IBM X3620 M3 specifications IBM System x3620 M3, Product Overview

A cost-optimized storage-rich alternative to traditional enterprise 2U dual-socket servers

Product Guide

May 2010

IBM System x3620 M3

Product Overview Cost-effective 2U storage server packed with innovation

CONTENTS

Product Overview

Selling Features

Key Features

Key Options

x3620 M3 Images

x3620 M3 Specifications

The Bottom Line

Server Comparison

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	In today’s tough economic environment, your challenge is to do more with less—serve more Web
1	pages, handle more secure connections, support more e-mail users, and do it all on a tight
	budget. You need to reduce the costs of doing business and improve the service you deliver to

2your customers while lowering your overall risk. The dual-socket IBM® System x3620 M3 can

reduce your costs with its new energy-smart design and budget-conscious features. It can

4improve service with reduced operational complexity and increased management functionality. It

11can lower your IT risk with the resiliency that comes from hot-swap/redundant features. And like all IBM servers, the x3620 M3 offers you the trust that comes from the IBM global reach, service

13and support.

14The x3620 M3 is a game-changing rack server that uses significantly less power than previous generations, with unified systems management tools; high reliability, availability, and

17	serviceability features; and broad system flexibility, housed in a compact 2U mechanical
18	package.
	The x3620 M3 features Intel® Xeon® 5600 Series 6-coreand 4-core, and 5500 Series 4-core
19	processors, with up to 12MB of shared L3 cache, to provide you with the computing power you

19need to match your business needs and growth. The new line of Intel processors delivers unprecedented intelligent performance with features like adaptive performance for applications and environments, Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper-Threading Technology, and integrated power gates and automated power management.

The x3620 M3 supports up to 12 DIMMs / 96GB of RDIMM 1333MHz DDR3 memory and provides Chipkill™ ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3620 M3 also offers memory mirroring. Two integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports are included, as are three high-performance PCIe adapter slots. The x3620 M3 offers an optional embedded hypervisor to manage your virtual workloads.

Some System x3620 M3 models support up to 8 hot-swap 3.5-inch Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial-Attached ATA (SATA) HDDs with an internal storage capacity of 16TB. Other

models support up to 4 simple-swap SATA drives, with a storage capacity of up to 8TB. The server includes firmware RAID-0/1 standard, and offers a choice of several IBM ServeRAID® storage controllers that provide broad levels of hardware-based RAID solutions. To meet your backup needs, the x3620 M3 supports a choice of internal tape drives, as well as the internal RDX Removable Disk Backup System.

The ultra-dense 2U form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and spread their workload without outgrowing their current data center. Up to 21 of these 2U servers can be installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to 42 processors, 252 processor cores (and 504 threads), offering tremendous deployment flexibility.

Standard in the x3620 M3 is the Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables the user to manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. The IMM offers a high level of manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network

usage increases. The IMM helps maximize network availability by increasing uptime, as do Active Memory™ protection, hot-swap/redundant SAS or SATA HDDs, hot-swap/redundant ultra-efficient power supplies and redundant fan modules; integrated RAID; temperature- controlled fans; IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.

Another improvement with the new generation of X-Architecture is the replacement of old BIOS with a new generation United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI provides a more intuitive user interface and understandable event logs and better management.

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