IBM System x3650 M4 HD
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Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components
Specification
Form factor
2U rack.
Processor
Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family CPUs. Two QPI links up to 8.0 GTps
each. Up to 1866 MHz memory speed.
Twelve cores up to 2.7 GHz and 30 MB L3 cache
Ten cores up to 3.0 GHz and 25 MB L3 cache
Eight cores up to 3.3 GHz and 25 MB L3 cache
Six cores up to 3.5 GHz and 25 MB L3 cache
Four cores up to 3.5 GHz and 15 MB L3 cache
Chipset
Intel C602J.
Memory
Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs, UDIMMs, and LRDIMMs (Load
Reduced DIMMs) are supported, but memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to
1866 MHz.
Memory
maximums
With RDIMMs: Up to 384 GB with 24x 16 GB RDIMMs and two processors.
With UDIMMs: Up to 128 GB with 16x 8 GB UDIMMs and two processors.
With LRDIMMs: Up to 768 GB with 24x 32 GB LRDIMMs and two processors.
Memory
protection
ECC, Chipkill, memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing.
Disk drive bays
Up to 26x 2.5-inch hot-swap bays supporting HDDs or SSDs (24 bays front accessible and 2
bays rear accessible); or 16x 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs (front) plus 16x 1.8-inch SSDs (front
accessible).
Maximum
internal storage
Up to 26 TB with 26x 1 TB NL SAS HDDs. Up to 16 TB HDD storage with 16x 1 TB NL SAS
HDDs + 8 TB SSD storage with 16x 512 GB SSDs (24 TB total). An intermix of SAS/SATA is
supported.
RAID support
RAID 0, 1, and 10 with integrated ServeRAID M5210e. Optional upgrades to RAID 5 and 50 are
available with zero-cache, 1 GB cache without battery, or 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB flash-backed
cache. Optional upgrade to RAID 6 or 60.
Optical drive
bays
None.
Tape drive bays None.
Network
interfaces
Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (RJ-45): Two embedded 10 Gb Ethernet
ports (10GBASE-T RJ-45 or 10GBASE-SR SFP+ based) on an optional 10 Gb Ethernet
mezzanine card (does not use a PCIe slot).
PCI Expansion
slots
Up to six slots depending on the riser cards that are installed. The slots are as follows:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, full-length
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length
Slot 4: Optional, requires second processor and second riser card
Slot 5: Optional, requires second processor and second riser card
Slot 6: Optional, requires second processor and second riser card
Optional riser cards available through CTO with PCIe x8 or PCIe x16 or PCI-X slots. Slots 1 and
2 can be replaced with two 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays through CTO.
