Datasheet

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System x Rack
x3250 M3 x3250 M4 x3550 M3 x3620 M3 x3630 M3 x3650 M3 x3690 X5 x3755 M3 x3850 / x3950 X5
Business Critical Cost-effective 2U Flagship Bus. Scalable 4Socket
Compact Applic. Server storage server Critical Expandable Svr
Maximizum Memory for Enterprise
Applications
Form Factor 1U Rack 1U Rack 1U Rack 2U Rack 2U Rack 2U Rack 2U-6U Rack 2U Rack 4U-10U Rack
Processor Type Intel Xeon (Quad Core) Intel Xeon (Quad Core)
Intel Xeon
(Six Core)
Intel Xeon
(Six Core)
Intel Xeon
(Six Core)
Intel Xeon
(Six Core)
Intel Xeon
(eight-core)
AMD Opeteron
(12 Core)
Intel Xeon
(eight-core)
Sockets / Max Cores 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 12 2 / 12 2 / 12 2 / 12 2 / 16 4 / 48
4 / 32; or
8 / 64
HDD Type SAS & SATA (SS & HS) SAS (SS & HS) SATA (SS)
SAS, SATA,
SSD (HS); or
SSD (SS)
SAS, SATA
(HS); or SATA
(SS)
SAS or SATA (HS)
SAS, SATA,
SSD (HS); or
SSD (SS)
SAS, SATA,
SSD
(HS)
SAS or SATA
(HS)
SAS, SATA,
SSD
(HS)
Maximum # HDDs (2) 3.5" (4) 2.5" (2) 3.5" (4) 2.5" (8) 2.5"
(4) 3.5"
(8) 3.5"
(14) 3.5"
(28) 2.5"
16) 2.5"
16) 2.5" SAS
(32) 1.8" SSD
(8) 3.5"
8) 2.5"
SAS/SATA;
(16) 1.8" SSD
Maximum Memory
4 UDIMMs / 6 RDIMMs
32GB
4 UDIMMs / 32GB
18 RDIMMs
192 GB
12 RDIMMs
96GB
12 RDIMMs
96GB
18 RDIMMs
192 GB
32-128 DIMMs
512GB-2TB
(with MAX5)
64 RDIMMs
256GB
64-256 DIMMs
1TB-4TB (with
MAX5)
Maximum I/O Slots (2) PCIe (2) PCIe
(2) PCIe; or
(1) PCIe & (1)
PCI-X; or
(2) PCI-X
(3) PCIe (2) PCIe
4) PCIe; or
(2) PCIe & (1)
or (2) PCI-X
4) x8 PCIe
or
(2) x8 PCIe
(1) x16 PCIe
(4) PCIe (4) PCIe
Entry 4-Socket General
purpose AMD server
High
Perf. High Density
Scalable 2-
Socket Server
2U storage-rich
server
Entry Infrastr. ServerPositioning Entry Infrastr. Server