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IBM Systems and Technology
Data Sheet
System x®
IBM System x3690 X5 at a glance
Form factor/height
Processor (max)
Number of processors
(std/max)
Cache (max)
Memory (max)
Expansion slots
Disk bays
(total/hot swap)
Maximum internal storage
Network interface
Power supply (std/max)
Hot-swap components
RAID support
Systems management
Operating systems
supported
Rack/2U per chassis
Intel Xeon up to 2.27 GHz (8 core)/1066 MHz memory access
1/2 per chassis
Up to 24 MB
Up to 512 GB PC3-10600 DDR III
4 total PCI half-length
16/16 2.5" Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or 24/24 1.8" SAS SSD DASD
800 TB SAS per chassis (supports 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB and 500 GB hard disk drives, 50 GB SSD),
Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet with TCP-IP off-load engine
675 W 220 V 1/4
Power supplies, fans, hard disk drives
Integrated RAID-0, -1, optional RAID-5
Alert on LAN 2, automatic server restart, IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide, IMM, light path diagnostics (independ-
ently powered), predictive failure analysis on hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory, Wake on
LAN, dynamic system analysis
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions 64-bit), 64-bit Red Hat
Enterprise Linux® and SUSE Enterprise Linux, (Server and Advanced Server), VMware vSphere
Limited warranty 3-year customer replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty