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Superior performance/U in a 4-socket, 2U server

 

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Opteron 6000 series processors—up to 

32 processor cores

 in all 

 

Large cache

 — 

512KB

 of 

L2

 processor cache; 

12MB

 of 

L3

 cache (shared) in all processors 

 

64-bit extensions

 

 

HyperTransport

 

Technology

 

— High-speed access among processors, memory and I/O 

controllers 

 

Fast memory

 — Up to 

1333MHz PC3-10600 DDR III

 ECC memory access (even with 8 

DIMMs populated per processor), 

low latency

, and 

two-way interleaving

 

 

Fast disk technology

 — Integrated 

ServeRAID-M1015

 

SAS/SATA

 controller providing 

RAID-0/1/10, upgradeable to RAID-0/1/10/5/50 with SED; or integrated 

ServeRAID-M5015

 

SAS/SATA controller with 

512MB

 of 

battery-backed 

cache, providing RAID-0/1/10/5/50, 

upgradeable to RAID-6/60 with SED 

 

Fast communications

 — Integrated 

two dual-port Gigabit Ethernet

 controllers with 

TOE/ 

RDMA

 support 

 

Fast I/O

 — 

Four

 

PCIe Gen 2

 adapter slots 

Flexibility 

  High-performance configurations using 

two

 or 

four

 

Opteron

 processors 

 

Large memory capacity

 — Up to 

256GB

, using 

32

 DIMMs (in a four-processor system) 

  Up to 

eight 3.5-inch hot-swap 

SAS or SATA drives, as well as support for external iSCSI/FC 

SANs 

 

High-performance external expansion

 — 

Five

 480Mbps 

USB 2.0

 ports (two front, two rear, 

one internal for a hypervisor or tape drive) 

  Optional high-performance RAID controllers 

 

Four

 

available

 adapter slots — 

 

One

 

x16/x16

7

 

PCIe Gen 2

 slot (16GBps)  

 

Two

 

x8/x8

8

 

PCIe Gen 2

 slot (8GBps)  

 

One

 

x8/x4

9

 

PCIe Gen 2

 slots (4GBps)  

  Optional integrated 

optical

 drive 

Manageability, Serviceability and Availability 

 

IBM Systems

 

Director

 systems management software, including (among others): 

 

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

 

 

Integrated Baseboard Management Controller

 (iBMC): 

 

IPMI 2.0

 compliance, including highly secure remote power control 

 

Text console redirection

 systems management standard 

 

Active Memory protection: 

 

Advanced 

Chipkill

 ECC memory protection, and  

 

Online memory sparing

 

 

ServeRAID-M1015 

with 

RAID-1

 disk mirroring and 

RAID-10

 striped/mirrored arrays, or 

ServeRAID-M5015

 with 

RAID-1/10

/

5

/

50

 with memory-backed cache standard (model-

specific) 

  Optional

 hot-swap/redundant power supplies 

and

 cooling 

 

Light path diagnostics

 (front LED panel, drop-down light path panel) 

 

Remote presence 

capability 

 

Supports 

LDAP

 and 

SSL

 industry standards 

 

Remote KVM over IP 

 

Toolless chassis

 and 

toolless slide

 design; integrated 

Cable Management Arm

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

7

 x16 Gen 2 slots can accept x1, x4, x8, or x16 Gen 1 or Gen 2 adapters running at the adapters’ maximum throughput.

 

8

 x8 Gen 2 slots can accept x1, x4 or x8 Gen 1 or Gen 2 adapters running at the adapters’ maximum throughput.

 

9

 x4 Gen 2 slots can accept x1 or x4 Gen 1 or Gen 2 adapters running at the adapters’ maximum throughput.

 

Summary of Contents for System x3755 M3 7164

Page 1: ...adapter slots All models offer support for two or four processors and a choice of high performance hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of up to 16TB eight 3 5 inch hot swap SATA drives or 4 8TB 2 four 3 5 inch hot swap SAS drives The integrated ServeRAID SAS Serial Attach SCSI SATA Serial attach ATA controller provides hardware based RAID 0 1 10 or RAID 0 1 10 5 50 support standard ...

Page 2: ...aw Up to 256GB of high speed DDR3 system memory 64GB per processor Three available high performance adapter slots one PCIe x16 one x8 one x4 in all models Hardware based support for RAID 0 1 10 upgradeable to RAID 5 50 is provided standard in most models Other models provide RAID 0 1 10 5 50 standard upgradeable with RAID 6 60 and battery backup The five USB 2 0 ports are up to 40X faster 3 than o...

Page 3: ...ut having to visit it in person saving travel time and getting the server back up and running quickly and securely It also adds new features to those provided by IPMI 1 5 including VLAN support Serial over LAN enhanced authentication and encryption algorithms RMCP and AES and a firmware firewall Temperature controlled hot swap redundant fans adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristic...

Page 4: ... buffered memory Now a generation later DDR3 memory is even more efficient using 10 15 less energy than DDR2 memory The x3755 M3 supports up to 32 DIMMs with 8 DIMM slots assigned to each processor four memory channels with two DIMM slots and one memory controller per channel Therefore a 2 processor system is limited to 16 DIMMs Four processors are required to use all 32 DIMM slots Memory types su...

Page 5: ...s are available for added throughput and increased system availability Ultra Efficient Cooling Strategically located fans combined with efficient airflow paths provide highly effective system cooling for the x3755 M3 The server includes five hot swap fans standard These offer failover capability In addition each power supply contains a fan The system contains two cooling zones Zone 1 incorporating...

Page 6: ... operating systems to access the security features of this module TCG V1 2 compliant Five USB 2 0 ports Provides flexibility to add high speed external devices The USB 2 0 specification supports up to 480Mbps transfer rates Note Not all USB 2 0 devices are capable of achieving this rate Two ports are provided on the front of the server two are on the back and 1 is internal to support an optional f...

Page 7: ...remotely that would otherwise require a visit to each system These tasks may include such things as formatting a hard disk drive updating system firmware or deploying a Windows or Linux operating system Text and Graphical Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view system text messages and graphics over serial or LAN Predictive Failure Analysis PFA is designed to allow th...

Page 8: ...th fast 1333MHz memory access reduces memory latency and facilitates the movement of data through the processor and I O devices Note System performance depends not only on the number of processors in the server but also on the power and functionality of each processor Adding additional processors may be a cost effective way to achieve significant performance improvements Memory Memory is a signifi...

Page 9: ...rly the IBM ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID 6 60 support to the M5015 x3755 M3 Images Front View Rear View PCIe Slots Video Port HS Redundant Power Supplies USB Ports Serial Port 10 100 Ethernet Port for BMC Gb Ethernet Ports Hexagonal Ventilation Holes Status LEDs USB Ports 8 Hot Swap SAS SATA Bays Pop Out Light Path Diagnostics Panel Optional Optical Drive Light Path Diagnos...

Page 10: ...rage 22x 42x 62x 79W 65W average 6124HE via CTO Maximum power draw per core 14 4W 22x 42x 11 4W 6176SE 9 9W 6124HE 9 6W 62x HyperTransport link speed 3 2GHz coherent among processors 2 6GHz noncoherent between processors and I O of processors standard maximum 2 4 22x 42x 62x Internal L2 L3 processor cache 512B L2 per core 12MB L3 shared by all cores Chipset AMD SR5690 and SP5100 Standard memory5 1...

Page 11: ...ndard None of optical drives standard None of diskette drives standard None optional external USB Internal tape drives supported No Disk drive technology Hot swap SAS SATA Integrated disk controller 8 port SAS RAID of disk drives supported per port 1 External disk drives supported Yes via adapter Integrated RAID controller standard ServeRAID M1015 x8 PCIe no cache RAID 0 1 10 optional RAID 5 22x 4...

Page 12: ...Cable Management Arm provided standard Maximum altitude 7 000 ft 2 133 m Operating temperature range 50 95º F 10 35º C up to 3 000 ft 914 4 m 50 90º F 10 32º C 3 000 ft to 7 000 ft 914 4m to 2 133m Dimensions HWD weight 3 43 87mm H 17 56 446mm W 28 64 727 5mm D without front panel 29 4 747mm D with front panel 48 6 minimum 72 7 lb maximum 22 33 kg Operating systems supported Microsoft Windows Serv...

Page 13: ...t two rear one internal for a hypervisor or tape drive Optional high performance RAID controllers Four available adapter slots One x16 x16 7 PCIe Gen 2 slot 16GBps Two x8 x8 8 PCIe Gen 2 slot 8GBps One x8 x4 9 PCIe Gen 2 slots 4GBps Optional integrated optical drive Manageability Serviceability and Availability IBM Systems Director systems management software including among others IBM Systems Dir...

Page 14: ... Modeling Simulation 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 High Performance DB 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 3 Business Intelligence 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 Search 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 2 Content 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 Communities 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 Commerce 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 Collaboration 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 ERP SCM 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 CRM 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 Best Hosted Client 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 Point of Sale 3 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 Br...

Page 15: ...s or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in all countries in which IBM operates IBM PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some jurisdictions do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions therefore this...

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