IBM X3500 User Manual download pdf

A stable, long-life, dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP

server, offering high-performance, massive capacity and

outstanding availability

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Product Guide

December 2007

IBM S

ystem x3500

Product Overview

CONTENTS

Product Overview

Selling Features

Key Features

Key Options

x3500 Images

x3500 Specifications

The Bottom Line

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Outstanding performance, capacity and availability

[Suggested uses: Workgroups of medium-to-large corporations; remote offices; fast growing small

businesses]

In a distributed computing environment, servers are spread across many locations; therefore, as limited

resources challenge IT management high availability is crucial. The dual-socket IBM

System x3500,

incorporating IBM X-Architecture

™

features, delivers the superior power and availability needed by small

businesses and those with branch or remote locations. The x3500 supports the latest quad- and dual-

core Intel

Xeon

™

processors, designed with up to a leading-edge 1333MHz front-side bus (FSB), 64-bit

extensions (EM64T), and either 4MB (dual-core) or 8MB or 12MB (quad-core) of L2 cache, to help

provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and growth. In addition, the

x3500 uses industry-standard fully buffered 667MHz memory with Chipkill

™

ECC (Error Checking and

Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the

x3500 also offers a choice of optional online hot-spare memory or memory mirroring. Dual integrated high-

speed Gigabit Ethernet controllers are standard, as are high-performance adapter slots (PCI-E x8 and x4

and PCI-X/133).

All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support and up to 48GB of memory. Some

models support eight high-performance 3.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) with an internal

storage capacity of up to 2.4TB

, or eight hot-swap 3.5-inch Serial ATA II (SATA II) hard disk drives with

a total capacity of up to 6.0TB. Other models support twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives (up to

1.76TB). For additional performance and high availability, the x3500 includes the ServeRAID-8k controller

standard, with 256MB of battery-backed cache, providing RAID-0/1/10/1E/5/6 support. The x3500 ships

as a tower unit; an optional rack conversion kit turns the x3500 into a 5U rack-mounted server to help save

precious data center floor space.

Standard in the x3500 is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables users to manage

and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. This high level of manageability is designed to

keep costs down and the system up—even when network usage increases. The built-in, externally

viewable light path diagnostics panel enables quick servicing of the system if a problem develops.

These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime, as do hot-

swap/redundant HDDs, power and fans; Active Memory

™

; integrated RAID; temperature-controlled

fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling

™

; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure

remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.

With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as light path diagnostics, IBM

Director, IBM ServerGuide

™

and

support for the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine,

the x3500 is equally well designed for a locally managed data center environment as for a remotely

managed or stand-alone environment, while offering maximum availability.

For a balance of high-performance dual-core, dual-socket processing, high availability and vast internal

storage, the x3500 is the ideal system.

Selling Features

Price/Performance

The x3500 offers numerous features to help boost performance and reduce product and operating costs:

• Up to two multi-core Xeon processors with high-end 1066MHz or 1333MHz front side bus and either

12MB, 8MB, or 4MB (processor-specific) of integrated Level 2 cache per processor offer superior

performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs. 64-bit extensions provide the flexibility to run 32-

bit and 64-bit applications concurrently.

• Low-voltage processors draw less power and produce less waste heat than high-voltage processors,

thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. Some dual-core Xeon processors use only 65W. This

is half the wattage consumed by older 130W processors. On a per-core basis, the 80W quad-core

processors are even more economical, consuming only 20W per core, vs. 32.5W per core for the 65W

GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible

capacity may be less.

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