Server IBM X3500M4

Model

Server IBM X3500M4

Form factor/height

5U tower or rack server

Processor (max)

Up to two Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600 v2 product family at 3.5 GHz, 8.0 GT/s QPI system speed, and 30 MB of cache per processor socket

Cache (max)

Up to 30 MB per processor

Memory (max)

Maximum 384 GB of DDR3 RDIMMs or 768 GB of DDR3 LRDIMMs or 64 GB of DDR3 UDIMMs; 24 DIMM slots maximum, up to 1866 MHz memory speed

Expansion slots

Up to eight PCIe expansion slots; Six PCIe standard with additional two PCIe slots when the second processor is populated. Optional PCI-X available via interposer conversion kit.

Drive bays (total/hot-swap)

Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap or eight 3.5-inch hot-swap bays standard; up to thirty-two 2.5-inch hot-swap bays via optional upgrade kit or eight 3.5-inch simple-swap bays via configure to order (CTO)

Maximum internal storage

51.2 TB of 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (HDD upgrade options required) or 48 TB of 3.5-inch hot-swap or simple- swap SAS/SATA (via configure to order only)

Network interface

Intel I350AM4 Quad Port GbE

Power supply (std/max)

1/2 hot-swap redundant 550 W/750 W/900 W, 80 PLUS® platinum

Hot-swap components

Power supply and hard disk drives

RAID support

Integrated 6 Gbps or new optional 12 Gbps hardware RAID-0, -1, -10, optional RAID-5, -50, -6, -60 with cache and battery or flash and supercap

System management

Automatic Server Restart; Predictive Failure Analysis on processors, voltage regulator modules (VRMs), fans and memory; light path diagnostics; Integrated Management Module 2; optional remote presence; IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, IMM2 with dedicated management port

Operating systems supported

Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, VMware vSphere Hypervisor