IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement
IBM System x3650 M2 server features new Intel Xeon
5500 Series processors with new microarchitecture
design featuring Quick Path Interconnect (QPI)
technology
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Power, scalability, control, and serviceability for dynamic Web-serving and On
Demand Business applications:
• Ultra-thin, high-availability, rack-optimized, 2U platform
• Powerful Intel® Xeon® 5500 series dual- or quad-core processor with new
Intel Xeon 5500 series processors with new microarchitecture design featuring
Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) technology
• 2, 4, or 8 GB of high-speed DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory; sixteen
DIMM slots that support up to 128 GB maximum memory with 8 GB optional
DIMMs
• Support for up to twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA HDDs or SSDs
• Four PCI-Express x8 Gen 2 slots
- 2 x8 - Full length, full height.
- 1 x8 - Half length, full height.
- 1 x8 - Low Profile.
- 4 x8 are convertible to 2 x16 via optional risers.
- All 4 x8 slots are convertible to 2 x16 via optional risers.
• Optional support for PCI-X adapters with optional PCI-X 64-bit riser
• 675-watt, auto-ranging power supply
• Integrated systems management processor
• Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet ports (standard) for high I/O capacity, plus two
additional GbE ports (option) with failover capability
IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Hardware Announcement ZG09-0169
ZG09-0169, dated March 30, 2009
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