A highly available and expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket SMP server, for application
serving in Web environments
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x3550 Specifications
Length of limited warranty
3 years (parts and labor)
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The Bottom Line
The x3550 is an extremely powerful system, incorporating leading-edge industry-standard
features and adding IBM-unique innovations:
Price/Performance
•
High-throughput processors
—
1.6
to
3.16GHz
quad-core
or
1.6
to
3.0GHz
dual-core
Xeon processors; up to
8
(quad-core) or
4
(dual-core)
processor cores
total
•
Energy-efficient low-voltage processors
—
50W quad-core
and
65W dual-core
Xeon
processors
•
Large cache
—
12MB
,
8MB
,
6MB
or
4MB
of L2 processor cache
•
64-bit extensions
(EM64T)
•
Leading-edge front-side bus
—
1333MHz
or
1066MHz
FSB (model-specific)
•
Fast memory
—
Fully buffered
667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II
ECC memory standard with
two-
way
or
four-way interleaving
•
Fast disk technology
— Integrated
SAS
controller and slotless hardware-based
RAID-0
data
striping and
RAID-10
striped/mirrored arrays, or
SATA
controller (model-specific)
•
Fast communications
— Integrated
dual Gigabit Ethernet
controllers, supporting
Jumbo
Frames
and
TOE
•
Fast I/O
—
PCI-E
x8
adapter slots
Flexibility
•
Large memory capacity
— Up to
32GB
of
fully buffered memory
, using
8
DIMMs
•
The choice of
two 3.5-inch
or
four 2.5-inch hot-swap
SAS drives, or
two 3.5-inch simple-
swap
SATA II drives
•
Choice of disk storage
— Up to
2TB
of internal SATA II storage,
600GB
of internal SAS
storage (
3.5
-inch), or
587.2GB
of internal SAS storage (
2.5
-inch)
•
High-performance external expansion
—
Six
480Mbps
USB 2.0
ports (two front, four rear)
•
Hardware-based
RAID-0/1/10
support standard (in SAS models); optional slotless RAID
support for
RAID-1E/5/6
•
Two
available
adapter slots —
Two
x8
10
PCI-E
slots (4GBps)
An optional riser card containing
one
133MHz PCI-X
slot can replace the riser card
containing one of the PCI-E slots
•
Integrated
DVD/CD-RW
combo drive
•
Two video ports
(one on the front and one on the back)
•
Optional
iSCSI HBA Adapter for IXA Connectivity
(to System i
™
/iSeries
™
servers)
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability
•
IBM Director
systems management software, including:
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
IBM Management Processor Assistant
IBM Rack Manager
IBM RAID Manager
IBM Update Assistant
IBM Software Distribution
IBM System Availability
•
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
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For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 800-772-2227 in the U.S. In Canada call 800-
426-2255. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services including those designated as
ServerProven or ClusterProven. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a
technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in
which this product is sold.
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The x8 slots can accept x1, x4, or x8 adapters running at x1, x4, or x8 throughput, respectively.
