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IBM System x3950 X6
IBM Redbooks Product Guide
The IBM® System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth
generation of the IBM Enterprise X-Architecture®. It delivers fast application performance, is based on an
agile system design, and is a resilient platform that is needed for mission-critical databases, enterprise
applications, and virtualized environments.
The x3950 X6 packs numerous fault-tolerant and high-availability features into a high-density, 8U
rack-optimized lid-less package that helps reduce the space that is needed to support massive network
computing operations and simplify servicing. The x3950 X6 supports up to eight Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2
high-performance processors and up to 12 TB of memory.
Suggested use : mission-critical scalable databases, business analytics, virtualization, enterprise
applications, and cloud applications.
Figure 1. The IBM System x3950 X6
Did you know?
The x3950 X6 server employs a lid-less design where all serviceable components are front- and
rear-accessible. In addition, each major subsystem is implemented as modular "book" design, such as the
Compute Books and I/O Books. This configuration means that components are easy to upgrade and
service, which translates to greater uptime of applications to your users. The x3950 X6 offers enterprise
scalability and advanced RAS features to support the most demanding mission-critical applications that
require 24x7 operations.
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  • Page 1 IBM System x3950 X6 IBM Redbooks Product Guide The IBM® System x3950 X6 server is an eight-socket 8U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the IBM Enterprise X-Architecture®. It delivers fast application performance, is based on an agile system design, and is a resilient platform that is needed for mission-critical databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments.

  • Page 2: Key Features

    Resilient platforms maximize application uptime and promote easy integration in virtual  environments. IBM X6 servers continue to lead the way as the shift toward mission-critical scalable databases, business analytics, virtualization, enterprise applications, and cloud-computing applications accelerates. Fast application performance The server offer numerous features to boost performance: With eXFlash memory-channel storage, the server delivers up to 12.8 TB of ultra-low latency flash...
  • Page 3 Redundant bit steering, memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing for redundancy in the event of a  non-correctable memory failure. Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow  attacks when combined with a supported operating system. IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 4 Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster and stronger encryption.  IBM Systems Director® provides proactive systems management. It offers comprehensive systems  management tools that help increase uptime, reduce costs, and improve productivity through advanced server management capabilities.

  • Page 5: Locations Of Key Components And Connectors

    Locations of key components and connectors The following figure shows the front of the x3950 X6 server. Figure 2. Front view of the IBM System x3950 X6 IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 6 The following figure shows the rear of the x3950 X6 server. Figure 3. Rear view of the IBM System x3950 X6 IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 7: Standard Specifications

    DB-9 serial, and one 1 GbE RJ-45 IMM2 systems management. Internal: two USB 2.0 port for embedded hypervisor. The second video IMM2 and internal USB hypervisor ports are used only when the server is partitioned into two four-socket servers. IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 8 Components Specification Cooling IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™. Up to 20 redundant hot-swap fan packs and 10 fan zones with N+1 fan redundancy. Each fan pack includes two counter-rotated dual-motor fans. Power supply Up to eight redundant hot-swap 900 W AC or 1400 W AC power supplies (all 80 PLUS Platinum certified).

  • Page 9: Standard Models

    † x in the Machine Type Model (MTM) represents a country-specific letter (for example, the EMEA MTM is 3837-BAG, and the US MTM is 3837-BAU). Ask an IBM representative for specifics. ** Processor detail: Processor quantity and model, cores, core speed, L3 cache, and TDP.

  • Page 10: Processor Options

    The x3950 X6 supports four, six, or eight Compute Books. Other combinations are not supported. Each Compute Book is installed in the front of the server, as shown in the following figure. Figure 4. Compute Book IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 11 Intel Xeon E7-8890 v2 15C 2.8GHz 37.5MB 155W 4, 6, 8 44X4026 A4BG Intel Xeon E7-8891 v2 10C 3.2GHz 37.5MB 155W 4, 6, 8 44X4006 A4BC Intel Xeon E7-8893 v2 6C 3.4GHz 37.5MB 155W 4, 6, 8 IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 12: Memory Options

    Memory options IBM DDR3 memory is compatibility tested and tuned for optimal IBM System x® performance and throughput. IBM memory specifications are integrated into the light path diagnostics for immediate system performance feedback and optimum system uptime. From a service and support standpoint, IBM memory automatically assumes the IBM system warranty, and IBM provides service and support worldwide.
  • Page 13 The server also supports IBM eXFlash DIMMs, which are also installed in the DIMM slots. The "IBM  eXFlash memory-channel storage" section describes these eXFlash DIMMs and the configuration rules. The following table shows the characteristics of the supported DIMMs. Tables cells that are highlighted with a gray background indicate that the server supports higher memory frequencies or larger memory capacity (or both) than the Intel processor specification defines.

  • Page 14: Ibm Exflash Memory-Channel Storage

    IBM eXFlash memory-channel storage are storage offerings in the physical form of memory DIMMs. These IBM eXFlash DIMMs are installed in memory DIMM sockets but appear to the operating system and applications as block storage devices. This new and innovative technology brings storage electrically closer to the processor subsystem, therefore improving performance considerably.

  • Page 15: Internal Storage

    Eight processors: 32 eXFlash DIMMs Internal storage The server supports 1.8-inch solid-state drives in the IBM eXFlash SSD units and 2.5-inch SSDs and HDDs. Drives are installed in the Storage Book. The x3950 X6 has two Storage Books. The Storage Book supports the following configurations: 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays...
  • Page 16 X6 44X4104 A4A6 IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane 44X4106 A4A7 IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane The backplanes are connected to one or two RAID controllers or HBAs depending on the number and type of backplane that is installed.

  • Page 17: Controllers For Internal Storage

    Backplanes required Controllers needed 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 1x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 2x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104 1 or 2 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays + 1x IBM 4x 2.5"...
  • Page 18 PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface  Based on the LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps controller  For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks® Product Guides in the RAID adapters category at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 19: Internal Drive Options

    S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD 2.5" NL SAS HS HDDs 00AJ121 A4TT IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD 00AJ086 A4TU IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5'' G3HS HDD 2.5" NL SATA HS HDDs...

  • Page 20: Internal Backup Units

    X6 2.5" SAS HS SEDs 00AJ116 A4U2 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS SED 00AJ106 A4TY IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS SED 00AJ101 A4TZ IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS SED 00AJ076 A4U0 IBM 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5"...

  • Page 21: I/O Expansion Options

    Optional I/O Books can be either of: Half-length I/O Book:  Two PCIe 3.0 x8 slots (x8 wired) One PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (x16 wired) Full-length I/O Book:  Two PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 wired) One PCIe 2.0 x8 slot (x4 wired) IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 22 Table 11. Adapters that support hot swap Part number Feature code Description 00D8540 A4XH Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA IIIr for IBM System x 49Y7960 A2EC Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for IBM System x 49Y7970 A2ED...
  • Page 23 The auxiliary power connectors are as follows: One 2x4 power connector, which supplies up to 150 W of additional power to the adapter  One 2x3 power connector, which supplies up to 75 W of additional power to the adapter  IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 24 I/O Book, when installed, adds a 76 mm (3 in.) mechanical extension to the base length dimension of the chassis. The following figure shows a Full-length I/O Book and a Half-length I/O Book that are installed in the server. Figure 12. Optional I/O Books that are installed (x3850 X6 shown) IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 25: Network Adapters

    Intel I350-AM4 ASIC  Four RJ45 ports for copper cables  For more information about this adapter, see the IBM Redbooks Product Guide found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1155.html?Open The following table lists the supported ML2 adapters. Table 13. ML2 adapters...
  • Page 26 00D9550 A3PN Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE / FDR IB VPI Adapter for IBM System x For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Networking adapters category found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=networkadapters IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 27: Storage Host Bus Adapters

    Brocade 8 Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x 46C9010 A3MV N2125 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Host bus adapters category found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=hba IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 28: Pcie Ssd Adapters

    IBM 1.2TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter 90Y4397 A3DZ IBM 2.4TB High IOPS MLC Duo Adapter For more information, about these adapters, see the IBM Redbooks Product Guide IBM High IOPS MLC Adapters , TIPS0907, found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0907.html?Open GPU adapters The server supports the co-processors and graphics processing units (GPUs) that are listed in the following table.

  • Page 29: Power Supplies

    BAx, CAx, CCx 88Y7433 A2EA IBM 750W High Efficiency -48 V DC Power Supply 8 An AC power supply ships standard with one 2.8 m C13 - C14 power cord. Integrated virtualization The server supports VMware ESXi that is installed on a USB memory key. The key is installed in a USB socket that is on the primary I/O book inside the server.

  • Page 30: Systems Management

    Systems management The server contains IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2), which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and an alerting function. If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails, the IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem.

  • Page 31: Physical And Electrical Specifications

    Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA) (approximately):  Minimum configuration: 0.16 kVA Maximum configuration: 1.7 kVA BTU output:  Minimum configuration: 546 Btu/hr (160 watts) Maximum configuration: 10,912 Btu/hr (3,200 watts) Noise level:  6.6 bels (operating) 6.4 bels (idle) IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 32: Warranty Options

    Warranty options The IBM System x3950 X6 has a three-year onsite warranty with 9x5/next business day terms. IBM offers the warranty service upgrades through IBM ServicePac offerings. IBM ServicePac is a series of prepackaged warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

  • Page 33: Regulatory Compliance

    Russia/GOST ME01, IEC-60950-1, GOST R 51318.22, GOST R 51318.24, GOST R 51317.3.2, and  GOST R 51317.3.3 IEC 60950-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)  CE Mark (EN55022 Class A, EN60950-1, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, and EN61000-3-3)  CISPR 22, Class A  TUV-GS (EN60950-1 /IEC60950-1, EK1-ITB2000)  IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 34: External Disk Storage Expansion

    ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller. The server can also be attached to supported external storage systems, such as the IBM System Storage® DS3500 series, by using a supported HBA (see the earlier "Storage HBA" section). The following table shows the RAID controllers and options for external disk storage expansion.
  • Page 35 The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller supports connectivity to the IBM System Storage external expansion enclosures that are listed in the following table. Up to nine expansion enclosures can be daisy-chained per one M5120 external port. For better performance, distribute expansion enclosures evenly across both M5120 ports.

  • Page 36: External Disk Storage Systems

    The following table lists the external storage systems that are supported by the server and can be ordered through the System x sales channel. The server might support other IBM disk systems that are not listed in this table. For more information, see the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center found at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic.

  • Page 37: External Backup Units

    IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive 44E8895 IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive 49Y9898 IBM Half High LTO Gen 5 Internal SAS Tape Drive 00D8924 IBM Half High LTO Ultrium Gen 6 Internal SAS Tape Drive IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 38 * Note: The external tape drives that are listed can be ordered through the System x sales channel. The server might support other IBM tape drives that are not listed in this table. For more information, see the IBM System Storage Interoperability Center.

  • Page 39: Top-Of-Rack Ethernet Switches

    Top-of-rack Ethernet switches The server supports the top-of-rack Ethernet switches from IBM System Networking that are listed in the following table. Table 28. IBM System Networking - Top-of-rack switches Part number Description IBM System Networking - 1 Gb top-of-rack switches 0446013 IBM System Networking RackSwitch™...

  • Page 40: Uninterruptible Power Supply Units

    IBM 6000VA LCD 4U Rack UPS (230 V) 53959KX IBM 11000VA LCD 5U Rack UPS (200V/208V/230V) For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Power infrastructure category found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=power IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 41: Power Distribution Units

    Switched and Monitored PDUs 46M4002 IBM 1U 9 C19/3 C13 Active Energy Manager DPI PDU 46M4003 IBM 1U 9 C19/3 C13 Active Energy Manager 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4004 IBM 1U 12 C13 Active Energy Manager DPI PDU 46M4005 IBM 1U 12 C13 Active Energy Manager 60A 3 Phase PDU...
  • Page 42 IBM 0U 12 C19/12 C13 60A 3 Phase PDU 46M4143 IBM 0U 12 C19/12 C13 32A 3 Phase PDU For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Power infrastructure category found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=power...

  • Page 43: Rack Cabinets

    IBM 42U 1100mm Dynamic Expansion Rack 93634PX IBM 42U 1100mm Dynamic Rack For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Rack cabinets and options category found at the following address: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=rack IBM System x3950 X6...

  • Page 44: Rack Options

    IBM USB Conversion Option (4 Pack UCO) 46M5383 5341 IBM Virtual Media Conversion Option Gen2 (VCO2) 46M5382 5340 IBM Serial Conversion Option (SCO) For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Rack cabinets and options category: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=rack IBM System x3950 X6...
  • Page 45 IBM Global Financing IBM Global Financing can help you obtain the IT solution that you need while preserving funding for other strategic investments and optimizing cash flow. Our Fair Market Value (FMV) lease helps ensure that you have the latest IBM technology and with our mid-lease upgrade capability, you can increase the capacity of the system with little to no change in monthly payments.

  • Page 46: Related Publications And Links

    IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 product page  http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/rack/x3850X6/index.html ServerProven hardware compatibility page for the x3850 X6 and x3950 X6  http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/xseries/3837.html IBM Redbooks Product Guides for IBM System x servers and options  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pgbycat Configuration and Option Guide  http://www.ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/ xREF - IBM System x Reference Sheets ...
  • Page 47 Web sites. The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk.IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you.
  • Page 48 Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. LTO, Ultrium, the LTO Logo and the Ultrium logo are trademarks of HP, IBM Corp. and Quantum in the U.S. and other countries.

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