IBM System X Enterprise Servers – x3850 X5 & x3950 X5

Features & benefits

Feature	Benefits
Flexible, balanced design for scalability, memory expansion	Freedom to choose the right balance of processing power and memory capacity for your workloads Flexibility to scale your platform up or out as workload demands change
Fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture chipset design combined with the latest Intel® Xeon® processor E7 product line	Maximize memory Twice the memory capacity of x3850 M2, and expandable by an additional 50% with MAX5 More virtual machines Larger virtual machines Bigger databases and faster database performance Improved server utilization Minimize cost More virtual machines on one platform Reduce software licensing costs with higher performance per processor eXFlash SSD technology designed to improve database performance and reduce database storage and energy costs Reduce certification/testing costs with simplified deployment Buy the capacity you need when you need it Simplify deployment Preconfigured workload optimized systems for faster deployment and faster time to value Reduce qualification time with a single architecture Scalability from 2 to 8 processors Ability to expand memory, CPU and I/O independently
IBM MAX5 for System x®	Expand memory by an additional 32 DIMMs for a total of 96 DIMMs, up to 3.0 TB, in a 4-processor system. 50% more memory can deliver more virtual machines, larger virtual machines, and larger, faster databases
Exclusive IBM eXFlash high-performance SSD technology	Up to 3.2 TB high-performance, high-reliability internal solid state drive storage Improve performance and reduce space, energy and hardware costs by consolidating spinning HDDs to SSDs
Available Emulex integrated 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter delivering Line Rate 10 Gbps performance with TCP Offload and capability for future upgrades to FCoE	10 Gb Ethernet removes bottlenecks to network traffic to maximize data center capability TCP Offload Reduces CPU utilization by up to 31% freeing the system to handle greater application workloads or more VMs Upgradeability to FCoE provides an easy path to convergence, reducing hardware capital expenditure costs and operating expenditure management costs
IBM Systems Director	Increased uptime, reduced costs and improved productivity via advanced server management capabilities Simplified management including around-the-clock remote management capability Improves server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™	Advanced power notification, control and monitoring to help achieve lower heat output and cooling costs
Power-optimized, energy-smart design	Promotes greater energy savings in the data center
Hot-swap, redundant, rear-access power supplies	Increase system and application uptime by eliminating another single point of failure with a second hot-swap power supply Access power supplies from the rear of the system Improved usability with rear chassis accessibility, allowing you to remove the power supplies without having to pull the system from the rack
Light path diagnostics	Provides information on failing components without interrupting system operations Provides a lighted path to failing components inside the system Speeds hardware repairs to reduce service time
Predictive Failure Analysis	Detects when components are operating outside of set thresholds or are approaching historical failure thresholds Helps you increase uptime by enabling you to receive proactive alerts in advance of failure
RAID-0, -1 and -1E (optional RAID-5 and -6 with battery-backed cache)	Enhanced system availability and data protection by supporting solid-state drives with advanced RAID capabilities
Optional embedded hypervisor	Embedded hypervisor technology to simplify adoption and deployment of industry-leading third-party virtualization solutions New, system-friendly thin hypervisor architecture can help optimize virtualization performance Integrated into server hardware, the hypervisor can provide compatible, pretested and optimized hardware configurations
Hot-swap redundant components	Allow the server to continue operating in case of fan, power supply, hard disk drive or solid-state drive failure Replace components without taking your server offline or out of the rack
Memory reliability features through IBM Active Memory™	Enhanced error recovery with Chipkill memory, Memory ProteXion™ and memory mirroring to help maintain data integrity
Integrated dual port Gigabit Ethernet	Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
OS flexibility	Choice of Windows Server, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Enterprise Linux, (Server and Advanced Server), VMware vSphere Hypervisor

Specifications

Form factor/height	Rack/4U per chassis
Processor (max)	Intel Xeon up to 2.4 GHz (10-core)/1066 MHz memory access
Number of processors (std/max)	2/4 per node (optional 2-node support)
Cache (max)	Up to 30 MB
Memory (std/max)	32 GB/2.0 TB max PC3-10600 DDR3L, up to 3.0 TB with MAX5
Expansion slots	7 total PCIe half-length
Disk bays (total/hot-swap)	8/8 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or 16/16 SAS SSD
Maximum internal storage	4.8 TB per chassis (supports 8 × 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB, 500 GB and 600 GB SAS hard disk drives, 8 × 160 GB and 500 GB SATA hard disk drives, or 16 × 50 GB and 200 GB solid state drives)
Network interface	10 Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet Dual Channel Converged Network Adapter, integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet with TCP-IP off-load engine, 10 Gbps Ethernet
Power supply (std/max)	1975 W 220 V 2/2
Hot-swap components	Power supplies, fans, hard disk drives and solid-state-drives
RAID support	Integrated RAID-0, -1; optional RAID-5, -6
Systems management	Alert on LAN 2, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Systems Director, IBM ServerGuide, Integrated Management Module (IMM), light path diagnostics (independently powered), Predictive Failure Analysis on hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory, Wake on LAN, Dynamic System Analysis, QPI Faildown
Operating systems supported	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise and Data Center Editions 64-bit), 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 64-bit SUSE Enterprise Linux, (Server and Advanced Server), VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Limited warranty	3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty