Notices And Statements In This Document; Server Features And Specifications - IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual

The server might have features that are not described in the documentation that
you received with the server. The documentation might be updated occasionally to
include information about those features, or technical updates might be available
to provide additional information that is not included in the server documentation.
These updates are available from the IBM website. To check for updates, go to
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.

Notices and statements in this document

The caution and danger statements in this document are also in the multilingual
Safety Information document, which is on the IBM Documentation CD. Each
statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in your
language in the Safety Information document.
The following notices and statements are used in this document:
v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you
v Attention: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or data.
v Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous
v Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or

Server features and specifications

Use this information for an overview of the server features and specifications.
The following information is a summary of the features and specifications of the
4-socket server, unless otherwise specified. Depending on the model, some features
might not be available, or some specifications might not apply.
Microprocessor (depending on the model):
avoid inconvenient or problem situations.
An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which
damage might occur.
to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
v The server supports up to four (4-socket server) or eight (8-socket
server) Intel Xeon
microprocessors.
v Up to fifteen-core Turbo 2.0 with up to 37.5 MB cache shared among
cores
v Up to 37.5 MB Level-3 cache
v Two QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links with the following:
– Operating speeds of up to 8 gigatransfers (GT) per second
Note: Link speed can range from 6.4 GT/s, 7.2 GT/s, or 8 GT/s
– Three QPI links per microprocessor (depending on the
microprocessor)
– Two 20-lane point-to-point data links (one in each direction) per QPI
link
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