The bottom line – IBM X3650 M3 User Manual

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Leadership enterprise server with significantly lower cost of ownership in a highly available and
expandable, rack-dense, 2U dual-socket server

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The Bottom Line

The IBM System x3650 M3 is an extremely energy efficient, powerful system, incorporating
significantly redesigned management tools and abundant IBM-unique innovations:

Price/Performance

• High-throughput processors — Up to two 2.66 to 3.33GHz 6-core, 2.40GHz to 3.46GHz 4-

core, or 1.86GHz to 2.13GHz low-voltage 4-core or 2.26GHz low-voltage 6-core Xeon 5600
Series processors; or two 2.0GHz to 2.93GHz 4-core or 2.0GHz 2-core Xeon 5500 Series
processors

• Energy-efficient low-voltage processors — 40W 4-core and 60W 6-core Xeon 5600 Series

processors

• Hyper Threading Technology for up to 12 processor cores and 24 threads total (processor-

specific)

• Turbo Boost Technology for a performance boost when not all cores are in use (processor-

specific)

• 64-bit extensions (EM64T)

• Large cache — 12MB or 4MB of L3 processor cache (processor-specific)

• Fast memory — Registered PC3-10600 DDR III ECC DIMMs standard, operating at

1333MHz, 1066MHz or 800Mhz (depending on processor model and memory configuration);
supports 2 DIMMs per channel at 1333MHz

• Fast disk technology — Supports high-performance SAS drives that provide high

density/high reliability and allow you to scale up as your business grows.

• High IOPS SSDs — Solid-state drives offer significantly higher I/O operations per second

than HDDs

• Fast communications — Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers standard supporting

load-balancing and failover, as well as TOE acceleration; two additional integrated NICs
optional

• Fast I/O — Four PCIe x8 adapter slots (replaceable with two x16 PCIe or two PCI-X/133

slots)

Flexibility

• Large memory capacity — Up to 192GB of registered DDR3 DIMMs, in 18 DIMM slots

• Up to 16 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs or simple-swap SSDs

• Choice of disk storage — Up to 8.0TB of internal SAS/SATA storage, 800GB of internal

solid-state storage

• High-performance external expansion — Five 480Mbps USB 2.0 ports (two front, two rear,

one internal for optional USB key with hypervisor, tape drive, or RDX drive)

• Slotless hardware-based 3Gbps RAID-0/1/1E, or 6Gbps RAID-0/1/10 or RAID-0/1/10/5/50

standard

• Four available adapter slots:

Four x8

PCIe Gen 2 slots (8GBps)

An optional riser card containing one x16 PCIe Gen 2 slot can replace each of the two
riser cards

An optional riser card containing one 133MHz PCI-X slot can replace each of the two
riser cards

• Optional DVD-RW drive

• Two video ports (one on the front and one on the back)
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability

• IBM Systems

Director systems management software, including (among others):

IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager

IBM Service and Support Manager

• Integrated Management Module (IMM):

IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control

Text console redirection systems management standard

• Active Memory protection:

ServerProven or ClusterProven. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a
technician is sent after IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in
which this product is sold.

The x8 slots can accept x1, x4, or x8 adapters running at x1, x4, or x8 throughput, respectively.