Ultradense 2U, 4-socket server | - Helps provide a power- and space-efficient 4-socket solution with a rich set of features in a 2U form factor
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Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 v2 product family:- Scales up to four processors in the single system
- 4-, 6-, 8-, 10- or 12-core processors
- 70 W, 95 W, 115 W or 130 W
- Up to 30 MB cache per CPU
- Integrated PCIe 3.0
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
- Hyper-Threading Technology
| - Choice of nine different Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors to match your business, technical and financial need.
- Boost in performance with the latest Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors (up to 12 cores per processor)
- Pay as you grow with a 2+2 design, lets you start as a 2-socket system and grow into a 4-socket system
- Very strong compute-intensive performance.
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PCI Slots Up to eight next-generation PCIe 3.0 I/O slots for system expansion.- Five x8 low profile (half-height/half-length)
- Three (x8) (full-height/half-length) or one (x16) and one (x8) on riser expansions
- Embedded SAS controller
| - Extensive I/O bandwidth for greater performance and productivity
- Helps deliver double the bandwidth of PCIe 2.0 with reduced latency
- 5+3 PCI pay-as-you-grow expansion provides better networking flexibility and scalability
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Storage:- Support for up to 16 small form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives on a single SAS controller
- Support for up to sixteen 2.5-inch solid state drives (SSDs)
- Support for up to thirty-two 1.8-inch eXFlash SSDs
| - Helps increase performance with 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives
- Up to 19.2 TB of storage capacity on 2.5-inch HDD models
- Consolidate server design optimized for storage-intensive workloads
- Enhanced performance with up to thirty-two 1.8-inch eXFlash High IOPS SSDs*
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Networking- Mezzanine LOM socket
- Choice of 1 GbE or 10 GbE Mezzanine LOM cards
| - 10 GbE networking with fiber or copper network options to support your switching requirements.
- Mezzanine LOM socket does not take away a valuable PCI slot
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Memory- DDR3 RDIMM, LRDIMM memory
- Three DIMMs per channel maximum
- Up to 48 DIMM slots with processor/memory expansion
- Up to 1333 MHz DIMM with three LRDIMM or three RDIMM per channel†
- Up to 1866 MHz DIMM with two LRDIMM or two RDIMM per channel
| - A new generation of high-performance memory matches the speed of the Intel Xeon E5-4600 v2 series processors to optimize throughput
- Fast memory bandwidth with ability to run two RDIMMs or LRDIMMs per channel at 1866 MHz
- Up to 1.5 TB* of memory capacity with the load reduction memory 32 GB LRDIMM
- Support for 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB RDIMM
- Support for 32 GB LRDIMM
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RAID- Integrated Gen3 SAS RAID controller on the motherboard
- RAID-0, -1, -10 standard
- RAID-5, -50 upgrades (1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB) and Feature on Demand (FoD)
- RAID-6, -60 upgrade (1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB) and FoD
| - High-speed 6 Gbps interface RAID support for improved performance
- Advanced RAID protection can deliver advanced high availability to your HDDs efficiently without sacrificing performance
- The new Flash technology helps extend the useful life to nearly seven years versus a typical one-year replacement for batteries
- Common RAID management tool across System x® portfolio
- FoD helps you upgrade RAID- 5, -50 or -6, -60 without opening the chassis
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Power and Cooling- Choice of 750 W (DC), 900 W or 1400 W dual power supplies
- Fully redundant power with 230 V ac input
- With 115 V ac, power is redundant to 900 W configurations
- Six hot-swap, dual-rotor high-speed fans
| - Help increase system and application uptime by reducing a potential point of failure with a second power supply
- Hot-swap dual-rotor cooling fans help maintain a healthy system by keeping internal components cool and help keep your business-critical applications running safely
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Predictive Failure Analysis and drop-down light path diagnostics panel | - Helps give information about a failing component without having to open the chassis and without interrupting system operation
- Expedites hardware repairs to help dramatically reduce service time
- Helps provide a lighted path to the failing component inside the system
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Energy efficiency | - 80 PLUS® Platinum at high voltage AC
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IBM Integrated Management Module 2 (IMM2) | - Helps increase server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
- Remote presence can provide for around-the-clock remote management capabilities and give information about a failing component without interrupting system operation
- Enables the ability to feature-on-demand upgrades for RAID and networking through a simple user interface and no additional hardware‡
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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ | - Helps provide robust systems management tools
- Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity with advanced server management capabilities
- Allows continuous near-real-time monitoring, measuring and management of power consumption
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Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) | - Common across all IBM servers, this new BIOS is easier to configure and deploy
- Helps provide more functionality than legacy BIOS and facilitates greater manageability through a common infrastructure for managing all machines
- Server efficiency can be improved by a faster boot, and restart of OS Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 helps enable advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation
- CRTM for secure-rich boot
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Support for the VMware vSphere and USB keys (optional) | - Innovative, thin hypervisor architecture is operating system-independent and designed to optimize virtualization performance
- Integrated into server hardware to help provide compatible, pretested and optimized hardware configurations
- Optimized for remote management tools and industry-standard protocols such as CIM
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Security capabilities | - ServeRAID with leadership disk encryption to help protect your data
- Trusted platform module technology
- Secure Key and OS Guard SMEP for faster, more secure encryption and protection against malware
- Advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation
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IBM ServerGuide software | - Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers
- Gets your server up and running faster
- Simplifies installation and configuration of your System x servers
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Warranty | - 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9x5, service upgrades available
- Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time
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