System x3550 M3: Overview
| IBM System x3550 M3 at a glance | |
|---|---|
| Form factor/height | Rack/1U |
| Processor (max) | Up to two 3.33 GHz six-core (3.46 GHz four-core) Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, up to 1333 MHz memory access speed, supports select Intel Xeon 5500 series via configure to order |
| Number of processors (std/max) | 1/2 |
| Cache (max) | Up to 12 MB L3 |
| Memory (max) | 192 GB DDR-3 RDIMMs1 via 18 DIMM slots or 48 GB DDR-3 UDIMMs1 via 12 DIMM slots |
| Expansion slots | 2 |
| Disk bays (total/hot swap) | Up to eight 2.5" hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs or solid-state drives (SSDs) |
| Maximum internal storage | Up to 4.0 TB hot-swap SAS or up to 4.0 TB hot-swap SATA or up to 400 GB hot-swap SSD storage |
| Network interface | Integrated 2 ports, plus 2 ports optional Gigabit Ethernet |
| Power supply (std/max) | 1/2; 675 W each |
| Hot-swap components | Power supplies, fan modules, disks |
| RAID support | Hardware RAID-0, -1, -1E or RAID-0, -1, -10 (additional option RAID-5 with Self Encrypting Disk (SED) function) or RAID-0, -1, -10, -5, -50 with 256 MB or 512 MB cache (additional option RAID-6, -60 with SED function and additional option battery backup), model dependent |
| Systems management | IBM Integrated Management Module with Virtual Media Key for optional remote presence enablement, Predictive Failure Analysis, Integrated Service Processor, Diagnostic LEDs, light path diagnostics panel, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, IBM ServerGuide |
| Operating systems supported | Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and VMware ESXi 4.0 embedded hypervisor |
| Limited warranty | 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty |
1 Maximum RDIMM support for 192 GB when 16 GB DIMMs are available 2Q 2010, and maximum UDIMM support for 48 GB when 4 GB DIMMs are available 2Q 2010.
All products within the System x category
- System x3200 M3
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- System x3550 M3
- System x3550 M2
- System x3650 T
- System x3650 M3
- System x3650 M2
- System x3755 M3
- System x3250 M3
- System x3400 M3
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