An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server
with high performance and data protection for small and
medium businesses
• 64-bit extensions (EM64T)
• Leading-edge front-side bus —Up to 1333MHz FSB (model-specific)
• Fast memory — Fully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory standard with two-
way or four-way interleaving
• Fast disk technology — Integrated Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) controller (selected models)
and slotless hardware-based RAID controller with optional upgrade to RAID 5 controller with
256MB of battery-backed cache
• Fast communications — Integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller
• Fast I/O —PCIe x8 and x4 and PCIx/133 adapter slots
Flexibility
• Large memory capacity — Up to 32GB of fully buffered memory, using 8 DIMMs
• High-capacity disk storage — Up to 2.4TB of internal hot-swap SAS storage or 6.0TB of
hot-swap SATA II storage (using eight 3.5-inch drives), or up to 3.0TB of simple-swap
SATA II storage using four 3.5-inch drives)
• Support for an optional half-high or full-high internal tape drive (in addition to the eight
HDDs)
• High-performance external expansion — five 480Mbps USB 2.0 ports (two front, two rear,
one internal)
• Hardware-based RAID-0/1/10 support standard in hot-swap models (upgradeable to RAID-
0/1/10/1E/5/6 support); firmware-based RAID-0/1 support standard in simple-swap models
upgradeable to hardware-based RAID-8k support)
• Six available adapter slots —
Two x8
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PCIe slots (4GBps)
One x4
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PCIe slots (2GBps)
Two 133MHz PCIx slots (1GBps)
One 33MHz legacy PCI slot
• Integrated CD-ROM drive
• Optional iSCSI HBA Adapter for IXA Connectivity (to System i
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servers)
Manageability, Serviceability and Availability
• IBM Director systems management software, including:
IBM Management Processor Assistant
IBM Rack Manager
IBM RAID Manager
IBM Update Assistant
IBM Software Distribution
IBM System Availability
• Integrated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC):
IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power control
Text console redirection systems management standard
• Active Memory protection:
Advanced Chipkill ECC memory protection, and either
Online hot-spare memory, or
Memory mirroring
• Support for highly available hardware-based RAID-1/10 arrays standard, without consuming
an adapter slot; upgradeable to RAID-1E/5/6 using a slotless card
• Hot-swap SAS, hot-swap SATA or simple-swap SATA hard disk drives
• Ultra-efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features
• Optional hot-swap/redundant power supplies and cooling
• Light path diagnostics (front LED panel, externally viewable light path panel)
• Optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine daughter card (no slot required)
Supports the LDAP and SSL industry standards
• Optional tower-to-rack conversion kit
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The x8 slots can accept x1, x4 or x8 adapters running at x1, x4 or x8 throughput, respectively.
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The x4 slot can accept x1, x4 or x8 adapters; however x8 adapters will be limited to x4 throughput.
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