| Feature |
Benefits |
| 2U rack |
- Provides expandability and high performance in a dense form factor
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| High-performance, energy-efficient six-core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors (up to 12 MB Level 3 (L3) cache) |
- Improves productivity through higher processing performance
- Reduces cost with outstanding performance per watt
- Up to 1333 MHz memory access speed
- Six-core processing provides significant performance gains
- Delivers ultimate processor performance with up to 12 cores using optimised L3 cache
- Maximises multi-threaded applications for faster concurrent execution
- Helps lower overall system energy requirements
- Large cache size yields more transaction processing
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| Fast 1333 MHz, Double Data Rate (DDR) 3 RDIMM memory with 12 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots (up to 96 GB1) |
- Supports 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB DDR-3 RDIMMs with 12 slots
- DDR-3 memory operates at a lower voltage than previous generations, supports 1.5 V or 1.35 V1 memory DIMMs
- Ability to transfer input/output (I/O) data at eight times the speed of the memory cell it contains, enabling faster bus speeds and higher peak throughput than previous-generation memory
- Interleaved memory to improve application performance
- Two DIMMs per channel at 1333 MHz supported on single-rank and dual-rank RDIMMs
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| Support for the VMware ESXi 4.0 embedded hypervisor (optional) |
- Innovative, thin hypervisor architecture operates system-independent and is designed to optimise virtualisation performance
- Integrated into server hardware to help provide compatible, pretested and optimised hardware configurations
- Optimised for remote management tools and industry-standard protocols such as common interface model (CIM)
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| Support for up to eight 3.5" SAS or SATA HDDs |
- Provides a range of affordable storage solutions to meet todays storage needs and tomorrows expansion requirements
- High-capacity, high-performance SAS HDDs, and low-cost 3.5" SATA HDDs provide robust drive choice to power your enterprise servers and storage solutions
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| Two x8 PCIe Gen II (full-height/half-length) and one x4 PCIe Gen II buried slot (low-profile) adapter slots |
- Provides expandability choices and the opportunity to increase I/O bandwidth for performance and productivity
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| Support for PCIe |
- PCIe Gen II allows much faster interconnect speeds than PCI-X 133 MHz
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| Integrated software RAID, and optional 3 Gbps and 6 Gbps RAID controller |
- Enhances system availability and data protection without using a PCI slot
- Embedded software RAID-0, -1 provides lowest cost to run small RAID arrays
- Choice of one of the following RAID adapters (model-dependent):
- 3 Gbps RAID-0, -1, -1E, or
- 6 Gbps RAID-0, -1, -10 (additional option RAID-5 with Self Encrypting Disk (SED) function), or
- 6 Gbps RAID-0, -1, -10, -5, -50 with 256 MB or 512 MB cache (additional option -6, -60 with SED function and additional optional battery backup)
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| IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager |
- IBM Systems Director is a comprehensive systems management platform that helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
- IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager helps provide advanced power notification and control, monitor power consumption, achieve lower heat output and decrease cooling costs
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| IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling |
- Helps maintain a healthy system by keeping internal components cool
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| Snoop filters on Intel core chipset |
- Improves application efficiency to boost processor performance
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| Redundant power supplies (hot-swap) and fan modules |
- Increases system and application uptime by eliminating another potential point of failure with a second hot-swap power supply
- Allows the server to continue operating even with a fan failure
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| IBM IMM |
- Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
- Virtual Media Key provides for around-the-clock remote management capabilities (optional)
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| Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) standard |
- Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
- Optional Network Interface Card (NIC) does not use a PCIe slot
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| Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) |
- Common across all IBM next-generation servers, this new Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is easy to configure and deploy
- Provides more functionality than previous generation BIOS and facilitates greater manageability through a common infrastructure for managing all machines
- Server efficiency is improved by a faster boot and restart of operating system
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| Three-year customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site limited warranty |
- Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time
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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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