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IBM INTEL SERVERS (System-x (xseries)) - Tower - System x3500 Details
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Highlights
  • Achieve excellent price/performance with industry-leading, two-socket server
  • Stable platform life optimizes IT investment
  • Manage and protect mission-critical applications with scalable memory, I/O and storage

Optimized for business advantage
The IBM® System x3500 delivers unprecedented performance and reliability for demanding distributed environments that rely on 24x7 availability of mission-critical applications. With up to four-core processor performance at lower power consumption per core, the x3500 offers leading-edge capacity and high-speed I/O scalability. A long-life platform with 24-month availability, the x3500 minimizes deployment and support concerns. With the x3500 take advantage of virtualization. Deploy an infrastructure with less hardware that supports the same—or more—applications with lower hardware support costs.

Hardware summary

  • Tower with 5U rack capability via optional rackmount kit
  • Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5160 up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
  • Up to 48GB new-generation, high-performance memory 667 MHz via 12 DIMM slots
  • 6 I/O slots including PCI-X, Active PCI and high-performance PCI-Express
  • Up to 8 hot-swappable SAS or SATA HDDs support large capacity storage

  Feature   Benefits
  Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2x2MB L2 cache)
  • Improves productivity through higher processing performance
  • Up to 1333 MHz front-side bus speeds information access within
  • New dual-core provides substantial performance growth as application requirements increase, or to support peaks in performance requirements
Fast 667 MHz, Fully Buffered DIMM memory
  • Match the high-performance speed of the Intel Xeon processors with new-generation, high-performance memory supporting optimized throughput
  • Online spare and memory mirroring provide customers with two ways to increase systems and application reliability by allowing the system to continue
  • Interleaved memory to improve application performance

Support for up to 8 hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives (HDDs)
  • SAS provides increased performance, simplified cabling, and better fault isolation than parallel SCSI without cost premium
  • SATA provides high capacity at lower cost
Six available PCI I/O slots for system expansion, scalability
  • Gives you expandability choices and the capability to increase I/O bandwidth for performance and productivity
Three PCI-Express slots
  • Allows customers to achieve faster interconnect speeds than PCI-X 133 MHz
Two PCI-X slots
  • Enables customers to continue to utilize their PCI-X adapters while they plan their transition to the PCI-Express standard
Integrated RAID-0, -1 and -5
  • RAID-5 protection takes high availability to your HDDs efficiently without sacrificing performance and does not require an I/O slot – leaving more room for system availability
Hot-swap/redundant power and cooling
  • Reduces downtime by maintaining system performance if a fan/power supply needs to be replaced
Externally visible light path diagnostic panel
  • Gives information about a failing component without interrupting system operation—visible without removal of system covers
  • Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time
  • Provides a lighted path to failing component inside the system
Integrated System Management Processor
  • Provides around-the-clock remote management capabilities
  • Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
  • Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
IBM Director
  • Provides comprehensive systems management tools
  • Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
Support for optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
  • Works in concert with Integrated System Management Processor to provide even greater systems control
  • Decreases downtime by allowing you to remotely perform systems management functions even if the system is powered off
  • Activates dedicated system management Ethernet port
ServerGuide™ software
  • Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers
  • Gets your server up and running faster
  • Simplifies installation and configuration of your System x™ servers
Three-year onsite limited warranty
  • Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time

 

Specifications  
Form factor Tower/5U
Processor (max) Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 up to 3.0 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max) 1/2
L2 cache (max) 2x2MB
Memory (std/max) 1GB/48GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz via 12 DIMM slots
Expansion slots 3 PCI-Express, 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) 8/8
Maximum internal storage 2.4TB hot-swap SAS, 4TB hot-swap SATA
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 835W 1/2
Hot-swap components Power supply, fans and hard disk drives
RAID support Integrated RAID-0, -1, -5, -10
Systems management Automatic Server Restart; Predictive Failure Analysis® on hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory; light path diagnostics with side viewable panel; integrated IPMI System Management Processor; IBM Director; optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and ServerGuide™
Operating systems supported Microsoft® Windows® Server™ 2003, Windows 2000/Advanced Server, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE Linux, Novell NetWare, VMware ESX Server, SCO OpenServer, SCO UNIXware
Limited warranty 3-year onsite limited warranty

 

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