Product guide

Ultrascalability in a 2-socket package, combined with extreme availability features and industry-
leading performance
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3
memory mirroring protection provides speed and high availability.
• Five high-speed PCIe Gen 2 adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high-
performance adapters, such as 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Converged Network
Adapter (CNA), and InfiniBand
™
adapters.
• The flexibility to configure a 2U or 3U system (using 1 server and 1 MAX5 unit).
• 2-Port 10Gb Ethernet virtual fabric adapter and 2-port Gigabit Ethernet controller
standard in selected models.
• Integrated Management Module (IMM) standard.
• Optional ServeRAID controllers that support RAID-0/1/10/5/50/6/60 and high-IOPS SSD
drives.
• Up to 9.6TB of internal high-speed hot-swap SAS storage, or 8TB of low-cost hot-swap
SATA storage, using 16 2.5-inch HDDs; up to 4.8TB of hot-swap solid-state storage,
using 24 SSDs.
Key Features
Multicore
Xeon Processors
The x3690 X5 supports up to two high-performance Intel Xeon E7 family or 7500/6500 series
processors (depending on machine type), allowing you to upgrade as business needs require.
The system offers a choice of processor clock rates, cache sizes and power draw:
Xeon E7 Family Processors
• 105W 10-core Xeon processor model E7-8867L running at 2.13GHz, with extremely low
power draw per core (10.5W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz
memory access, dual integrated memory controllers, 30MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel
Intel VT, HT, and Turbo Boost technology— processor available via CTO only
• 130W 8-core Xeon processor model E7-8837 running at 2.67GHz, with reduced power draw
per core (16.25W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory
access, dual integrated memory controllers, 24MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and
Turbo Boost technology
• 105W 6-core Xeon processor models E7-4807* running at 1.86GHz, with moderate power
draw per core (17.5W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory
access, dual integrated memory controllers, 18MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel Intel VT,
and HT technology (no Turbo Boost)— processor available via CTO only
• 130W 10-core Xeon processor models E7-2870 running at 2.4GHz, with low power draw per
core (13W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access, dual
integrated memory controllers, 30MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo Boost
technology
• 130W 10-core Xeon processor models E7-2860 or E7-2850 running at 2.26 or 2.0GHz
(respectively), with low power draw per core (13W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI
speed, 1066MHz memory access, dual integrated memory controllers, 24MB of shared L3
cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo Boost technology
• 105W 8-core Xeon processor model E7-2830 running at 2.13GHz, with low power draw per
core (13.13W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access,
dual integrated memory controllers, 24MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo
Boost technology—processor available via CTO only
• 105W 8-core Xeon processor models E7-2820 running at 2.0GHz, with low power draw per
core (13.13W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access,
dual integrated memory controllers, 18MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo
Boost technology
• 105W 6-core Xeon processor models E7-2803 running at 1.73GHz, with moderate power
draw per core (17.5W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory
access, dual integrated memory controllers, 18MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, and HT
technology (no Turbo Boost)
Xeon 7500 and 6500 Series Processors
• 130W 8-core Xeon processor model X7560 running at 2.26GHz, with low power draw per
core (16.25W), 6.4 GTps (gigatransfers per second) QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access,
dual integrated memory controllers, 24MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo
Boost technology
• 130W 8-core Xeon processor model X7550 running at 2.0GHz, with low power draw per core
(16.25W), 6.4 GTps QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access, dual integrated memory
controllers, 18MB of shared L3 cache, and Intel VT, HT, and Turbo Boost technology
• 130W 8-core Xeon processor model X6550 running at 2.0GHz, with low power draw per core
(16.25W), 6.4 GTps QPI speed, 1066MHz memory access, dual integrated memory