Lenovo Express System x3550 M5 Intel 2.3GHz Xeon

30.50 lb(s)

LCD status panel: standard Systems management: Front-mounted LCD status panel (certain drive configurations only), UEFI, IBM IMM2 using Renesas SH7758, Predictive Failure Analysis, Light Path Diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Systems Director, IBM ToolsCenter Optional IMM Advanced Upgrade license for remote presence. Security features: Power-on password, administrator password, and two Trusted Platform Modules (v2.0). Support for SED drive key management with IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager with optional FoD license upgrade. Optional lockable front bezel.

Server, documentation

16GB (1x16GB) 2133MHz ECC Registered DDR4, expandable up to 1.5TB. Up to twenty-four DIMM slots are available, with twelve slots per processor (four memory channels per processor, three DIMMs per channel). One slot contains a removable 16GB module; the others are available. RDIMMs and LRDIMMs supported (64GB LRDIMMs planned for early 2015), but memory types cannot be intermixed. Память speed up to 2133MHz depending on the processor and number of DIMMs installed. Память maximums (requires dual processors): With LRDIMMs: 1.5TB (24x64GB) With RDIMMs: 384GB (24x16GB) Память protection: ECC, Chipkill (for x4 DIMMs only), memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing Video memory: 16MB VRAM with Matrox G200eR2 graphics integrated into the IMM2.

There is no operating system pre-installed. Supported operating systems include: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2012, and 2008 R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 VMware vSphere 5.1 and 5.5

1.7"h x 16.9"w x 28.9"d

Expansion slots: Up to four PCIe 3.0 slots: up to three on riser cards plus a dedicated internal RAID controller slot. Models with two slots have slot 1 and RAID slot standard. Lane widths of slots on riser cards depends on riser card selected. Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or ML2 (low-profile, half-length) Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8 (low-profile or full-height, half-length, x16 slot requires 2nd CPU) Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16 or x8 (low-profile, half-length) Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8 (dedicated for an internal RAID controller) NOTE: Use of 2.5" rear drive bays eliminates use of slots 1 and 2. NOTE: GPU support via CTO only. Expansion bays: (4) 2.5" hot-swap bays, expandable up to (8) bays via optional upgrade kit (1) Optical drive bay (occupied by standard Multiburner) NOTE: Support for 512e Advanced Format HDDs. I/O: Front: (1) USB 3.0 (1) USB 2.0 (1) VGA DB-15 Rear: (2) USB 3.0 (1) USB 2.0 (1) VGA DB-15 (1) RJ-45 systems management (4) RJ-45 LAN (1) Power in Internal: (1) USB port for hypervisor Optional: (1) Serial DB-9 Storage controller: ServeRAID M5210 controller, supports RAID 0/1/10 Optional M5210 upgrades include RAID 5/50 support with either zero-cache, 1GB cache (no battery option), 1GB or 2GB or 4GB cache with flash backup; optional RAID 6/60 support; other performance upgrades Network interfaces: Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (RJ-45) using Broadcom BCM5719 chipset. Supports Mezzanine LOM (ML2) adapters with 1GbE or 10GbE ports; requires riser card with ML2 slot.

Power: (1) 750W AC High Efficiency Platinum power supply, redundant with optional second power supply Cooling: IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling with up to eight redundant hot-swap fans (six standard, two additional fans with dual processor configurations or with the x3550 M5 Thermal Solution Kit); dual fan zones with N+1 fan redundancy; each fan has two motors.

44.35 lbs

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