Suggested uses: Medium to large enterprises with demanding applications in data-dense environments.
Whether you are a small business or a global industry, your mission-critical applications and
1data must be protected. From a simple application to the most complex solution, the dual- socket IBM® System x3650, incorporating IBM X-Architecture™features, is designed to
2protect your data with high performance, high reliability and high availability. The x3650
| 4 | supports the latest quad- and dual-coreIntel® Xeon™ processors (including 50W low-voltage |
| quad-coreXeon processors), designed with up to a leading-edge 1333MHz front-side bus |
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11(FSB), 64-bit extensions (EM64T), and either 6MB or 4MB (dual-core) or 8MB or 12MB (quad-core) of L2 cache, to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your
12business needs and growth. In addition, the x3650 uses industry-standard fully buffered
13667MHz memory with Chipkill™ ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3650 also offers a choice
16 | of optional online hot-spare memory or memory mirroring. Dual integrated high-speed Gigabit |
18 | Ethernet controllers with TOE (TCP Offload Engine) and Jumbo Frame support are standard, |
as are high-performance adapter slots (PCI-E x8 and optional PCI-X/133). |
18All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support, up to 48GB of memory and a variety of high-performance internal hard disk and backup drive configurations: up to six 3.5-inchSerial-Attach SCSI (SAS) hot-swapdrives with an internal storage capacity of 1.8TB1, or up to six 3.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hot-swapdrives (6TB), or eight 2.5-inch SAS hot-swapdrives (1.17TB). Hardware-based RAID-0/1/10support is standard. An optional IBM ServeRAID-8kSAS RAID controller adds 256MB of battery-backed cache to the onboard controller to provide three additional RAID levels, including RAID-1E/5/6. The slim 2U size of the x3650 helps you maximize your rack investments. Up to 21 of these servers can be installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to 42 processors, offering the ideal balance of performance, storage and I/O slots per rack. Optional Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) interconnect cabling helps reduce cable clutter and cost and minimizes installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
Standard in the x3650 is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables the user to manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. This high level of manageability is designed to help keep management costs down and the system up. The 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 hot-swap/redundant HDDs, power and fans; Active Memory™; 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.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as light path diagnostics, IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 (formerly known as PowerExecutive), IBM ServerGuide™ and support for the optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3650 is designed for maximum uptime.
If you need a balance of high-performance dual-socket processing and large internal storage in a rack-dense environment, the x3650 is the ideal system.
