IBM 72332SU Brochure & Specs - page 3
Highly efficient data centres
The x3950 M2 is not only efficient in
terms of scalability and utilisation, it also
leverages power-efficiency features
such as:
●
Improved power management,
operating at a lower wattage than
competitive systems and the Double
Data Rate (DDR) II memory used
in the x3950 M2 uses up to
37 percent less power than the
Fully Buffered DIMMs used by the
competition, providing energy and
financial savings
●
Enhanced energy efficiency to
deliver a ‘green’ solution and help
reduce business costs
●
IBM Systems Director Active
Energy Manager helps monitor and
cap power consumption to improve
energy efficiency and help lower
costs.
A flexible system for enterprise databases
With exceptional scalability, dependable
performance and increased ease-of-
use, the x3950 M2 provides a
comprehensive solution to data
management. The exclusive balanced
design enabled by IBM eX4 technology
offers a significant advantage over
competitors’ systems by enabling less
expensive processors (with smaller
internal cache) to do the work of the
more expensive processors with larger
internal cache required by competitors,
with equal or better performance
4
. The
advanced features offer more data
performance and protection than ever
before.
IBM System x3950 M2 at a glance
Form factor
Rack/4U per chassis
Processor
Intel Xeon Processor 7400 series up to X7460 (2.67 GHz six cores)/1066 MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max)
2/4 per chassis (optional 2, 3, 4 chassis support)
Cache (max)
Up to 16 MB
Memory
5
(max)
4 GB or 8 GB/256 GB max PC2-5300 DDR II
Expansion slots
7 total PCI-Express half-length, (2 Active PCI-Express)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap)
4/4 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Maximum internal storage
5, 6
587 GB SAS per chassis (supports 73.4 GB and 146.8 GB hard disk drives (HDDs))
Network interface
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) with TCP-IP Offload Engine (TOE)
Power supply (std/max)
1440W 220V 2/2
Hot-swap components
Power supplies, fans, memory, HDDs and PCI-Express adapters
Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID)
Integrated RAID-0, -1, optional RAID 5
support
Systems management
Alert on LAN 2, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide, Remote Supervisor
Adapter II SlimLine, light path diagnostics (independently powered), Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA)
on HDDs, processors, VRMs, fans and memory, Wake on LAN, Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
Operating systems supported
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Server 2003 (Standard, Enterprise and Datacentre editions 32-bit and
64-bit), 32- and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux
®
and SUSE Enterprise Linux, (Server and
Advanced Server), VMware ESX Server
Limited Warranty
7
Three year customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site limited warranty