IBM system x3550 m3
The IBM System x3550 M3 server delivers dual processor performance in a space-saving 1U chassis. Powered by Intel’s Xeon 5600 series processors, this server offers up to 288GB of memory and up to eight hot-swap drive bays.
IBM System x3550 M3 Server – Specifications
Processor – 2 Sockets
- Six-core Intel Xeon 5600 Series
- Quad-core Intel Xeon 5600 Series
Chipset
Intel 5520 Chipset
Memory
DIMM Sockets
- Up to 18 DIMM Sockets (9 DIMMs per processor)
Memory Capacity
- Up to 288GB with 16GB DDR3 RDIMMs
- Up to 48GB with 4GB DDR3 UDIMMs
Memory Protection
- ECC
- ChipKill (for x4-based memory DIMMs)
- Memory Mirroring
- Memory Sparing
Drive Bays
Disk Drive Bays
- Maximum Internal Storage: 4TB
Maximum Internal Storage
- Up to 7.2TB with 900GB SAS HDDs
- Up to 8.0TB with 1TB SATA HDDs
- Up to 1.6TB with 200GB SSDs
RAID Support
- RAID 0, 1, 1E with ServeRAID-BR10il v2 or M1015
- RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with M5014 or M5015
Network Interfaces
- Integrated 2Gb Ethernet ports
- 2 x ports on optional Gigabit Ethernet with Ethernet Daughter Card
Pcie Expansion Slots
Up to 3 slots (1 Slots Dedicated to RAID controller)
- Slot 1: PCIe 2.0 x16, Low-profile
- Slot 2: PCIe 2.0 x16, full-heighjt, half-length
External Ports
Front
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x DB-15 Video
Rear
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x DB-15 Video
- 1 x DB-9 Serial
- 1 x RJ-45 Systems Management
- 4 x RJ045 Gigabit Ethernet (2 standard, 2 optional)
Internal
- 1 x USB for embedded hypervisor
Cooling
IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ with 6 counter-rotating hot swap fans with N+1 redundancy
Power Supply
Up to 2 redundant hot-swap 460 W AC or 675 W AC or 675 W high efficiency (HE) AC power supplies with 90%+ efficiency
Systems Management
- UEFI
- IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM)
- Predictive Failure Analysis
- Light Path Diagnostics
- Automatic Server Restart
- IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
- IBM ServerGuide
Chassis
- Enclosure
- Height: 1.7″ (43mm)
- Width: 17.3″ (440mm)
- Depth: 28.0″ (711mm)
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