Features & benefits
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High-performance, energy-smart Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processor with up to 8-cores and 20 MB L3 cache per processor socket | - Boost performance with the latest Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors
- Enhanced technology with improved power and thermal management
- PCIe support integrated within the processor for lower latency and power usage with increased total capacity and bandwidth
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Two ultra-fast DIMMs per channel at 1333/1600 MHz, with up to12 DIMMs of DDR3 UDIMM/RDIMM memory | - A new generation of high-performance memory matches the speed of the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors to optimize throughput
- Improved application performance with interleaved memory
- Faster memory bandwidth with the ability to run two DIMMs per channel at 1333/1600 MHz
- Save up to an additional 10% on your memory power budget with 1.35V memory
- The new load-reduced memory support for maximum memory capacity*
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Support for up to 16 small form factor (SFF) 2.5-inch hot-swap or 8 large form factor (LFF) 3.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs (model dependent) | - Flexible selection of storage interface with support for both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HDDs
- Reduce cost with large capacity 3.5-inch SATA drives and increase performance with 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives
- Up to 16 TB of internal data storage capacity with 2.5-inch models and up to 32 TB with the 3.5-inch models
- Easy field upgrade flexibility to increase the number of drives from four to eight for 3.5-inch drives and from eight to sixteen for the 2.5-inch drives.
- Enhanced performance and reliability with 2.5-inch solid state drives (SSDs)
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Optional integrated 6 Gbps hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 with optional upgrade to -5, -50, -6, -60 with cache and battery or flash and supercap | - High-speed 6 Gbps interface RAID support for improved performance
- Advanced RAID protection provides high availability for your HDDs efficiently without sacrificing performance
- The new Flash technology extends the useful life to nearly seven years, versus a typical one year replacement for battery
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Integrated 3 Gbps software RAID-0, -1, -10 standard | - Helps safeguard your valuable data and enhances availability with low cost of ownership
- Integrated hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 controllers available for more advanced RAID
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Up to six PCIe slots, (five PCIe slots standard) | - Extensive I/O bandwidth for greater performance and productivity
- Scale up to six I/O slots by upgrading to a second processor
- Have up to four Intel integrated PCIe 3.0 specification slots
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Optional PCI-X slot | - Enables you to continue using legacy PCI-X adapters while you transition to the PCIe standard
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Optional redundant cooling and hot-swap, redundant power | - Eliminates potential downtime by maintaining system availability if a power supply needs to be replaced
- Easy simple-swap cooling design for fast replacement as required
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IBM Integrated management module II (IMM2) | - Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and proactively notifying you of potential system failures or changes
- Provides around-the-clock remote management capabilities (FoD required)
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Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet | - Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
- Embedded NIC, two ports standard with scalability to four ports via FoD
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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ | - Provides comprehensive systems management tools
- Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity with advanced server management capabilities
- Allows continuous real-time monitoring, measuring and management of power consumption
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Virtualization support | - Supports most major virtualization environments
- Supports optional hypervisor USB key
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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 IBM System x® servers
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Security capabilities | - Offers ServeRAID with leadership disk encryption to help protect your data
- Provides a side door with key lock to help protect data while allowing media access
- Trusted Platform Module technology
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3-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty with next business day 9x5 service upgrades available | - Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time.
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* 32 GB LRDIMMS will be available in the first half of 2013 for a maximum capacity of 384 GB.
Specifications
Form factor/height | Tower/4U (rack-mountable) |
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Processor (max) | Up to two Intel Xeon E5-2400 series processors |
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Number of processors (std/max) | 1/2 |
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Cache (max) | Up to 20 MB per processor |
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Memory (max) | Up to 192 GB*, 12 slots (UDIMM/RDIMM) |
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Expansion slots | Up to six PCIe expansion slots; five PCIe slots standard, plus one additional PCIe slot when the second processor is populated. An optional PCI-X slot is available via an interposer conversion kit. |
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Disk bays (total/hot-swap) | Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap or four 3.5-inch hot/simple-swap bays standard, up to sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap bays via optional upgrade kit, or eight 3.5-inch hot/simple-swap bays via optional upgrade kit |
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Maximum internal storage | 16 TB of 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drives (HDD upgrade options required) or 32 TB of 3.5-inch hot or simple-swap SAS/SATA HDDs |
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Network interface | Intel I350 Quad 1 Gb Ethernet Controller (2 ports std, 2 ports via FoD) |
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Power supply (std/max) | Fixed 460 W (1/1), redundant 550 W/750 W (1/2), 80 PLUS |
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Hot-swap components | Power supply and hard disk drives |
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RAID support | Integrated 3 Gbps software RAID-0, -1, -10 standard, optional 6 Gbps hardware RAID-0, -1, -10 or RAID-5, -50 or -6, -60 |
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Systems management | IBM IMM2 with optional upgrade FoD for remote presence, Predictive Failure Analysis, diagnostic LEDs, IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager™ (model dependent) |
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Operating systems supported | Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere Hypervisor |
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Limited warranty | 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty, next business day 9x5, service upgrades available |
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* 32 GB LRDIMMS will be available in the first half of 2013 for a maximum capacity of 384 GB.