Product guide

System x3650 M5 6
Standard specifications
Table 1 lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components Specification
Machine type 5462
Firmware Lenovo-signed firmware
Form factor 2U 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 are supported.
Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2133 MHz.
Memory
maximums
With RDIMMs: Up to 384 GB with 24x 16 GB RDIMMs and two processors
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With LRDIMMs: Up to 1.5 TB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors (support for 64
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GB LRDIMMs is planned for a later date)
Memory
protection
ECC, and Chipkill.
Disk drive bays Up to 26x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays, or up to 14x 3.5" + 2x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA
drive bays, or up to 16x 2.5" Simple Swap SATA bays, or up to 8x 3.5" Simple Swap SATA
bays.
Maximum
internal storage
Up to 46.8 TB with 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS HDDs, or up to 26 TB with 1 TB 2.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs,
or up to 41.6 TB with 1.6 TB 2.5" SAS SSDs, or up to 87.6 TB with 6 TB 3.5" NL SAS/SATA
HDDs and 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS 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 5,
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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.
12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID: N2215 HBA
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Optical drive
bays
One for models with 8x 3.5" or up to 16x 2.5" drive bays (models with 24x 2.5" or 12x 3.5" 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.