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

 

 

x3500 Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73.4, 146.8GB 15K

 

 

 

 

RPMs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of HDDs standard

 

None

 

 

 

 

# of optical drives standard

1 DVD-ROMCombo (16X, in dedicated 5.25" bay)

 

 

 

 

 

# of diskette drives standard

 

None (USB-attach)

 

 

 

 

Internal tape drives supported

One full-high(uses two 5.25” bays), or

 

One half-high(uses one 5.25” bay)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disk drive technology

 

Hot-swap SAS

 

 

 

 

Integrated disk controller

Eight-port Adaptec 9580W SAS/SATA

 

 

 

 

 

# of disk drives supported per port

1

 

 

 

 

 

Integrated RAID controller / cache

ServeRAID-8k(256MB standard)—internal SAS/SATA

 

 

 

 

Optional RAID controller / cache

ServeRAID-8s(256MB standard)—external SAS/SATA

 

 

 

 

 

# of adapter slots total / available

6 / 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of PCI-E x8 slots (4GBps)

 

2 full-height/full-length

 

 

 

 

 

# of PCI-E x4 slots (2GBps)

 

1 full-height/half-length

 

 

 

 

 

# of PCI-X/133 slots (1GBps)

 

2 full-height/full-length

 

 

 

 

 

# of 33MHz legacy PCI slots

 

1 full-height/half-length

 

 

 

 

 

# of video ports

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video controller

 

ATI Radeon ES1000

 

 

 

 

 

Video memory

 

16MB SDRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum video resolution at 32-bit

1024 x 768 x 32-bit color at 75Hz

 

color

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gigabit Ethernet controller

Broadcom BCM5721 and BCM5721J

 

 

 

 

 

# of Gigabit Ethernet ports

 

2 (rear)

 

 

 

 

 

# of RS485 ports

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

# of serial ports

 

2 (rear)

 

 

 

 

 

# of parallel ports

 

None (USB-attached)

 

 

 

 

 

# of PS/2 mouse ports

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of PS/2 keyboard ports

1

 

 

 

 

 

# of USB 2.0 ports

4 external (2 front, 2 rear) ports, plus 1 internal USB connector for tape drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrated systems management

 

Yes (BMC)

 

controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optional systems management

Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine

 

adapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light path diagnostics support

Yes, with externally viewable panel

 

 

 

 

Predictive Failure Analysis support

Processors, memory, voltage regulator modules (VRMs), HDDs, power supplies (plus

 

fans, when an optional Remote Supervisor Adapter SlimLine II is used)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power supply size

835W universal, autoswitching

 

 

 

 

 

 

# of power supplies standard /

1 / 2

 

 

maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot-swap/redundant power supported

Yes / Yes (with two power supplies installed)

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM X3500 # of diskette drives standard, Internal tape drives supported, Disk drive technology, Integrated disk controller

X3500 specifications

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