Datasheet

System x3550 M5 6
Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components Specification
Machine type 5463
Form factor 1U Rack.
Processor Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family CPUs with 18 or 16 cores (2.3 GHz
core speeds); or 14, 12, or 10 cores (up to 2.6 GHz core speeds); or 8 cores (up to 3.2 GHz
core speeds); or 6 cores (up to 3.4 GHz core speeds); or 4 cores (up to 3.5 GHz core
speeds). Two QPI links up to 9.6 GT/s each. Up to 2133 MHz memory speed. Up to 45 MB L3
cache.
Chipset Intel C612.
Memory Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs and LRDIMMs (Load Reduced
DIMMs) are supported. Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2133 MHz.
Memory
maximums
With RDIMMs: Up to 768 GB with 24x 32 GB RDIMMs and two processors
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With LRDIMMs: Up to 1.5 TB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors
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Memory
protection
Error correction code (ECC), Chipkill (for x4-based memory DIMMs).
Disk drive bays Up to 12x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs, or up to 8x 2.5" Simple Swap SATA HDDs, or up
to 4x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs, or up to 4x 3.5" Simple Swap SATA HDDs.
Maximum internal
storage
Up to 21.6 TB with 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS HDDs, or up to 12 TB with 1 TB 2.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs,
or up to 38.4 TB with 3.84 TB 2.5" SAS SSDs, or up to 24 TB with 6 TB 3.5" NL SAS/SATA
HDDs. Intermix of SAS/SATA is supported.
Storage controller Onboard 6 Gb SATA: no RAID support
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12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID: RAID 0, 1, 10 with M1215 or M5210. Optional upgrade to RAID
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5, 50 is available for M1215. Optional upgrade to RAID 5, 50 is available for M5210
(zero-cache; 1 GB non-backed cache; 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB flash-backed cache).
Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available for M5210 with memory cache upgrades.
Optional SSD Caching and Performance Accelerator feature upgrades are available.
12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID: N2215 HBA
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Optical drive bays One, optional, for models with 4 or 8 drive bays (models with 10 drive bays do not support an
internal optical drive). Support for DVD-ROM or Multiburner.
Tape drive bays None.
Network
interfaces
Four integrated RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (BCM5719); optional Mezzanine
LOM (ML2) slot for dual-port 10 GbE cards with SFP+ or RJ-45 connectors or quad-port GbE
cards with RJ-45 connectors.
PCI Expansion
slots
Up to four slots, depending on the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or ML2; low profile, half-length (not present if the HDD Rear Kit is
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installed)
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile or full-height, half-length (PCIe 3.0 x16
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slot requires the second processor to be installed) (not present if the HDD Rear Kit is
installed)
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile, half-length
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Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8 (dedicated for an internal RAID controller)
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