IBM System x3550 M3

The IBM System x3550 M3 server is created on the basis of Intel Xeon processors. Has twice bigger performance in comparison with the previous generations and flexible, energy saving construction into which low-voltage components are integrated, x3550 M3 allows to support exacting workloads at lower cost per watt.

Management and service

The x3550 M3 server differs in flexible, scalable construction and provides an easy way of upgrade from four to eight hard drives. Extensive management tools systems, such as advanced diagnostic aids and possibility of the centralized control of resources, facilitate deployment, integration, service and management.

Characteristics

• Performance optimized in terms of energy consumption thanks to high-speed performance of new Intel processors, higher power and storage capacity
• The innovation, energy saving construction with a form factor 1U helps to reduce operating costs
• Construction with effective energy consumption thanks to the modules Unregistered Dual Inline Memory Module (UDIMM), work with power of 40 W and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS technology
• The improved service thanks to scalable flexible design which provides ease of deployment, integration, service and management
• Simplification of layer management of risk thanks to failsafe architecture and the virtualized environments

IBM System x3550M3 server. Source: IBM

Short description of hardware

• Chassis 1U
• To two six-nuclear Intel Xeon processors of the GHz series 5600 3,46 (quad-core 3.60 GHz) with QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) technology, access rate to memory 1333 MHz.
• Up to 288 GB of Registered DIMM (RDIMM) or 48 GB of UDIMM of high-performance memory of DDR-3 of new generation
• Flexible internal system of storage: to eight 2.5-inch hard drives Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) or solid-state disks with a possibility of "hot" replacement
• Up to 2 PCIe connectors
• Construction with low-voltage (675 W) and effective (up to 95%) power sources, 6 fans of cooling, the new UEFI BIOS system, the altimeter which is traced using the built-in module of management (Integrated Management Module, IMM) and software of IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
• Compliance to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) 1/standards for models with power supplies of an alternating and direct current (depends on model)
• Compliance to standards 80-PLUS and ENERGY STAR concerning energy efficiency (depends on model)
• Support of the built-in hypervisor of VMware of ESXi when using an additional USB key of 2 GB for virtualization