 10K 2.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD SL 4...15 12
43X0824 146GB 10K 2.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDD SL 4...15 12
43X0837 73GB SAS 15K 2.5" SFF HS SL 4...15 12
42D0519 IBM 450GB 15K SAS 3.5" HS HDD SL 4...15 8
 External Storage Expansion Units
18128Vx EXP420 Expansion Unit (all models) - - -

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 I/O [Help me decide]
Part# Description Adapter length PCI support Slots supported Max supported
 Storage controllers
44E8700 IBM 3Gb SAS HBA Controller v2 Half PCI-E x8 2...3 2
46M6049 Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x8 2...3 2
46M6050 Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x8 2...3 2
42C1820 Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x PCI-E (x8) 2...3 Y 2
49Y4216 Brocade 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver - - - -
25R8060 IBM SAS HBA Controller Half PCI-E x8 2...3 2
43W4324 IBM Ultra 320 SCSI PCIe Controller Half PCI-E 1...3 3
39M5895 DS4000 FC 4Gb PCI-X Dual Port HBA Half 64-bit/133MHz 4...5 2
39M5894 DS4000 FC 4Gb PCI-X Single Port HBA Half 64-bit/133MHz 4...5 2
42C2069 Emulex 4GB FC Single-Port PCI-E HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
42C2071 Emulex 4GB FC Dual-Port PCI-E HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
42D0485 Emulex 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E (x8) 2...3 2
42D0494 Emulex 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E (x8) 2...3 2
39R6525 QLogic 4Gb FC Single-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
39R6527 QLogic 4Gb FC Dual-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
42D0501 QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E (x8) 2...3 2
42D0510 QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E (x8) 2...3 2
42C1800 QLogic 10Gb Dual-port CNA for IBM System x - - - -
49Y4218 QLogic 10Gb SFP+ SR Optical Transceiver - - - -
 External Disk Systems and Options
172621X IBM System Storage DS3200 - - - -
172622X IBM System Storage DS3200 - - - -
172641X IBM System Storage DS3400 - - - -
172642X IBM System Storage DS3400 - - - -
2107-xxx IBM TotalStorage DS8100 2107 (all models) - - - -
2107-xxx IBM TotalStorage DS8300 2107 (all models) - - - -
18147xx IBM System Storage DS4700 Midrange Disk System (all models) - - - -
1750-511 IBM TotalStorage DS6800 1750 model 511 - - - -
1750-EX1 IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Expansion Unit 1750 model EX1 - - - -
2005-B32 IBM TotalStorage SAN32B-2 Fabric Switch - - - -
2026-224 IBM TotalStorage SAN 24M-1 Fabric Switch (24-port) - - - -
2026-E12 IBM TotalStorage SAN 12M-1 Fabric Switch (12 port) - - - -
2027-140 IBM TotalStorage SAN 140M-1 Enterprise Director (140-port) - - - -
2027-232 IBM TotalStorage SAN 32M-1 Fabric Switch (32-port) - - - -
2027-256 IBM TotalStorage SAN 256M Director Switch (256-port) - - - -
 Networking
73P5101 PRO/1000 GT Dual Port Server Adapter by Intel- PCI-X Half 64-bit/133MHz 4...5 2
73P5201 PRO/1000 GT Quad Port Server Adapter by Intel- PCI-X Half 64-bit/133MHz 4...5 2
39Y6066 NetXtreme II 1000 Express G Ethernet Adapter- PCIe Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
42C1780 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter Half PCI-E (x4) 1...3 3
42C1790 NetXtreme II 10 GigE Express Fiber SR Adapter Half PCI-E (x8) 2...3 2
39Y6126 PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter by Intel Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
39Y6136 PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter Half PCI-E x4 1 3
42C1750 PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
39Y6146 QLogic iSCSI Single Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
42C1770 QLogic iSCSI Dual Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x Half PCI-E x4 1...3 3
Systems Management
39Y9566 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline - - RSA SL Socket 1

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 RAID controllers
43W4296 ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller Half PCI-E (x8) 2,3 1 Internal
44E8826 ServeRAID-MR10i Li-Ion Battery - - - - -
44E8695 ServeRAID-MR10is VAULT SAS/SATA Controller Half PCI-E (x8) 2,3 1 Internal
43W4339 ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller Half PCI-E (x8) 1,6 1 External

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 Power
Power
39Y8905 x3400/x3500 Redundant Power and Cooling Option
Power Distribution Units
39Y8905 DPI NEMA Rack PDU
39Y8923 DPI 60A Three Phase C19 Enterprise PDU w/ IEC309 3P+G (208V) line cord
39Y8938 30amp/125V Front-end PDU with NEMA L5-30P connector
39Y8939 30amp/250V Front-end PDU with NEMA L6-30P connector
39Y8940 60amp/250V Front-end PDU with IEC 309 60A 2P+N+Gnd connector
39Y8941 IBM Enterprise C13 PDU
39Y8948 DPI 60A Single Phase C19 Enterprise PDU w/ IEC309 2P+G (208V) line cord
39Y8951 DPI Universal Rack PDU w/ Nema L5-20P & L6-20P (US cord)
71762MX IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 PDU+ (WW)
71762NX IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 PDU (WW)
71763MU IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 3 phase 60A PDU+ (NA)
71763NU IBM Ultra Density Enterprise PDU C19 3 phase 60A PDU (NA)
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
2130R5X IBM UPS 1500T LV
Rack and NetBAY
172317X 1U 17in Flat Panel Console Kit
172319X 19" 1U Flat Panel Console Kit
17233RX IBM 1U 15 Flat Panel Console Kit
93072RX IBM 25U S2 standard rack
93074RX NetBAY S2 42U Standard Rack Cabinet
93074XX IBM 42U S2 expansion rack
93084RX NetBAY42 Enterprise Rack
93084XX NetBAY42 Enterprise Expansion Rack
Rack/tower conversion kits
39Y8382 5U x 26 Tower to Rack Conversion Kit
39M2895 IBM USB Conversion Option (UCO)
39M2897 IBM Long KVM Conversion Option (Long KCO)
Console Connectivity
17351GX IBM Local 2x8 Console Manager (LCM2)
17353LX IBM 1 x 8 Console Switch
17354LX IBM 2 x 16 Console Switch
17354GX Global 4x16 Console Mngr (GCM4)
39M2897 IBM Long KVM Conversion Option (Long KCO)
31R3130 IBM 3M Console Switch Cable (PS/2)
17233RX IBM 1U 15 Flat Panel Console Kit

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 Tape
Option# Description Bays supported storage interface Form factor Ext tape enclosure
46C5364 IBM RDX160 Internal USB Bundle 2 USB 5.25" HH Internal -
46C5387 IBM RDX320 Internal USB Bundle 2 USB 5.25" HH Internal -
46C5388 IBM RDX160 Internal USB Bundle 2 USB 5.25" HH Internal -
362516X IBM RDX160 External USB Bundle - External USB Port External Table Top -
362532X IBM RDX160 External USB Bundle - External USB Port External Table Top -
362550X IBM RDX160 External USB Bundle - External USB Port External Table Top -
46C5366 IBM RDX 160GB Cartridge Insert as individual packages - - -
46C5367 IBM RDX 160GB Cartridge Insert as individual packages - - -
46C5368 IBM RDX 160GB Cartridge Insert as individual packages - - -
39M5636 IBM DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive 2, 3 USB 89mm (5.25in) HH 87651UX, 8767HHX 44E8869 Kit required
43W8478 IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive 3 SAS 89mm (5.25in) HH 87651UX, 8767HHX 40K2599 Kit required
43W8480 IBM DDS Gen 5 SATA Tape Drive 2...3 SATA I and SATA II 89mm (5.25in) HH 87651UX, 8767HHX 44E8869 Kit or 40K2599 Kit required
44E8895 IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive 3 SAS 89mm (5.25in) HH 87651UX, 8767HHX 40K2599 Kit required
External tape enclosures
8767HHX IBM Half High Tabletop Tape Enclosure - - HH Table Top -
87651UX IBM 1U Rackmount Tape Enclosure - - 1U Rack Mount -
Tape autoloaders
External tape libraries
33614LX IBM LTO3 4U Tape Library - - 4U Rack Mount -
3573-xxx IBM System Storage TS3100/TS3200 Tape Library (all models) - - - -
3580-xxx IBM TotalStorage Ultrium3 3580 Tape Drive (all models) - - - -
40K2599 SAS Enclosure Adapter Kit Option - - - -
44E8869 USB Enclosure Adapter Kit - - - -

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 Mouse/Keyboards
40K5372 IBM Keyboard with Integrated Pointing Device - USB - US English
40K9584 IBM Preferred Pro Keyboard USB - US English 103P
40K9200 IBM 2 Button Optical Wheel Mouse - Black - USB
40K9201 IBM 3 Button Optical Mouse - Black - USB

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 Warranties and RTS listings for x3500

Maintenance and warranty
21P2085 3 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 2 Hour Response
21P2084 3 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 4 Hour Response
21P2083 3 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4 Hour Response
69P9269 4 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 2 Hour Response
69P9268 4 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 4 Hour Response
69P9267 4 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4 Hour Response
69P9266 4 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 Next Business Day
69P9271 5 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4 Hour Response
69P9273 5 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 2 Hour Response
69P9272 5 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 4 Hour Response
69P9270 5 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 Next Business Day
Maintenance only
69P9409 1 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 2 Hour Response
69P9408 1 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 4 Hour Response
69P9407 1 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4 Hour Response
69P9406 1 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 Next Business Day
96P2128 2 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 2 Hour Response
96P2127 2 Year Onsite Repair 24x7 4 Hour Response
96P2126 2 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 4 Hour Response
96P2125 2 Year Onsite Repair 9x5 Next Business Day
Remote technial support services- Base support
29R5396 RTS for System x - Base - 3 yr IBM recommended
96P2702 RTS for System x - Base 1yr
12X6911 RTS for VMware - Enterprise 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 1yr
12X6912 RTS for VMware - Enterprise 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 3yr
12X6899 RTS for VMware - Foundation 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 1yr
12X6900 RTS for VMware - Foundation 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 3yr
12X6901 RTS for VMware - Foundation 4 Sockets - w/System x Base - 1yr
12X6903 RTS for VMware - Standard 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 1yr
12X6904 RTS for VMware - Standard 2 Sockets - w/System x Base - 3yr
12X6905 RTS for VMware - Standard 4 Sockets - w/System x Base - 1yr
41C5995 RTS for VMware Server - w/System x Base - 1 yr
41C5996 RTS for VMware Server - w/System x Base - 3 yr
Remote technical support services - Additional options
12X6925 1 Year Remote Tech Supt w/ VMware Consldtd Backup
12X6923 1 Year Remote Technical Support w/ VMware DRS
12X6921 1 Year Remote Technical Support w/ VMware HA
12X6919 1 Year Remote Technical Support w/ VMware VMotion
12X6926 3 Year Remote Tech Supt w/ VMware Consldtd Backup
12X6924 3 Year Remote Tech Supt w/ VMware DRS
12X6922 3 Year Remote Tech Supt w/ VMware HA
12X6920 3 Year Remote Technical Support w/ VMware VMotion
41C6015 RTS for MS Exchange Server - 1yr
41C6016 RTS for MS Exchange Server - 3yr
41C6013 RTS for MS SQL Server - 1yr
41C6014 RTS for MS SQL Server - 3yr
41C6019 RTS for MS Small Business Server - Premium - 1yr
41C6020 RTS for MS Small Business Server - Premium - 3yr
41C6017 RTS for MS Small Business Server - Standard - 1yr
41C6018 RTS for MS Small Business Server - Standard - 3yr
51J8644 RTS for VMware - Enterprise 2 Sockets - 1yr
51J8645 RTS for VMware - Enterprise 2 Sockets - 3yr
51J8632 RTS for VMware - Foundation 2 Sockets - 1yr
51J8633 RTS for VMware - Foundation 2 Sockets - 3yr
51J8638 RTS for VMware - Standard 2 Sockets - 1yr
51J8639 RTS for VMware - Standard 2 Sockets - 3yr
41C6011 RTS for VMware VirtualCenter Management Server - 1yr
41C6012 RTS for VMware VirtualCenter Management Server - 3yr

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