High-performance, energy-smart Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 product family with more cores and memory supporting the improved Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology and Intel Integrated I/O |
- Intelligent performance that adapts to your software workload environment to help you get more computing power when you need it; up to 16 cores of large cache memory
- PCIe integrated within the processor for lower latency and power usage with increased total capacity and bandwidth
- Maximizing turbo mode duration and speed by the new enhanced technology with improved power and thermal management
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Ultra-fast, two DIMMs per channel at 1600 MHz, 24 DIMM sockets of DDR3 RDIMM memory |
- A new generation of high-performance memory matches the speed of the Intel Xeon processors to optimize throughput
- Improved application performance with interleaved memory
- Fast memory bandwidth with the ability to run two DIMMs per memory channel at 1600 MHz
- 1.5 V memory operates at 17% lower energy than the previous generation memory’s thermal design. Save up to an additional 10% on your memory power budget with 1.35 V memory
- The new load-reduced memory support for maximum memory capacity*
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Support for up to 32 small form factor (SFF) 2.5" hot-swap or 8 large form factor (LFF) 3.5" hot-swap or simple-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives (model dependent) |
- Reduce cost with large capacity 3.5" SATA drives and increase performance with 2.5" SAS/SATA drives
- Up to 24 TB of data storage capacity on 3.5" models and 32 TB of data storage capacity on 2.5" models
- Easy field upgrade flexibility to increase the number of drives from eight to 16, 24, or 32 with the easy-to-install optional HDD upgrade kits
- Consolidate server design to optimized for storage-intensive workloads
- Enhanced performance and reliability storage with support for 2.5" solid state drives (SSDs)*
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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 delivers advanced high availability to your HDDs efficiently without sacrificing performance
- The new Flash technology extends the useful life to nearly 7 years, versus a typical 1-year replacement for batteries
- Common RAID management tool across System x portfolio
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Up to eight Intel integrated PCIe I/O 3.0 specification slots for system expansion. (Six PCIe slots standard) |
- Extensive I/O bandwidth for greater performance and productivity
- Delivers double the bandwidth with reduced I/O latency
- Scale up to more I/O slots as needed by upgrading to a second processor
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Optional PCI-X slots |
- Enables you to continue using legacy PCI-X adapters while you transition to the PCIe standard
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Optional hot-swap, redundant power and simple-swap cooling |
- Potentially eliminates downtime by maintaining system availability if a power supply needs to be replaced
- Easy simple-swap cooling design for fast replacement as needed
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Virtualization support |
- Supports most major virtualization environments
- Supports optional hypervisor USB key
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Externally visible light path diagnostics panel |
- Gives information about a failing component without interrupting system operation—visible without removing the system cover
- Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time
- Provides a lighted path to failing components inside the system
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Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet |
- Provides double the network throughput with features that reduce processor workload
- Lower power consumption and more reliable network with smart management tools built-in
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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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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 side door with key lock to help protect data while allowing media access
- Trusted platform module technology
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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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