Product Features - IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Manual

4.1 Product features

The x3690 X5 is a 2U, 2-socket, scalable system that offers up to four times the memory
capacity of current 2-socket servers. It has the following features:
Up to two sockets for Intel Xeon 6500 or Xeon 7500 processors. Depending on the
processor model, processors have four, six, or eight cores.
Memory that is implemented using high-speed PC3-10600 and PC3-8500 DDR3 memory
technology at up to 1066 MHz bus speed.
Up to 32 dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) in the base system (16 on the system
planar and 16 on an optional memory mezzanine), plus an additional 32 DIMMs with an
optional 1U MAX5 memory expansion unit, for a total of 64 DIMM sockets.
Uses Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology for processor-to-processor
connectivity and Intel and Scalable Memory Interconnect (SMI) processor-to-memory
connectivity:
– Intel QPI link topology at up to 6.4 Gbps with four QPI links per CPU
– Intel SMI link topology at up to 6.4 Gbps with four SMI links per CPU
Advanced networking capabilities with a Broadcom 5709 dual Gb Ethernet controller that
is standard in all models.
Emulex 10Gb dual-port Ethernet adapter that is standard on certain models, and optional
on all other models.
Power management savings.
Memory ProteXion with Chipkill + 1b, memory mirroring, memory sparing, Intel scalable
memory interconnect (SMI) Lane Failover, SMI Packet Retry, and SMI Clock Failover.
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)-based internal storage with RAID-0, RAID-1, or RAID-10 to
maximize throughput and ease of installation; other RAID levels with optional RAID
adapters.
Up to 16 hot-swap 2.5-inch SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and up to 8 TB of maximum
internal storage or 16 hot-swap 2.5 inch solid-state drive (SSD) HDDs up to 800 Gb. The
system includes (as standard) one HDD backplane that can hold four drives, and a second
and third backplane are optional for an additional 12 drives. Adding more than two
backplanes requires an additional SAS controller card.
New eXFlash high-I/O operations per second (IOPS) solid-state storage technology for
larger, faster databases. See 2.8, "IBM eXFlash" on page 47 for more information.
A maximum of five PCIe 2.0 slots, depending on the option order for Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI) riser card 1:
– Four x8 PCIe slots with one x4 PCIe slot, using riser card option number 60Y0329.
– One x16, two x8, and one x4 PCIe slots using riser card option number 60Y0331 for a
3/4 length adapter or option number 60Y0337 for a full-length adapter.
– Two x8 PCIe slots and one x4 PCIe slot, with no PCI riser card 1 installed.
Integrated Management Module (IMM) for enhanced systems management capabilities.
2U rack-optimized, tool-free chassis.
Rear access hot-swap redundant power supplies for easy access.
Top access hot-swap fan modules.
Figure 4-1 on page 119 shows the x3690 X5.
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