This 2U-high, rack-optimized server features extreme frequency, optimized performance, and systems management for business-critical applications and cloud deployments built on IBM X-Architecture.

Optimized for performance

New, innovative, energy-smart design with powerful high-performance processors, a large capacity of high-performing DDR3 memory, and an impressive feature set ideal for business-critical applications and cloud deployments:

- Up to two 8-core powerful Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors;
- Twenty-four DIMM (RDIMM/UDIMM/LRDIMM/HCDIMM) slots that enable you to deploy up to 384 GB of DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory, or up to 768 GB of memory with LRDIMMs or HyperCloud DIMMs, fast memory bandwidth with the ability to run two DIMMs per channel at 1600 MHz with supported 1600 MHz RDIMMs;
- Integrated IBM ServeRAID M5110e on the motherboard, 6 Gbps hardware RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-10; optional RAID-5, RAID-50, or RAID-6, RAID-60 (model dependent) and up to 1 GB Flashback cache;
- Support for up to 16 hot-swap SAS/SATA 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs or up to six hot-swap SAS/SATA 3.5-inch HDDs or up to thirty-two 1.8-inch SSDs;
- Highly functional chipset optimized for better application computing for general business workloads;
- Integrated quad Gigabit Ethernet ports for high I/O capacity, plus two optional embedded 10 GbE ports;
- Up to six PCIe 3.0 I/O slots with optional PCI-X and double-width PCIe adapters support, help provide flexibility, greater performance with long-term investment protection.