Key Features - IBM 7947E5U Product Manual

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Key Features

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• Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts. Similarly,
the Virtual Media Key and the ServeRAID controller can be installed and replaced without
tools. This means less time (and therefore less money) spent servicing the x3650 M2.
Additionally, hot-swap/redundant HDDs, fan modules and power supplies, as well as
online mirrored memory, mean greater system uptime while these components are being
serviced.
• New toolless slides ship with the server, together with a Cable Management Arm (CMA),
that allows the rack server to easily slide into place
• IBM Thermal Diagnostics allows the administrator to evaluate thermal data on the server
without taking the hardware offline. This can provide greater server uptime.
• The drop-down light path diagnostics panel and individual light path LEDs quickly lead the
technician to failed (or failing) components. This simplifies servicing, speeds up problem
resolution and helps improve network availability.
• Integrated 3Gbps or 6 Gbps RAID controller to enhance system availability and data
protection without using a PCIe slot.
• IPMI 2.0 supports highly secure remote system power control using data encryption. This
allows an administrator to restart a server without having to visit it in person, saving travel time
and getting the server back up and running quickly and securely. It also adds new features to
those provided by IPMI 1.5, including VLAN support, Serial over LAN, enhanced
authentication and encryption algorithms (RMCP+, SHA-1, AES) and a firmware firewall.
• Altitude- and temperature-controlled fans adjust to compensate for changing thermal
characteristics. At the lower speeds they draw less power and suffer less wear. Equally
important in a crowded data center, temperature-controlled fans produce less ambient noise in
the data center than if they were constantly running at full speed.
• The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty
and greater investment protection than a one-year warranty does.
High-Performance Xeon 5500 Series Processors
The x3650 M2 supports up to two high-performance Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors, allowing
you to upgrade to a second processor as your business needs require. The x3650 M2 offers a
choice of processor clock rates, memory access speeds and energy draw, including:
• 95W four-core Xeon models X5550, X5560, or X5570 running at 2.66, 2.8, or 293GHz,
respectively, with impressive performance/watt (23.75W per core; 6.4Gtbps QPI speed), 8MB
of L3 processor cache, 1333MHz memory access, and Intel Turbo Boost technology
• 60W four-core Xeon low-voltage models or L5530* running at 2.26GHz or 2.4GHz,
respectively, with low power draw and impressive performance/watt (only 15W per core;
5.86Gtps QPI speed), and 8MB of shared L3 cache, 1066MHz memory access, and Intel
Turbo Boost technology
• 80W four-core Xeon models E5520, E5530, or E5540 running at 2.26, 2.4, or 2.53GHz,
respectively, with reduced power draw and impressive performance/watt (only 20W per core;
5.86Gtps QPI speed), 8MB of L3 processor cache, 1066MHz memory access, and Intel Turbo
Boost technology
• 60W four-core Xeon low-voltage model L5506 running at 2.13GHz, with low power draw and
impressive performance/watt (only 15W per core; 4.8Gtps QPI speed), 4MB of L3 processor
cache, and 800MHz memory access
• 80W four-core Xeon models E5504 or E5506 running at 2.0 or 2.13GHz, respectively, with
reduced power draw and impressive performance/watt (only 20W per core; 4.8Gtps QPI
speed), 4MB of L3 processor cache, and 800MHz memory access
• 80W two-core Xeon model E5502 running at 1.86GHz, with reduced power draw (40W per
core; 4.8Gtps QPI speed), 4MB of L3 processor cache and 800MHz memory access
With the Xeon 5500 Series processors, Intel has diverged from its traditional Symmetric
Multiprocessing (SMP) architecture to a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture. The
Xeon 5500 processors are connected through a serial coherency link called QuickPath
Interconnect (QPI). QPI is capable of 6.4, 5.6 or 4.8 GT/s (gigatransfers per second), depending
on the processor model.
Two-core Xeon processors contain two complete processor cores; four-core processors,
similarly, contain four cores. Some processors contain one unified cache shared by all cores,
while other processors have multiple independent caches (one per pair of cores). The shared
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helps afford you peace of mind
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