IBM System x3630 M3 Specification

A cost-optimized storage-rich alternative to traditional enterprise 2U dual-socket servers

Product Guide

February 2011
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview 1
Selling Features 2
Key Features 4
Key Options 11
x3630 M3 Images 13
x3630 M3 Specifications 14
The Bottom Line 17
Server Comparison 18
For More Information 19
Legal Information 19
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2U storage-rich server packed with innovation
Suggested Uses: Web 2.0 applications like online gaming, video/photo sharing, mail serving,
community, messaging, web search, file/print, backup, imagery, and transactional data server.
In today's tough economic environment, your challenge is to do more with less-serve more Web
pages, handle more secure connections, support more e-mail users, and do it all on a tight
budget. You need to reduce the costs of doing business and improve the service you deliver to
your customers while lowering your overall risk. The dual-socket IBM
reduce your costs by combining traditional enterprise server features with an energy-smart
design, budget-conscious features, and huge storage capacity. It can improve service with
reduced operational complexity and increased management functionality. It can lower your IT risk
with the resiliency that comes from hot-swap/redundant features. It offers abundant, high-
performance local storage without the cost or complexity of going external, in only 2U of rack
space. And like all IBM servers, the x3630 M3 offers you the trust that comes from the IBM global
reach, service and support.
The x3630 M3 is a game-changing rack storage server that uses significantly less power than
previous generations, with unified systems management tools; high reliability, availability, and
serviceability features; and broad system flexibility, housed in a compact 2U mechanical
package.
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The x3630 M3 features Intel Xeon
2-core processors, with up to 12MB of shared L3 cache, to provide you with the computing
power you need to match your business needs and growth. The new line of Intel processors
delivers unprecedented intelligent performance with features like adaptive performance for
applications and environments, Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper-Threading Technology, and
integrated power gates and automated power management.
The x3630 M3 supports up to 12 DIMMs / 192GB of RDIMM 1333MHz DDR3 memory and
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provides Chipkill ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection-for high performance and
reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3630 M3 also offers memory mirroring.
Two integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports are included, as are two high-performance
PCIe adapter slots. The x3630 M3 offers an optional embedded hypervisor to manage your
virtual workloads.
Some System x3630 M3 models support up to 14 hot-swap 3.5-inch Serial-Attached SCSI
(SAS) or Serial-Attached ATA (SATA) HDDs with an internal storage capacity of up to 28TB.
Other models support up to 28 hot-swap 2.5-inch SAS (16.8TB) or SATA (14TB) drives. The
servers offer a choice of several IBM ServeRAID
hardware-based RAID solutions.
The ultra-dense 2U form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and spread
their workload without outgrowing their current data center. Up to 21 of these 2U servers can be
installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to 42 processors, 252 processor cores (and 504
threads), offering tremendous deployment flexibility.
The x3630 M3 includes an Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables the user to
manage and control the server easily-both locally and remotely. The IMM offers a high level of
manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up-even when network
usage increases. The IMM helps maximize network availability by increasing uptime, as do
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Active Memory protection, hot-swap/redundant SAS or SATA HDDs, hot-swap/redundant
ultra-efficient power supplies and redundant fan modules; integrated RAID; temperature-
controlled fans; IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control and Serial
over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.
Another improvement with the new generation of X-Architecture is the replacement of old BIOS
with a new generation United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI provides a more
intuitive user interface and understandable event logs and better management.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as the IMM, IBM Systems
IBM System x3630 M3
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5600 series 6-core and 4-core, and 5500 series 4-core and
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storage controllers that provide broad levels of
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System x3630 M3 can
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