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Type-model

Memory

Disk bays

Available

date

Qty x Processor/Core

Slots

x bays

Disk

controller

Ethernet

cache

Power

Supply

Optical

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Quick release adapter slots (no screws)

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C onﬁguration/S etup Utility: F1 at startup

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Diagnostics (preboot DSA): F2 at startup

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Network Boot: F 12 at startup

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Front indicators LE Ds: P ower-on LED,

HDD activity LE D, locator LED, system

information LE D, and system-error LE D

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P redictive failure analysis on disk options,

memory, power supplies, and fans in

conjunction with IBM Director can alert the

system administrator

of an imminent component failure

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R ack: H 1.7" x W 17.3" x D 28"

(H 43mm x W 440mm x D 711mm)

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28 to 35.1 pounds

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S tealth black color

S ee footnotes for important warranty information

(x3550 M3A)

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IB M C orp. February 2011

IBM System x3550 M3

xREF by STG Field Skills and Education Team

 3 year parts and labor

 International Warranty Service

On site,

8 am - 5 pm,Mon - Fri coverage excluding

holidays, nbd response time

 3 year on site warranty service upgrade

options (in eligible locations):

9 hr coverage, Mon-Fri excluding

holidays, 4 hr avg response time

(S ervicePac

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21P 2072)

24 hr x 7 day coverage, 4 hr avg

response time

(S ervicePac 21P 2073)

 Other ServicePac options at

http://www.ibm.com/services/us/its/

pdf/wamomxeu.pdf

 24x7

toll-free support for warranty

issues during the warranty period

LIMITED WARRANTY

S lot 1*:P C I-E xpress x16 low proﬁle

S lot 2*:P C I-E xpress x16 full height, half length

*slots convertable to 64-bit 133MHz 3.3v P C I-X via riser card

Max internal disk capacity:

2.5": SAS models: 2TB

with four 500G B S F F disks

2.5": SAS models: 4TB

with eight 500G B SF F disks

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P C I-E xpress #1

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P C I-E xpress #2

P S 1 P S 2

video US B

enet 1&2 serial

S M enet

1U Rack with 2.5" HS SAS

Positioning

Business critical compact application server to signiﬁcantly reduce total cost of ownership packed with IBM innovation

P rocessor(s)

Up to two Next Generation Intel

Xeon processors featuring Quick Path Interconnect(QPI) technology at up to

3.33GHz with

up to 12MB L3 /

up to 6 Core / with Intel Turbo Boost Technology and Hyper-Threading

L3 cache

4 or 12MB

std and max / at processor speed

S M P

2-way SMP

/ up to two Xeon P rocessors (same speed/cache size)

Implementation S ystemboard contains two S ocket B (LG A1366) sockets, eighteen DIMM slots, two P C I-E slots, integrated S AS ,

ethernet and graphics controllers

Memory 4, 8 or 12G B std /

86GB

max per processor(using 16G B DIM M s)

PC3-10600 1333MHz LP 240-pin Registered ECC

DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs

(or up to 12 DIMM S / 24G B of UDIMM ) / eighteen slots on systemboard / nine DIM M S per

processor / C hipK ill / memory mirroring

S upports two DIMM s per channel at 1333MHz for L5640 and X5600 series processors

Disk C ontroller

IBM ServeRAID BR10il v2

S AS /SATA controller / A2x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports

RAID-0/1/1E

IBM ServeRAID M1015

S AS /SATA controller / B2x, C2x, D2x, H2x, N2x / on riser card / P C I-Express / supports

RAID-0/1/10

IBM ServeRAID M5014

S AS /SATA controller / F2x, G 2x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports

RAID-0/1/10/5/50

IBM ServeRAID M5015

S AS /SATA controller / J 2x, M2x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports

RAID-0/1/10/5/50

S ATA controller for optional optical integrated into IC H10

Disk bays

Four 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF)

hot swap disk bays std with option for optical drive / expandable to eight S F F hot swap

disk bays without optical drive option / supports S AS, S ATA or S S D S F F hot swap disks , allow mixing different drives

F lash S torage US B-based slot on S A S riser card for optional Hypervisor U S B key

Mechanical

EIA 19" Rack (1U

)

/ rack-mount only / supported in IBM N etBAY

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R ack products / no rack to tower conversion

Architecture/C hipset

Intel 5520 Chipset

/ Intel IO Hub provides P C I-E xpress slots and links to BC M5709, enterprise south

bridge interface to

IC H10 S outh Bridge

/ IC H10 S outh Bridge provides: U S B, S ATA, P C I-E xpress links to

S AS /SATA controller and LP C bus to VS C 452 for video and limited S uper I/O

BUS slots

(S ee below) Two second-generation P C I-E xpress x16 slots / both slots convertible via riser to P C I-X

E thernet

Two

G igabit E thernet ports / Broadcom

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5709C / two full gigabit ethernet

MAC and P HY layer functions / integrated /

P C I-E xpress / full duplex / TC P /IP Ofﬂoad E ngine (TO E ) / Wake on LAN

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/ S erial over LA N / P XE 2.0 /

Failover, adapter fault tolerance / Load balancing / upgradeable to four E thernet ports with additional Broadcom 5709

daughter card

O ptical / diskette O ptional optical / US B only

Front & R ear ports

Front:

two US B (Vers 2.0), graphics (DB-15)

Rear:

two US B (Vers 2.0), serial (9-pin), graphics (DB-15),

two ethernet

(R J -45), one R J -45 (sys mgmt) / no parallel port

G raphics

S VG A / Matrox G200eV integrated in IMM on systemboard / 16M B DDR 2-250M H z S DR A M std/max

S ystems M gmt

Integrated Management Module (IMM)

/ VS C 452 / WP C T201B A0W G / integrated / provides system and

environmental monitoring, event recording, alert capability / T P M 1.2 / AS R / S OL / IP MI 2.0 / S M A S H /

upgradeable

to R emote P resence, blue screen capture via optional IBM V irtual M edia Key

Diagnostics

Light Path Diagnostics

(LE D lights indicate failing component) and on-board diagnostics

S ecurity P ower-on password / administrator password / unattended boot / selectable boot / unattended start mode

P ublications

Installation Guide and Documentation CD

Keyboard / mouse None standard (because rack-based) / US B only

Power supply(s)

Std/Max:

one or two/two 675 watt hot-swap /

rear access / auto restart / redundant with two power

supplies / auto-sensing

Mar 2010

2 x G b

1 x 675W

2 x 675W

1 x 675W

4 hot-swap

S AS /SATA

2.5" O pen

4M B

12M B

1 x Xeon

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E 5506 2.13G Hz/4C

1 x Xeon E 5507 2.26G Hz/4C

1 x Xeon L5630 2.13G Hz/4C

1 x Xeon E 5620 2.40G Hz/4C

2 x Xeon E 5630 2.53G Hz/4C

1 x Xeon E 5640 2.66G Hz/4C

1 x Xeon L5640 2.26G Hz/6C

1 x Xeon X5650 2.66GHz/6C

1 x Xeon X5670 2.93GHz/6C

1 x Xeon X5680 3.33GHz/6C

7944-A2x

7944-B2x

7944-C 2x

7944-D2x

7944-F 2x

7944-G 2x

7944-H2x

7944-J 2x

7944-M2x

7944-N2x

1x4G B

2x4G B

1x4G B

3x4G B

open

2x4

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4 x 2.5" HS Disk

Lightpath panel

US B

video

optical (optional)

Xeon E 5506 2.13GHz / 4C / 4MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 3954

Xeon E 5507 2.26GHz / 4C / 4MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4002

Xeon E 5620 2.4GHz / 4C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4006

Xeon E 5630 2.53GHz / 4C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4007

Xeon E 5640 2.66GHz / 4C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4008

Xeon L5630 2.13GHz / 4C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4004

Xeon L5640 2.26GHz / 6C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4005

Xeon X5650 2.66GHz / 6C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4009

Xeon X5670 2.93GHz / 6C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4011

Xeon X5680 3.33GHz / 6C / 12MB L3 C ache w/fan 59Y 4014

1x2GB (2Rx8) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DRAM R DIMM 49Y 1433

1x2GB (1Rx4) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DRAM R DIMM 49Y 1434

1x4GB (2Rx4) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DRAM R DIMM 49Y 1435

1x8GB (2Rx4) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DRAM R DIMM 49Y 1436

1x2GB (2Rx8) 1Gbit P C 3-10600 DDR 3-1333 LP UDIM M 44T1569

1x2GB (2Rx8) 1Gbit P C 3L-10600R LP RDIMM 1.35V capable 49Y 1392

1x4GB (2Rx4) 1Gbit P C 3L-10600R LP RDIMM 1.35V capable 49Y 1394

IBM Virtual Media key 46C 7526

P C I-E xpress (2x8) R iser card 46M1072

+4 HDD Drive Enablement kit 59Y 3951

Dual-port 1 Gb Ethernet Daughter card 46M1076

675 Watt Hot-swap Power S upply Option (US ) 46M1075

Other options at

ibm.com

/products/us

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IBM System x3550 M3 IBM� Type-model xREF by STG Field Skills and Education Team L3 cache Qty x Processor/Core Memory Disk Disk controller Optical Power Supply Disk bays Slots x bays Ethernet Available date 7944-A2x 1 x Xeon� E 5506 2.13G Hz/4C 4MB 1x4G B 2.5" O pen S AS /S ATA open 1 x 675W 4 hot-swap 2x4 2 x G b Mar 2010 1 x 675W 4 hot-swap 2x4 2 x G b Mar 2010 7944-B2x 1 x Xeon E 5507 2.26G Hz/4C 4MB 1x4G B 2.5" O pen S AS /S ATA open 1 x Xeon L5630 2.13G Hz/4C 1x4G B 7944-C 2x 12MB 2.