Highlights - Get higher performance per watt for greater cost efficiency - Simplify management and serviceability with flexible design - Maintain availability and lower risk through a resilient architecture Innovative technology in slim package The IBM System x3550 M3 builds on the latest Intel® Xeon® processor technology with extreme processing power and superior energy-management and cooling features. With twice the performance of previous generations and a flexible, energy-smart design that integrates low-wattage components, the x3550 M3 can help you meet demanding workloads at a lower cost per watt. Simplifying management and serviceability The x3550 M3 offers a flexible, scalable design and simple upgrade path from four to eight hard disk drives. Comprehensive systems management tools such as advanced diagnostics and the ability to control resources from a single point make it easy to deploy, integrate, service and manage. Product features - Power-optimized performance that leverages the speed of new Intel® processors with more capacity and memory - Innovative, energy-smart 1U design to help lower operational costs - Energy-efficient design with UDIMMs, 40 W processing and UEFI BIOS - Better serviceability with a highly scalable, flexible design that is easy to deploy, integrate, service and manage - Easier risk management with resilient architectures and virtualized environments Hardware summary - 1U chassis - Up to two 3.46 GHz six-core (3.60 GHz four-core) Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology, up to 1333 MHz memory access speed - Up to 288 GB RDIMMs or 48 GB UDIMMs high-performance, new generation DDR-3 memory - Internal storage flexibility with up to eight 2.5 in. hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs - Up to 2 PCIe slots - Low 675 W design and up to 95 percent efficient power supplies, six cooling fan modules, new UEFI BIOS, altimeter monitored by Integrated Management Module and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ - NEBS 1/ETSI equivalent compliance for both AC and DC power supply (model dependent) - Compliant with 80-PLUS® and ENERGY STAR® energy-efficiency standards (model dependent) - VMware ESXi embedded hypervisor support with optional 2 GB USB key for virtualization