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Processor2 x Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5520 (2.26 GHz/ 5.8GT/s), 8 MB L3 Cache
Memory8 GB PC3-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3-1333 LP RDIMM
Hard Drive2 x IBM 146 GB 2.5in SFF Slim-HS 15K 6 Gbps SAS HDD
Disk BaysServeRAID-BR 10i SAS/SATA controller with RAID 0,1
Warranty3-years limited warranty, 9x5
Part Number (P/N)794632A
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Highlights

  • High-performance design to maximise your IT investment
  • Manage growth and risk for improved business availability with IBM X-Architecture features
  • Go green and save with new design and tools for optimised power management
  • Experience improved performance, reliability and scalability from Intel® Xeon® processor
Optimised for speed
Designed for applications ranging from Web serving to workload consolidation and virtualisation, the IBM System x3550 offers high-speed, dual-core and quad-core processors with blazing front-side bus speed. Optimised for exceptional application computing, the x3550 features a highly functional infrastructure that addresses more memory, lowers power consumption and provides dramatic systems performance increases.
Innovation comes standard
Standard integrated data protection with hardware Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) and 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives (HDDs) keeps your data safe and readily available. Super-efficient network communication and hot-swap redundant power help keep your business humming at lower support costs.
Product featuresHardware summary
  • Reduced power usage with power-efficient, low-voltage processors and low-power 2.5" HDDs
  • Optimised power management with new integrated tools such as the IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 solution
  • Better application performance with snoop filters
  • Calibrated Vectored Cooling (CVC) helps maintain healthy system by keeping internal components cool
  • Space-saving, 1U chassis
  • Up to two Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5160 up to 3.0GHz with up to 1333MHz front-side bus speed or up to two Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors X5460 up to 3.16GHz and up to 1333MHz front-side bus
  • Up to 32GB of high-performance, new-generation memory 667MHz, two PCI-Express slots and up to four HDDs for robust expansion
FeatureBenefits
Rack-optimized 1U
  • Provides space savings for crowded data center
Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2x2 MB or 2x6 MB L2 cache)
  • Improves productivity through higher processing performance
  • 1333 MHz front-side bus speeds information access within the system
  • Dual-core processing provides significant performance gains over single core
Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors (2x6 MB L2 cache)
  • Delivers ultimate processor performance with eight cores using optimized L2 cache
  • Maximize multi-threaded applications for faster and concurrent execution
  • Outstanding performance per watt with power-efficient Intel Core Microarchitecture
  • Large cache size yields more transaction processing
Intel Xeon L5300 and L5400 series low-voltage processors
  • Lowers overall system power requirements
Fast 667 MHz, Fully Buffered DIMM memory
  • Match the high-performance speed of the Intel Xeon Processors with new-generation, high-performance memory supporting optimized throughput
  • Online spare and memory mirroring provide customers with two ways to increase system and application reliability by allowing the system to continue operating even if a memory DIMM fails
  • Interleaved memory to improve application performance
Support for up to four hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or two simple-swap Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives (HDDs)
  • Provides a range of affordable storage solutions to meet today's storage needs and tomorrow's expansion requirements
  • High-capacity, high-performance 3.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs are the most robust drive choice to power your enterprise servers and storage solutions
  • Install up to four drives in a 1U server with 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs
  • Choice of affordable 3.5" SATA HDDs based on customer application requirements
Two PCI-Express slots (x8, half-length/full-height slot) or optional riser card for one PCI-X 64-bit/133 MHz slot)
  • Provides expandability choices and the opportunity to increase I/O bandwidth for performance and productivity
  • Choice of utilizing existing PCI-X adapters during the transition to the PCI-Express standard
Support for PCI-Express
  • Customers can choose a PCI-X riser card to support their PCI-X adapters. The PCI-X riser card can be ordered instead of the standard PCI-Express riser card.
  • Standard PCI-Express allows customers to achieve faster interconnect speeds than PCI-X 133 MHz
Integrated SAS RAID-0, -1 and -10
  • Enhances system availability and data protection by supporting SAS hard disk drive RAID without using a PCI slot
Optional zero channel SAS RAID-5 or -6 with IBM ServeRAID™ 8k adapter
  • Take high availability to your HDDs without sacrificing performance with RAID-5 or -6
  • Deploy RAID-5 with a live hot spare when used with four 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
  • Helps provide advanced power notification and control, monitor power consumption, achieve lower heat output and decreased cooling costs
TCP-IP Offload Engine
  • Improves system performance by offloading protocol processing from CPU to a separate engine or code
Snoop filters on Intel core chipset
  • Improve application efficiency with snoop filters to boost processor performance
Hot-swap redundant power supplies
  • Increase system and application uptime by eliminating another point of failure with a second hot-swap power supply
Drop-down light path diagnostics panel
  • Gives information about a failing component without interrupting system operation
  • Expedites hardware repairs to dramatically reduce service time
  • Provides a lighted path to failing component inside the system
Hot-swap redundant fans
  • Allow the server to continue operating even with fan failure
  • Replacing fans is easy, without taking your server offline or out of the rack
Integrated System Management Processor
  • Provides around-the-clock remote management capabilities
  • Increases server availability by continuously monitoring your system and notifying you of potential system failures or changes
Support for optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
  • Works in concert with integrated system management processor to provide even greater system control
  • Decreases downtime by allowing you to remotely perform systems management functions easily, whether your server is operational or not
  • Activates dedicated system management Ethernet port
IBM Director
  • Comprehensive systems management tools
  • Helps increase uptime, reduce costs and improve productivity via advanced server management capabilities
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
  • Provides increased network throughput and redundancy with efficient slot-saving integration
Three-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
  • Provides peace of mind for an extended period of time
IBM ServerGuide™ software
  • Assists with the installation of operating systems and drivers
  • Gets your server up and running faster
  • Simplifies installation and configuration of your IBM System x™ servers

Specifications

Form factor/heightRack/1U
Processor (max)Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5160 up to 3.0GHz and up to 1333MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor X5460 up to 3.16GHz and up to 1333MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max)1/2
Level 2 (L2) cache2x2 or 2x6MB (dual-core) and 2x6MB (quad-core)
Memory11GB or 32GB Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) 667MHz
Expansion slots2 PCI-Express (x8) half-length, full-height or optional riser card for 1 PCI-X (64-bit 133MHz)
Disk bays (total/hot-swap)2/2 (3.5" form factor) or 4/4 (2.5" form factor)
Maximum internal storage 1,2600GB 3.5" hot-swap SAS or up to 2.0TB simple-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) or 293.6GB 2.5" hot-swap SAS
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Power supply (std/max)670W 1/2
Hot-swap componentsPower supply, fans, HDDs (select models)
RAID supportIntegrated RAID-0, -1, -10, optional RAID-5, -6
Systems managementIBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86, Integrated Service Processor, Diagnostic LEDs, drop-down light path diagnostics panel, Automatic Server Restart, optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide and optional Remote Deployment Manager
Operating systems supportedMicrosoft® Windows® Server 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, TurboLinux Enterprise Server, Novell NetWare and VMware ESX Server
Limited warranty 3Three year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty
1Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and/or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest capacity supported drives available. When referring to variable speed CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs, actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.

2GB and TB = 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, respectively, when referring to storage capacity. Accessible capacity is less.

3 IBM Warranty information: For a copy of applicable product warranties, contact your local IBM sales representative or visit: ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties (US) IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For on-site labour, IBM will attempt to diagnose and resolve the problem remotely before sending a technician.
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