IBM System x3690 X5
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Standard specifications
Table 1. Standard specifications
Components
Specification
Form
factor/height
Rack/2U per chassis; MAX5 adds 1U
Processor
(max)
Machine type 7147: Intel Xeon E7-2800, E7-4800 and E7-8800 families, up to 10 cores
Number of
processors
1 or 2 standard (model dependent), 2 maximum
Cache (max)
Up to 30 MB
Memory DIMM
sockets
Up to 64 DIMM sockets:
16 on the system planar
32 total with optional memory mezzanine
64 total with optional MAX5 and memory mezzanine
Memory
maximums
Up to 2 TB of RAM using all 32 GB DIMMs:
512 GB without the memory mezzanine
1 TB total with the memory mezzanine populated
2 TB total with the memory mezzanine and MAX5 populated
Expansion slots Up to 5 PCIe 2.0 slots depending on the riser cards used
Disk bays
Up to 16x 2.5-inch SAS hot-swap bays; or
Up to 24x 1.8-inch SSD hot-swap bays
Optical drive
Optional
Maximum
internal storage
16 TB per chassis (using 1 TB 2.5-inch NL SAS drives)
Network
interface
2x 1 Gb Ethernet ports, based on the Broadcom BCM5709C controller.
2x 10 Gb Ethernet ports (standard on some models, optional on the others)
1x Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 (standard on some workload-optimized
models)
Power supply
(std/max)
1 / 4 - 675 W 220 V
Hot-swap
components
Power supplies, fans, hard disk drives
RAID support
Most models: ServeRAID M1015 controller standard supporting RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 50.
Systems
management
Alert on LAN 2, automatic server restart, IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide, IMM, light path
diagnostics (independently powered), predictive failure analysis on hard disk drives,
processors, VRMs, fans and memory, Wake on LAN, dynamic system analysis
Operating
systems
supported
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions 64-bit),
64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux® and SUSE Enterprise Linux, (Server and Advanced Server),
VMware vSphere
Limited
warranty
3-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty
Dimensions
Height: 86 mm (3.5 inches, 2U), depth: 698 mm (27.4 inches), width: 429 mm (16.8 inches)
Weight
31.3 kg (69 lb) when fully configured
