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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 192 GB RDIMMs or 48 GB UDIMMs high-performance, new generation DDR-3 memory.
- Internal storage flexibility with up to eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs.
- Up to 2 PCIe slots.
- Low 675 W design and up to 94% 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.
- 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 192 GB RDIMMs or 48 GB UDIMMs high-performance, new generation DDR-3 memory.
- Internal storage flexibility with up to eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs.
- Up to 2 PCIe slots.
- Low 675 W design and up to 94% 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.
Specifications
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor cache type | Smart Cache |
| Processor cache | 12 MB |
| Thermal Monitoring Technologies | No |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 W |
| Tcase | 81.3 °C |
| Supported instruction sets | SSE4.2 |
| Stepping | B1 |
| Processor threads | 12 |
| Processor series | Intel Xeon 5600 Series |
| Processor package size | 42.5 X 45 mm |
| Processor operating modes | 64-bit |
| Processor lithography | 32 nm |
| Processor codename | Westmere EP |
| Processor code | SLBYL |
| Physical Address Extension (PAE) | 40 bit |
| Number of QPI links | 2 |
| Memory types supported by processor | DDR3 800/1066/1333 |
| Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 800,1066,1333 MHz |
| Memory channels supported by processor | Triple |
| Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max) | 32 GB/s |
| Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 288 GB |
| Idle States | Yes |
| FSB Parity | No |
| Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| Embedded options available | No |
| ECC supported by processor | Yes |
| CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio) | 23 |
| Bus type | QPI |
| Conflict-Free processor | No |
| Processor frequency | 3.06 GHz |
| Number of processors installed | 1 |
| Processor model | X5675 |
| Processor boost frequency | 3.46 GHz |
| System bus rate | 6.4 GT/s |
| Processor socket | Socket B (LGA 1366) |
| Processor cores | 6 |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor front side bus | 1333 MHz |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel® 5520 |
| Compatible processor series | Intel® Xeon® |
| Processor family | Intel® Xeon® 5000 Sequence |
| Memory | |
| Internal memory | 4 GB |
| Memory slots | 18x DIMM |
| Memory layout (slots x size) | 1 x 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 1333 MHz |
| Maximum internal memory | 192 GB |
| Internal memory type | DDR3-SDRAM |
| ECC | Yes |
| Storage | |
| RAID support | Yes |
| Number of HDDs supported | 8 |
| Maximum storage capacity | 8 TB |
| Hot-swap | Yes |
| HDD size | 2.5" |
| HDD interface | Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) |
| Graphics | |
| Maximum graphics card memory | 16 MB |
| Graphics card memory type | GDDR2 |
| Graphics card family | Matrox |
| Graphics card | G200eV |
| Network | |
| Networking features | Gigabit Ethernet |
| LAN controller | Broadcom BCM5709S |
| Ethernet LAN | Yes |
| Cabling technology | 10/100/1000Base-T(X) |
| Ports & interfaces | |
| VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity | 2 |
| USB 2.0 ports quantity | 5 |
| Serial ports quantity | 1 |
| Number of slots | 2 |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports | 3 |
| Expansion slots | |
| PCI Express x16 slots | 2 |
| PCI Express slots version | 2.0 |
| Design | |
| Chassis type | Rack (1U) |
| Performance | |
| Compatible operating systems | Windows Server 2008/Server 2003 RHEL 5/6 SLES 10/11 VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4.1 Sun Solaris 10 |
| Operating system installed | No |
| Software | |
| Compatible operating systems | Windows Server 2008/Server 2003 RHEL 5/6 SLES 10/11 VMware vSphere Hypervisor 4.1 Sun Solaris 10 |
| Operating system installed | No |
| Processor special features | |
| Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology | No |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 |
| Intel® Quick Sync Video Technology | No |
| Intel® My WiFi Technology (Intel® MWT) | No |
| Intel® Insider™ | No |
| Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes |
| Intel® Clear Video Technology for Mobile Internet Devices (Intel CVT for MID) | No |
| Intel® Clear Video HD Technology (Intel® CVT HD) | No |
| Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT) | No |
| Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes |
| Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | Yes |
| Intel Flex Memory Access | No |
| Intel FDI Technology | No |
| Intel Fast Memory Access | No |
| Intel Enhanced Halt State | Yes |
| Intel Dual Display Capable Technology | No |
| Intel Demand Based Switching | Yes |
| Intel Clear Video Technology | No |
| Intel 64 | Yes |
| Intel® Wireless Display (Intel® WiDi) | No |
| Intel Rapid Storage Technology | No |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes |
| CPU configuration (max) | 2 |
| Processor ARK ID | 52577 |
| Power | |
| Number of power supply units | 1 |
| Power supply | 675 W |
| Operational conditions | |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 10 - 32 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 50 - 90 °F |
| Certificates | |
| Compliance industry standards | IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab |
| Sustainability | |
| Sustainability certificates | ENERGY STAR |
| Weight & dimensions | |
| Width | 440 mm |
| Weight | 15.9 kg |
| Height | 43 mm |
| Depth | 711.4 mm |
| Technical details | |
| Sustainability certificates | ENERGY STAR |
| Other features | |
| Disk array controller | M5015 |
| Mac compatibility | No |
| Graphics card memory type | GDDR2 |
| Graphics card family | Matrox |
| Graphics card | G200eV |