IBM System x3550 M3 Product Manual - page 17
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IBM System x3550 M3 Specifications
Drive capacities supported
2.5-inch HS SAS
500GB, 1TB—7.2K;
146.8, 300, 600GB — 10K;
73.4, 146.8GB—15K
2.5-inch HS SATA
160, 250, 500GB, 1TB—
7.2K
2.5-inch HS or SS SSD
50GB
# of HDDs standard
None (all models open bay)
# of optical drives standard
None (optional DVD-RW)
# of diskette drives standard
None (optional)
Storage technology
Hot-swap SAS/SATA; also hot-swap or simple-swap SSD
Integrated disk controller
LSI 1068
# of disk drives supported per port
1
Integrated RAID controller standard
ServeRAID-M5015
(512MB cache,
includes battery,
except CTO
servers)—RAID-
0/1/10/5/50; optional
RAID-6/60 with
SED; 6Gbps;
supports 8 drives
(72x, 82x, J4x)
ServeRAID-
M5014 (256MB
cache, battery
optional)—RAID-
0/1/10/5/50;
optional RAID-
6/60 with SED,
optional battery;
6Gbps; supports
8 drives (52x/54x,
62x)
ServeRAID-
M1015 (no
cache)—RAID-
0/1/10; optional
RAID-5/50 with
SED, 6Gbps;
supports 8 drives
(22x, 32x, D4x)
ServeRAID-BR10il
v2 (no cache)—
RAID-0/1/1E,
3Gbps; supports 4
drives (12x)
Optional internal RAID controllers
supported
ServeRAID-M1015—12X
ServeRAID-M5014
(battery optional)—12x,
22x, 32x, D4x
ServeRAID-M5015
(includes battery)—12x,
22x, 32x, 52x/54x, 62x, D4x
External disk drives supported
Yes, via the optional 6Gbps ServeRAID-M5025 controller (512MB cache, RAID-
0/1/10/5/50, and battery backup standard—SAS/SATA; optional RAID-6/60 with SED)
# of adapter slots total / available
2 / 2 (2 / 1 when using the CTO Emulex 10GbE Integrated Virtual Fabric Adapter)
# of PCIe x16 Gen 2 slots (16GBps)
2 via 2 risers (1 full-height/half-length, 1 low-profile/full-length
# of PCIe x8 Gen 2 slots (8GBps)
None
# of PCI-X/133 slots (1GBps)
None standard (1 or 2 via optional risers in place of the PCIe risers)
# of 33MHz legacy PCI slots
None
# of video ports
2 (one front, one rear)
Video controller
Matrox G200eV (in IMM) standard
(NVIDIA FX580 available for CTO and special-bid models)
Video memory
16MB DDR2 SDRAM
Maximum video resolutions
1280x1024 at 60Hz (32 bits)
1600x1200 at 85Hz (16 bits)
Gigabit Ethernet controller
Broadcom BCM5709S
TOE/iSCSI/RDMA acceleration
TOE only
# of Gigabit Ethernet ports
2 standard plus 2 optional
# of RS485 ports
None
# of serial ports
1 (rear)
# of parallel ports
None (USB-attached)
# of mouse ports
None (USB-attached)
# of keyboard ports
None (USB-attached)
# of USB 2.0 ports
5 (2 front, 2 rear, 1 internal for a USB flash memory key containing an embedded