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Feature
Memory
Scalability
Disk subsystem
External disk port
RAID support
PCI-X slots
PCI Express slots
Active PCI slots (hot-swap)
Video controller
USB ports
Keyboard and mouse
connectors
Service processor
Embedded virtualization
Mechanical
System x3850 server
Maximum of four memory
cards, each with four
DDR2 DIMM slots running
at 333 MHz supporting a
total of 16 DDR2 DIMMs
None
Adaptec AIC9410 SAS
None
Standard not supported
only through optional
ServeRAID-8i
Two or six depending on
model
Some models have four
PCI Express x8 full-length
slots
Six
ATI Radeon 7000M 16 MB
onboard
Three
(front: one, rear: two)
PS/2
RSA II SlimLine adapter
(optional on some models)
None
3U height
Chapter 2. Product positioning
System x3850 M2 server
Maximum of four memory
cards, each with eight
DDR2 DIMM slots running
at 533 MHz supporting a
total of 32 DDR2 DIMMs
Upgradeable to support
multinode scaling with the
ScaleXpander Option Kit,
44E4249
LSI 1078 SAS
Yes (SAS x4) with the
addition of the ServeRAID
MR10k
Standard RAID-0 and
RAID-1; additional RAID
features through optional
ServeRAID-MR10k
None
Seven PCI Express x8
half-length slots
Two
ATI ES1000 16 MB
memory on RSA II
Six
(front: two, rear: three,
internal: one)
USB
RSA II PCI-X adapter
VMware ESXi integrated
hypervisor (specific model
only; for models, see
Table 1-1 on page 10)
4U height
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