Features & benefits
Feature | Benefits |
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Industry-leading enterprise X-Architecture® performance, now available in a 2-processor system |
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Fifth-generation IBM X-Architecture chipset design combined with next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor E7 product line |
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IBM Systems Director |
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IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ |
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Balanced, energy-smart design |
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Hot-swap, redundant, rear-access power supplies |
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Light path diagnostics |
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Predictive Failure Analysis |
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RAID-0, -1 and -1E (optional RAID-5, -6 with battery-backed cache) |
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Optional embedded hypervisor |
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Hot-swap redundant components |
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Memory reliability features through IBM Active Memory™ |
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Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet |
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OS flexibility |
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3-year onsite limited warranty for parts and labor |
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1 Based on IBM comparison between a two-processor IBM System x3690 X5 without MAX5 and a two-processor x3690 X5 with MAX5.
Specifications
Form factor/height | Rack/2U per chassis |
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Processor (max) | Intel® Xeon® up to 2.4 GHz (10-core)/1066 MHz memory access |
Number of processors(std/max) | 1/2 |
Cache (max) | Up to 30 MB |
Memory (std/max) | 8 GB/1 TB PC3-10600 DDR3 or DDR3L, up to 2.0 TB with 32 GB DIMM and MAX5 |
Expansion slots | 5 total PCIe Gen 2 |
Disk bays (total/hot swap) | 16/16 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or 24/24 1.8" SAS SSD internal storage |
Maximum internal storage | 9.6 TB SAS per chassis (supports 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB, 500 GB and 600 GB hard disk drives, 50 GB and 200 GB SSD) |
Network interface | Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet with TCP-IP off-load engine, optional Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter |
Power supply (std/max) | 675 W 220 V 1/4 |
Hot-swap components | Power supplies, fans, hard disk 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, 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, VMware vSphere Hypervisor |
Limited warranty | 3-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty |