Astable, long-life, dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server, offering high-performance, massive capacity and outstanding availability

 

 

x3500 Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine type

7977-4xX/4xY, 6xX/6xY, 9xX/9xY, AxX/AxY, BxX/BxY, CxX/CxY, DxX/DxY,

 

FxX/FxY, GxX/GxY, HxX/HxY, JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY, MxX/MxY, RxX/RxY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form factor

 

Tower (convertible to 5U rack)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quad-core Intel Xeon

Quad-core Intel Xeon

 

 

 

 

(E54xx/X54xx)

 

 

 

 

(E53xx)

 

 

 

 

2.0GHz E5405 (AxX/AxY),

 

 

 

 

1.6GHz E5310 (BxX/BxY),

 

Dual-core Intel Xeon

 

 

2.33GHz E5410

 

 

 

1.86GHz E5320

 

(51xx)

 

 

(DxX/DxY), 2.5GHz E5420

 

 

Processor type

(CxX/CxY) 2.0GHz E5335

 

1.6GHz 5110 (4xX/4xY),

 

(JxX/JxY), 2.66GHz

 

 

 

(FxX/FxY), 2.33GHz

 

2.0GHz 5130 (6xX/6xY),

 

 

E5430 (LxX/LxY),

 

 

 

E5345 (GxX/GxY),

 

3.0GHz 5160 (9xX/9xY)

 

 

2.83GHz E5440

 

 

 

2.66GHz X5355

 

 

 

 

(MxX/MxY), 3.0GHz

 

 

 

 

(HxX/HxY)

 

 

 

 

X5450 (RxX/RxY),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80W (9xX/9xY, AxX/AxY,

 

 

 

 

 

BxX/BxY, CxX/CxY,

 

 

 

Maximum processor power draw

120W (HxX/HxY,

DxX/DxY, FxX/FxY,

 

65W (4xX/4xY, 6xX/6xY)

 

RxX/RxY)

GxX/GxY, JxX/JxY,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LxX/LxY, MxX/MxY,

 

 

 

 

 

RxX/RxY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1333MHz (6xX/6xY, 9xX/9xY, AxX/AxY,

 

 

 

 

 

Front-side bus (FSB) speed

DxX/DxY, FxX/FxY, GxX/GxY, JxX/JxY,

 

1066MHz (4xX/4xY, BxX/BxY, CxX/CxY)

 

 

LxX/LxY, MxX/MxY, RxX/RxY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of processors standard / maximum

 

 

1 / 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12MB (2 x 6MB shared

8MB (2 x 4MB shared

 

 

 

 

caches)— AxX/AxY,

 

4MB (1 x 4MB shared

 

 

caches)—BxX/BxY,

 

 

Internal L2 cache

DxX/DxY, JxX/JxY,

 

cache)—4xX/4xY,

 

CxX/CxY, FxX/FxY,

 

 

 

LxX/LxY, MxX/MxY,

 

6xX/6xY, 9xX/9xY

 

 

GxX/GxY, HxX/HxY

 

 

 

RxX/RxY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chipset

 

Intel 5000P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard / maximum memory8

 

1GB (2 x 512MB) / 48GB

 

 

 

 

 

Standard memory type

Fully buffered PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR II ECC with Chipkill protection

 

 

 

 

Memory interleaving

Yes (four-way using multiples of 4 DIMMs; two-way with two DIMMs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM capacities supported

 

512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of DIMM sockets total / available

 

12 / 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of DIMMs supported

 

2, 4, 8, 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online spare memory supported / # of

Yes / 1 DIMM “rank” per memory branch (2 ranks total)

 

DIMM sockets reserved for sparing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory mirroring supported / # of

 

Yes / 6

 

 

DIMM sockets reserved for mirroring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of drive bays total / available

15 / 14 (JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY)

 

11 / 10 (all other models)

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of HDD drive bays total / available

12 / 12 2.5-inch (JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY)

 

8 / 8 3.5-inch (all other models)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of 5.25" bays total / available

 

3 / 2 (DVD-ROM installed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.4TB (8 x 300GB) hot-swap 3.5-inch SAS

 

Maximum HDD capacity

1.76TB (12 x 146.8GB) hot-swap 2.5-inch SAS

 

 

6.0TB (8 x 750GB) hot-swap 3.5-inch SATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.5-inch Hot-Swap SAS

2.5-inch Hot-Swap SAS

 

3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA

 

HDD capacities supported

73.4, 146.8, 300GB

36.4, 73.4, or 146.8GB

 

160, 250, 500, or 750GB

 

 

10K RPMs;

10K RPMs;

 

7.2K RPMs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8Maximum memory and disk capacity may require the replacement of standard components with the largest supported component available.

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IBM X3500 E54xx/X54xx E53xx, Dual-core Intel Xeon, 33GHz E5410 86GHz E5320 51xx, Processor type, 83GHz E5440 66GHz

X3500 specifications

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