IBM System x3550 M2 7946K3G Fascicule
Codes de produits
7946K3G
Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and
expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket server
expandable, rack-dense, 1U dual-socket server
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Product Guide
March 2009
IBM System x3550 M2
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview
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Selling Features
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Key Features
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Key Options
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x3550 M2 Images
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x3550 M2 Specifications 16
The Bottom Line
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Server Comparison
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For More Information
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Legal Information
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Outstanding innovation in only 1U
Suggested Uses: All sectors requiring highly available, energy-efficient, rack-optimized solution
for physical and virtual intensive commercial environments like eBusiness/eCommerce,
collaboration, virtualization, database, and enterprise resource planning applications.
for physical and virtual intensive commercial environments like eBusiness/eCommerce,
collaboration, virtualization, database, and enterprise resource planning applications.
Your challenge is to do more with less—serve more Web pages, handle more secure
connections, support more e-mail users. You need to reduce the costs of doing business and
improve the service you deliver to your customers while lower your overall risk. The dual-socket
IBM
connections, support more e-mail users. You need to reduce the costs of doing business and
improve the service you deliver to your customers while lower your overall risk. The dual-socket
IBM
®
System x3550 M2 can reduce your costs with its new energy smart design. It can improve
y service with reduced operational complexity and increased management functionality. It will
lower your IT risk with the resiliency that comes from no single point of failure. And like all IBM
servers, the x3550 M2 offers you the trust that comes from the IBM global reach, service and
support.
lower your IT risk with the resiliency that comes from no single point of failure. And like all IBM
servers, the x3550 M2 offers you the trust that comes from the IBM global reach, service and
support.
The x3550 M2 is not simply an upgrade on a previous server. It is one of our new generation of
X-Architecture servers. It is a game-changing, completely redesigned rack server using
significantly less power with unified systems management tools, leadership reliability, availability,
serviceability features and broad systems flexibility housed in a compact 1U mechanical package.
X-Architecture servers. It is a game-changing, completely redesigned rack server using
significantly less power with unified systems management tools, leadership reliability, availability,
serviceability features and broad systems flexibility housed in a compact 1U mechanical package.
The x3550 M2 features the Intel
®
Xeon
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5500 Series Processors, designed with 64-bit
extensions (EM64T), and either 8MB or 4MB of L3 cache, to help provide you with the
computing power you need to match your business needs and growth. This new line of Intel
processors delivers unprecedented intelligent performance with features like adaptive
performance for applications and environments, turbo boost and hyper-threading technology, and
integrated power gates and automated power management.
computing power you need to match your business needs and growth. This new line of Intel
processors delivers unprecedented intelligent performance with features like adaptive
performance for applications and environments, turbo boost and hyper-threading technology, and
integrated power gates and automated power management.
The x3550M2 uses up to 16 DIMMs with 128GB of registered 1333MHz DDR3 memory with
Chipkill
Chipkill
™
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability.
For even higher levels of availability, the x3550M2 also offers online memory mirroring. Up to 4
integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controllers with TOE (TCP Offload Engine) and Jumbo
Frame support are available, as are two high-performance adapter slots (PCIe x16). The
x3550M2 offers an optional embedded hypervisor to manage your virtual workloads.
integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controllers with TOE (TCP Offload Engine) and Jumbo
Frame support are available, as are two high-performance adapter slots (PCIe x16). The
x3550M2 offers an optional embedded hypervisor to manage your virtual workloads.
The x3550 M2 offers a choice of up to six high-performance hot-swap hard disk drives with an
internal storage capacity of 1.8TB (six 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA
HDDs) Optional solid-state drives are also available to keep power low and improve resiliency and
offer up to 300GB of storage.
internal storage capacity of 1.8TB (six 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA
HDDs) Optional solid-state drives are also available to keep power low and improve resiliency and
offer up to 300GB of storage.
The server supports a choice of four IBM ServeRAID
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storage
controllers which provide broad levels of hardware-based RAID solutions. The ultradense 1U
form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and spread their workload
without outgrowing their current data center. Up to 42 of these 1U servers can be installed in a
single 42U rack, for a total of up to 84 processors, offering tremendous deployment flexibility.
Optional Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) interconnect cabling reduces cable clutter
and cost and minimizes installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and spread their workload
without outgrowing their current data center. Up to 42 of these 1U servers can be installed in a
single 42U rack, for a total of up to 84 processors, offering tremendous deployment flexibility.
Optional Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) interconnect cabling reduces cable clutter
and cost and minimizes installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
Standard in the x3550 M2 is the Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables the user to
manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. In conjunction with the IMM, the
x3550 M2 comes with a Bosch BMP085 altitude sensor (altimeter), which governs fan
rotation based on altitude to help lower your energy consumption. The IMM offers a high level of
manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network
usage increases. IBM’s innovative drop-down 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 simple-swap solid-state HDDs; hot-swap/redundant
SAS HDDs, redundant ultra-efficient power supplies and fans; Active Memory
manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. In conjunction with the IMM, the
x3550 M2 comes with a Bosch BMP085 altitude sensor (altimeter), which governs fan
rotation based on altitude to help lower your energy consumption. The IMM offers a high level of
manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network
usage increases. IBM’s innovative drop-down 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 simple-swap solid-state HDDs; hot-swap/redundant
SAS HDDs, redundant ultra-efficient power supplies and fans; Active Memory
™
; integrated
RAID; temperature-controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling
™
; IPMI 2.0 support,
including highly secure remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console
redirect over LAN.
redirect over LAN.