Product guide

IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 3
Intelligent and adaptive system performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 allows CPU cores
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to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond processor thermal
design power (TDP).
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology boosts performance for multi-threaded applications by enabling
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simultaneous multi-threading within each processor core, up to two threads per core.
Intel Virtualization Technology integrates hardware-level virtualization hooks that allow operating
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system vendors to better use the hardware for virtualization workloads.
Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) improve floating-point performance for compute-intensive
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technical and scientific applications.
Sixteen DIMMs of registered 2133 MHz DDR4 ECC memory provide speed, high availability, and a
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memory capacity of up to 512 GB.
Supports drives up to 6 TB capacity in the 3.5-inch form factor.
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Support for internal simple-swap drives, either one 3.5-inch drive, two 2.5-inch drives, or four 1.8-inch
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drives. Plus, in place of a PCIe slot, add two 2.5-inch hot-swap drives.
Boosts performance with PCIe Native Expansion Tray by offering support for two high-powered GPUs
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or Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors within a single node.
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of or with traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) can
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improve I/O performance. An SSD can support up to 100 times more I/O operations per second
(IOPS) than a typical HDD.
Three PCIe slots internal to the nx360 M4: Full-height PCIe slot, mezzanine LOM Generation 2 (ML2)
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slot, and dedicated internal RAID adapter slot.
Supports new mezzanine LOM Generation 2 (ML2) cards for 40 Gb Ethernet and FDR InfiniBand that
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offer network performance in the smallest footprint.
PCI Express 3.0 I/O expansion capabilities improve the theoretical maximum bandwidth by 60% (8
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GTps per link) compared with the previous generation of PCI Express 2.0.
With Intel Integrated I/O Technology, the PCI Express 3.0 controller is integrated into the Intel Xeon
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processor E5 family, which reduces I/O latency and increases overall system performance.
Manageability and security
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the nx360 M5:
The server includes an Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) to monitor server availability and
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perform remote management.
There is a standard Ethernet port that can be shared between the operating system and IMM2 for
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remote management with optional Features on Demand upgrade. There is an optional additional
Ethernet port for dedicated IMM2 connectivity.
An integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) enables improved
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setup, configuration, and updates, and simplifies error handling.
Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support enables advanced cryptographic functions,
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such as digital signatures and remote attestation.
Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware-based resistance
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to malicious software attacks, allowing the application to run in its own isolated space that is
protected from all other software running on a system.
The Intel Execute Disable Bit function can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks
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when combined with a supporting operating system.