Introducing The X3850 X5 And X3950 X6 - Lenovo System x3850 X6 Quick Start Manual

Introducing the x3850 X5 and x3950 X6

The Lenovo X6 product portfolio represents the sixth generation of servers that are built upon
Enterprise X-Architecture. Enterprise X-Architecture is the culmination of generations of
Lenovo technology and innovation that is derived from the experience in high-end enterprise
servers. Now, with the X6 servers, scalable systems can be expanded on demand and
configured by using a building block approach that optimizes system design for your workload
requirements. These servers scale to more processor cores, memory, and I/O than previous
systems, enabling them to handle greater workloads than the systems that they supersede.
Power efficiency and server density are optimized, making them affordable to own and
operate.
The Lenovo System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 servers deliver fast application performance
thanks to an innovative scalable design and new storage technology that is designed to
optimize overall solution performance. The X6 servers are the first servers designed and
optimized for eXFlash memory-channel storage. With eXFlash memory-channel storage, they
can deliver up to 12.8 TB of ultra-low latency flash storage. With the new Intel Xeon processor
E7-4800 v2 and E7-8800 v2 product families, the x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 servers can deliver
up to 6.0 TB or 12 TB of memory and 60 or 120 cores of processing power, respectively.
Figure 1 shows the x3850 X6 server.
Figure 1 x3850 X6 server
The x3850 X6 server has the following key characteristics:
Up to four Intel Xeon processor E7-4800 v2 or E7-8800 v2 product family processors
Up to 96 DIMM slots (24 DIMM slots per processor) for up to 6 TB of memory (using
64 GB DIMMs)
Up to 1600 MHz DDR3 memory speeds and up to 2667 MHz SMI2 link speeds
Up to 12.8 TB of eXFlash memory-channel storage
Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives or up to 16 1.8-inch hot-swap solid-state drives
(SSDs)
Support for 12 Gbps serial-attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity for the internal storage
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Lenovo System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Quick Start Guide