Product guide

A cost-optimized storage-rich alternative to traditional enterprise 2U dual-socket servers
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IBM System x3620 M3 Specifications
Online hot-spare memory supported No
Memory mirroring supported / # of DIMM
sockets reserved for mirroring
Yes / 1 channel (2 slots per processor) active, 1 spare, 1 unused
Storage technology Hot-swap SAS/SATA, simple-swap SATA
# of HDD drive bays total / available
8 / 8 (3.5-inch) hot-swap, with internal
backup drive (32x, 42x, 52x, 62x)
4 / 4 (3.5-inch) simple-swap, with
internal backup drive (22x)
# of 5.25" bays total / available 1 / 1
Maximum drive capacity
3.5-inch HS SATA II
16.0TB (8 x 2TB), plus
internal backup drive
3.5-inch SS SATA II
8.0TB (4 x 2TB), with
internal tape drive
3.5-inch HS SAS
4.8TB (8 x 600GB), plus
internal backup drive
Drive capacities supported
3.5-inch HS SATA II
250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
– 7.2K
3.5-inch SS SATA II
250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
– 7.2K
3.5-inch HS SAS
300, 450, 600GB —15K
# of HDDs standard None (all models open bay)
# of optical drives standard None (optional)
# of diskette drives standard None (optional via USB)
Internal backup supported
One USB or SATA tape drive (DDS Gen 5, DDS Gen 6) or USB RDX Removable
Disk Backup System
Integrated disk controller Chipset
# of disk drives supported per port 1
RAID controllers Standard
None (firmware
RAID only)—22x
ServeRAID-
M1015 (no
cache)—RAID-
0/1/10; optional
RAID-5 with SED,
6Gbps; supports 8
drives—32x, 42x
ServeRAID-
M5014 (256MB
cache)—RAID-
0/1/10/5/50;
optional RAID-
6/60 with SED,
optional battery;
6Gbps; supports 8
drives—52x
ServeRAID-
M5015 (512MB
battery-backed
cache)—RAID-
0/1/10/5/50;
optional RAID-
6/60 with SED;
6Gbps; supports 8
drives—62x
Optional RAID controllers
ServeRAID-BR10il v2
(no cache)—RAID-0/1/1E,
3Gbps; supports 4
drives—22x
ServeRAID-M5014—32x,
42x
ServeRAID-M5015—32x,
42x, 52x
External disk drives supported None
# of adapter slots total / available 3 / 3
# of PCIe x16/x8 Gen 2 slots (8GBps) 1 (full-height/half-length)
# of PCIe x8/x8 Gen 2 slots (8GBps) 1 (full-height/half-length)
# of PCIe x16/x4 Gen 2 slots (4GBps) 1 (low-profile)
# of PCI-X/133 slots (1GBps) None
# of 33MHz legacy PCI slots None
# of video ports 1 (rear)
Video controller
Matrox G200eV (in IMM) standard
(NVIDIA FX580 optional)
Video memory 16MB DDR3 SDRAM
Maximum video resolutions 1280x1024 at 60Hz (32 bits) 1600x1200 at 85Hz (16 bits)
Gigabit Ethernet controller Intel 82575