Max internal disk capacity:
12T B
2
with 24 500G B S AS hot-swap HDDs
(optional upgrade kit required)
S ee footnotes for important warranty information x3500M3A
IB M C orp. February 2011
IBM System x3500 M3
xREF by STG Field Skills and Education Team
3 year parts and labor
International Warranty Service
3
On site, 8 am - 5 pm, Mon - Fri
coverage excluding holidays, next
business day response time
7
3 year on site warranty service
upgrade options (in eligible locations):
7
9 hour coverage, Mon-Fri excluding
holidays, 4 hour avg response
(S erviceP ac
part num
21P 2077
)
24/7 day coverage, 4 hour avg response
(S erviceP ac part number
21P 2078
)
24x7
14
toll-free support for warranty
issues during the warranty period
3
LIMITED WARRANTY
3
Mar 2010
Mar 2010
Mar 2010
Mar 2010
Mar 2010
Mar 2010
Apr 2010
Apr 2010
Apr 2010
Apr 2010
J une 2010
J uly 2010
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
2 x G b
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
2 x 920W HS
2 x 920W HS
2 x 920W HS
1 x 920W HS
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 3.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 3.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 2.5" std)
7x11
(8 HS 3.5" std)
7x19
(16 HS 2.5" std)
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
S AS /S ATA
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
O pen
4M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
12M B
1 x Xeon
TM
E 5506 2.13G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon E 5620 2.4G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon E 5630 2.53G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon E 5640 2.66G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon X5650 2.66G Hz/6C
1 x Xeon X5670 2.93G Hz/6C
1 x Xeon X5680 3.33G Hz/6C
1 x Xeon E 5620 2.4G Hz/4C
2 x Xeon E 5630 2.5
3G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon X5650 2.66G Hz/6C
1 x Xeon E 5620 2.4G Hz/4C
1 x Xeon X5680 3.33G Hz/6C
7380-32x
7380-42x
7380-52x
7380-62x
7380-72x
7380-82x
7380-92x
7380-E 1x
7380-E 2x
7380-E 3x
7380-E 4x
7380-94x
1x4G B
1x4G B
1x4G B
2x4G B
2x4G B
2x4G B
2x4G B
3x4G B
6x4G B
3x4G B
3x2G B
2x4G B
Available
dateQty x Processor/ Core
Slots x bays
(hot-swap bays)Disk
IBM
Type - model
Power supply
Disk
controller Ethernet
L3
cache
Memory
Xeon E 5502 1.86GHz/4.8GTs/4MB L3 C ache 46D1350
Xeon E 5504 2.0GHz/4.8GTs/4MB L3 C ache 46D1351
Xeon E 5520 2.26GHz/5.86GTs/8MB L3 C ache 46D1352
Xeon E 5530 2.4GHz/5.86GTs/8MB L3 C ache 46D1353
Xeon X5550 2.66GHz/6.4GT s/8MB L3 C ache 46D1355
Xeon X5570 2.93GHz/6.4GT s/8MB L3 C ache 46D1357
1x1GB (1Rx8) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DR AM Registered DIMM 44T1480
1x2GB (2Rx8) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DR AM Registered DIMM 44T1481
1x2GB (1Rx4) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DR AM Registered DIMM 44T1482
1x4GB (2Rx4) P C 3-10600 DDR 3 S DR AM Registered DIMM 44T1483
920 Watt Hot-swap P ower S upply Option (US ) 44X0381
IBM S erveR AID-BR 10i SAS /S ATA C ontroller 44E 8689
IBM S erveR AID-MR 10i SAS /S ATA C ontroller 43W4296
146GB 15K S AS S F F slim-HS 2.5" (SF F tray) HDD 42D0677
146GB 10K S AS S F F slim-HS 2.5" (SF F tray) HDD 42D0632
300GB 10K S AS S F F slim-HS 2.5" (SF F tray) HDD 42D0637
500GB 7200 6Gbps NL S AS 2.5" SF F S lim-HS HDD 42D0707
Other options at
ibm.com
/products/us
S lot 1: half-length, P C I-E xpress x8(x8 electrical)
S lot 2: full, P C I-E xpress x16 (x8 electrical)
S lot 3: full, P C I-E xpress x8 (x4 electrical)
S lot 4: full, P C I-E xpress x8 (x4 electrical)
S lot 5: full, P C I-E xpress x8 (x8 electrical)
S lot 6: half-length, 32-bit 33M Hz 5.0v P C I
S lot 7: full, P C I-E xpress x8 (x4 electrical)
Bay 1 5.25", HH 1.6" access, DVD-R OM
Bay 2 5.25", HH 1.6" access, open
Bay 3 5.25", HH 1.6" access, open
Bay 4 2.5", S F F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 5 2.5", S F F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 6 2.5", S F F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 7 2.5", SF F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 8 2.5", SF F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 9 2.5", SF F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 10 2.5", S F F .5" access, hot-swap
Bay 11 2.5", S F F .5" access, hot-swap
Q uick release adapter slots (no screws)
C onfiguration/S etup Utility invoked by
pressing F 1 at startup
AC P I 2.0-compliant
O perator Information P anel (in front)
P redictive failure analysis on disk options,
memory, processors, VR M s, power
supplies, and fans in conjunction with IBM
Director can alert the system administrator
of an imminent component failure
Tower
Tower: H 17.3" x W 8.6" x D 30.2"
60.4 to 85.6 pounds
S tealth black color
Positioning
Ultimate balance of high performance, high availability, expansion capability and ease of management in a stable, long-life platform
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 MP
2-way SMP
/ up to two Xeon P rocessors (same speed/cache size)
Implementation S ystemboard contains two S ocket B (LG A1366) sockets, sixteen DIMM slots, six P C I-E slots, one P C I slot, and
integrated S AS /SATA, ethernet and graphics controllers
Memory Up to 24G B std /
96GB
max per processor(using16GB DIMMs*)
/
PC3-10600 1333MHz LP 240-pin Registered ECC
DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs
/ sixteen slots on systemboard / eight DIMMS per processor / ChipKill / memory mirroring
Disk C ontroller
IBM ServeRAID M1015
S AS /S ATA controller / 32x, 42x, 52x, E 1x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports
RAID-0/1
/
IBM ServeRAID M5014
S AS /S ATA controller /
62x, E2x, E3x, E4x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports
RAID-0/1/10/5/50
/
IBM ServeRAID M5015
with battery /
72x, 82x, 92x, 94x / on riser card / P C I-E xpress / supports
RAID-0/1/10/5/50
/
Disk bays
Up to sixteen 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF)
hot swap disk bays std /
up to 24 max via C TO or upgrade options / eight 3.5" HDD
hot swap disk bays std on E1x, E 2x, E 4x or via C TO / supports SAS & SATA HS disks
Mechanical
Tower
/ conversion to E IA 26" R ack (5U
4
) via option 69Y 0893
Architecture/Chipset
Intel 5520 Chipset
/ Intel IO Hub provides P C I-E xpress slots 1-5 and links to BCM5709C, enterprise south bridge
interface to
IC H10 S outh Bridge
/ IC H10 South Bridge provides: U S B, S ATA, P C I-E xpress links to LS I S AS /SATA
controller and LP C bus to VS C452 for video and limited S uper I/O, P C I-E xpress slot 6 and a P C I slot
BU S slots
(See below) One P C I-E xpress 2nd Gen x16 slot / Four P C I-E xpress 2nd Gen x8 slots
(one reserved for S AS controller) /
One
P C I-E xpress 1st Gen x8 slot /
One 32-bit 33MHz P C I 2.2 slot
E thernet
Two
Gigabit Ethernet ports / Broadcom
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 (TOE) / Wake on LAN
/ S erial over LAN / P XE 2.0 /
Failover, adapter
fault tolerance / Load balancing
Optical / diskette 16X
6
DVD-ROM , SATA std on most / DVD multiburner, S ATA std on E 4x / US B diskette only
Front & R ear ports
Front:
two US B (2.0) /
Rear:
four US B (2.0), serial (9-pin), graphics (DB-15), three R J -45 (2 enet, 1 sys mgmt)
Graphics
S VG A / Matrox
G200e integrated in IMM on systemboard / 16MB DDR 2-250MHz SDR AM std/max / 32-bit 33MHz P C I 2.2
S ystems Mgmt
Integrated Management Module (IMM)
/ VS C 452 / WP C T201BA0W G / integrated / provides system and
environmental monitoring, event recording, alert capability / TP M 1.2 / AS R / S O L / IP MI 2.0 / S MAS H / Remote
P resence, blue screen capture std
Diagnostics
Light Path Diagnostics
(LE D lights indicate failing component) and on-board diagnostics via preboot DS A
S ecurity Power-on password / administrator password / unattended boot / selectable boot / unattended start mode
P ublications
Installation Guide and Documentation CD
Keyboard / mouse Optional in E ME A and AG / US B only
Power supply(s)
Std/Max:
one/two 920 watt hot-swap / rear access /
auto restart / redundant with two power supplies /
auto-sensing
C ooling
Calibrated Vectored Cooling
TM
Std/Max:
three / hot-swap
redundant
/ variable speed / / P FA
P rerequisites Monitor, keyboard, mouse, SAS /S ATA disk, rack, OS
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