Intel E5-2603 BX80621E52603 User Manual
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the intelligent choice for evolving data centers
• Hardened protection for virtual and cloud environments. Establish
trusted pools of virtual resources with Intel® Trusted Execution
Technology (Intel® TXT).
Technology (Intel® TXT).
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Intel TXT ensures that physical servers and
hypervisors boot only into cryptographically verified “known good
states.” It safeguards your business more effectively by protecting your
platform from the insertion of malware during or prior to launch.
states.” It safeguards your business more effectively by protecting your
platform from the insertion of malware during or prior to launch.
Driving Down Energy Costs at Every Level
Power and cooling costs have risen sharply, and now account for up
to half of the operating expenses in many data centers.
to half of the operating expenses in many data centers.
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The Intel Xeon
processor E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 product families help you get more
value out of every watt by optimizing performance versus energy
consumption, not only for individual servers, but also for racks, rows,
and entire data centers.
• Industry-leading energy efficiency per server. Intel® Intelligent Power
value out of every watt by optimizing performance versus energy
consumption, not only for individual servers, but also for racks, rows,
and entire data centers.
• Industry-leading energy efficiency per server. Intel® Intelligent Power
Technology
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has been enhanced to optimize performance versus
power consumption even more effectively as server workloads vary.
More sensors, finer-grained control, faster control loops, and more
accurate optimizations increase power savings with little or no impact
on application performance.
More sensors, finer-grained control, faster control loops, and more
accurate optimizations increase power savings with little or no impact
on application performance.
• Automated control of server power. Intel® Node Manager lets you
monitor and control server power and set maximum limits for each
server. You can use it to increase rack densities, adjust cooling based on
actual demand, improve business continuity, and dynamically balance
resources to accomplish more while spending less.
server. You can use it to increase rack densities, adjust cooling based on
actual demand, improve business continuity, and dynamically balance
resources to accomplish more while spending less.
• Power optimization across your data center. Intel® Data Center
Manager plugs into existing management frameworks to enable
power and thermal monitoring and management for individual
servers and groups of servers. With this tool, you gain unprecedented
insight and control over power, cooling, and performance throughout
your data center.
power and thermal monitoring and management for individual
servers and groups of servers. With this tool, you gain unprecedented
insight and control over power, cooling, and performance throughout
your data center.
Optimized Platform Solutions
Intel delivers higher overall value by engineering complete, highly-
optimized platform solutions. The Intel® C600 series chipset and Intel® 10
Gigabit Ethernet solutions, for example, help to ensure high performance
across diverse workloads and also provide advanced functionality, such
as integrated serial attached SCSI (SAS) and Fiber Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE). They can help you simplify, consolidate, and accelerate storage
and network connectivity in today’s virtual and cloud environments. They
also extend Intel Intelligent Power Technology to optimize performance
versus energy-efficiency across your server platform.
optimized platform solutions. The Intel® C600 series chipset and Intel® 10
Gigabit Ethernet solutions, for example, help to ensure high performance
across diverse workloads and also provide advanced functionality, such
as integrated serial attached SCSI (SAS) and Fiber Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE). They can help you simplify, consolidate, and accelerate storage
and network connectivity in today’s virtual and cloud environments. They
also extend Intel Intelligent Power Technology to optimize performance
versus energy-efficiency across your server platform.
Table 1. Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600/2600/2400/1600 product families overview
FEATURES
BENEFITS
High Performance for the Broadest Range of Applications and Environments
Advanced multi-core,
multi-threaded processing
• Up to 8 cores and 16 threads per socket
• Ideal for virtualized data centers and public/private cloud deployments
• Ideal for virtualized data centers and public/private cloud deployments
Larger memory and cache configurations
• Up to 20 MB of last level cache for fast access to frequently used data
• Up to 24 DIMMs per two-socket server and up to 48 DIMMs per four-socket server to support
• Up to 24 DIMMs per two-socket server and up to 48 DIMMs per four-socket server to support
multiple data-hungry VMs
• Faster maximum memory speeds than the previous generation (1600 MHz versus 1333 MHz)
Higher performance for peak workloads
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
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takes advantage of power and thermal headroom to increase processor
frequencies for peak workloads
• Provides more and higher performance boosts and improved efficiency versus the previous generation
Higher performance for HPC applications
• Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) accelerates vector and floating point computations by
increasing maximum vector size from 128 to 256 bits
• Provides up to 2x performance boost
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for floating point operations, which can significantly increase
performance for high performance computing (HPC)
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applications
Optimized Data Center Solutions to Reduce Costs
Industry-leading I/O performance
• Intel® Integrated I/O provides up to 40 PCIe* lanes per socket, reduces latency by up to 30 percent
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and supports the PCIe* 3.0 specification, which improves bandwidth by as much as 2x
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• Intel® Data Direct I/O provides up to 2.3x higher I/O performance
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by transmitting data directly from storage to cache
The first integrated storage
and server processor
• Supports key storage processor features, including non-transparent bridging to increase scalability; the
ability to connect multiple systems, each with access to the other’s memory window; accelerated RAID,
which eliminates the need for a custom ASIC to perform RAID 5 operations
which eliminates the need for a custom ASIC to perform RAID 5 operations
Stronger, faster encryption
to protect data
• Intel® Advanced Encryption Standards New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI)
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enables pervasive encryption with
fast application response times
hardened protection for
virtual/cloud environments
• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
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lets IT establish trusted pools of virtualized resources
for stronger security in virtual and cloud environments
Industry-leading energy-efficiency
• Intel® Intelligent Power Technology
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dynamically manages CPU and memory energy states as workloads vary
to minimize power without slowing performance
• More sensors, finer-grained control, faster control loops, and greater accuracy increase power savings versus
the prior generation
Comprehensive monitoring and control
• Intel® Node Manager lets IT monitor and control server power
• Intel® Data Center Manager lets IT dynamically optimize energy-consumption at every level, including individual
• Intel® Data Center Manager lets IT dynamically optimize energy-consumption at every level, including individual
servers, racks, rows, and entire data centers