IBM System x - x3650 M4
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- Manufacturer IBM
- Model Lenovo - System x3650 M4
- Product Type Entry-Level Server
- Form Factor Rack
- Platform LINUX, Windows
- Announced 6-Mar-12
- Available 16-Mar-12
- Archived 18-Apr-16
- Architecture x86
- Rack Units 2U
- Operating System Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows
- Processor Family Xeon
- Processor Options Xeon E5-2603 v2 (1.80GHz 80W) Xeon E5-2609 v2 (2.50GHz 80W) Xeon E5-2620 v2 (2.10GHz 80W) Xeon E5-2628L v2 (1.90GHz 70W) Xeon E5-2630 v2 (2.60GHz 80W) Xeon E5-2630L v2 (2.40GHz 60W) Xeon E5-2637 v2 (3.50GHz 130W) Xeon E5-2640 v2 (2.00GHz 95W) Xeon E5-2643 v2 (3.50GHz 130W) Xeon E5-2648L v2 (1.90GHz 70W) Xeon E5-2650 v2 (2.60GHz 95W) Xeon E5-2650L v2 (1.70GHz 70W) Xeon E5-2660 v2 (2.20GHz 95W) Xeon E5-2667 v2 (3.30GHz 130W) Xeon E5-2670 v2 (2.50GHz 115W) Xeon E5-2680 v2 (2.80GHz 115W) Xeon E5-2690 v2 (3.00GHz 130W) Xeon E5-2695 v2 (2.40GHz 115W) Xeon E5-2697 v2 (2.70GHz 130W)
- Max Processor Chips 2
- Max Processor Cores 24
- Cache 10MB to 30MB L3
- Chipset Intel C602J
- Memory Minimum 2 GB
- Memory Maximum 768 GB
- Memory Type DDR3 SDRAM
- DIMM Type LRDIMM, UDIMM, RDIMM, HCDIMM
- Memory DIMM Slots Standard 24
- Max Memory DIMM Slots 24
- Memory Protection ECC, Chipkill, Mirroring, Sparing
- Disk Type SATA, SAS, Solid State
- Disk Controller ServeRAID M5110e
- Internal Disk Bays 6 (32 max)
- Bays Information 32 x 1.8" SSD drive bays or _x000D_ 16 x 2.5" hot-swap disk drive bays or _x000D_ 8 x 2.5" hot-swap disk drive bays + 16 x 1.8" SSD drive bays or _x000D_ 8 x 2.5" hot-swap disk drive bays or _x000D_ 8 x 2.5" simple-swap disk drive bays or _x000D_ 6 x 3.5" hot-swap disk drive bays or _x000D_ 6 x 3.5" simple-swap disk drive bays _x000D_ 1 x media bay
- Disk Max Internal 36,000 GB
- RAID Support 0, 1, 10
- Hot-Swap Disks SATA, SAS, SSD
- Media Drive Optional
- I/O Technology PCI-X, PCI Express 3.0
- I/O Slot Types 2 x Riser sockets (one riser card per riser socket), first riser card supports one of the following: _x000D_ _x000D_ 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, full-length) + 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, half-length) _x000D_ 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, half-length) _x000D_ 1 x PCI-X (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI-X (full-height, half-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, half-length) _x000D_ 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, half-length)** _x000D_ _x000D_ second riser card supports one of the following: _x000D_ _x000D_ 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, half-length) _x000D_ 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, full-length) _x000D_ 2 x PCI-X (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, half-length) _x000D_ 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 (full-height, full-length) + 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8 (full-height, half-length)** _x000D_ _x000D_ (second riser card requires second processor) _x000D_ (** via GPU riser card)
- I/O Max Slots 6
- I/O Internal Slots 6
- Networking 4 x Gigabit Ethernet _x000D_ 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet (on optional mezzanine card)
- Dimensions Height: 8.6 cm (3.39 in) Width: 44.5 cm (17.52 in) Depth: 74.6 cm (29.37 in)
- Weight 30 kg (66.14 lbs) (max)
- Max Power (Calculated) 951 W (5,478 CO2e kg pa)
- Max Power (Theoretical) 1,188 W (6,844 CO2e kg pa)
- Max Heat (Calculated) 3,424 kJ/hr (3,245 Btu/hr)
- Max Heat (Theoretical) 4,276 kJ/hr (4,053 Btu/hr) (max)
- Hot-Swap/Redundant Cooling Fans Yes/Optional
- Hot-Swap/Redundant Power Supply Yes/Optional
- System Management UEFI IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) Predictive Failure Analysis Light Path Diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager IBM ServerGuide Optional IMM Advanced Upgrade software feature for remote presence
- Warranty 30 Days (Dafault), 1, 2 & 3 Years (Upgradable)
Product Description
Introduction
The System x3650 M4 server provides outstanding performance for your business-critical applications. Its energy-efficient design supports more cores, memory, and data capacity in a scalable 2U package that is easy to service and manage. With more computing power per watt and the latest Intel Xeon processors, you can reduce costs while maintaining speed and availability.
Suggested use: database, virtualization, enterprise applications, collaboration/email, streaming media, web, HPC, Microsoft RemoteFX, and cloud applications.
Figure 1 shows the System x3650 M4.
Figure 1. The System x3650 M4
Did you know?
The x3650 M4 offers a flexible, scalable design and simple upgrade path to 16 hard-disk drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs) plus optical and tape drives at the same time, with up to six PCIe Gen 3 slots and up to 768 GB of memory. This flexible onboard Ethernet solution provides four standard embedded Gigabit Ethernet ports and two optional embedded 10 Gb Ethernet ports without occupying PCIe slots. Comprehensive systems management tools with the next-generation Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) make it easy to deploy, integrate, service, and manage.
Key features
The x3650 M4 is an outstanding 2U two-socket business-critical server, offering improved performance and pay-as-you grow flexibility along with new features that improve server management capability. This powerful system is designed for your most important business applications and cloud deployments.
Combining balanced performance and flexibility, the x3650 M4 is a great choice for small and medium businesses up to the large enterprise. It can provide outstanding uptime to keep business-critical applications and cloud deployments running safely. Ease of use and comprehensive systems management tools make it easy to deploy. Outstanding RAS and high-efficiency design improve your business environment and help save operational costs.
Scalability and performance
The x3650 M4 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
- Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family
- Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with up to 12-core processors, up to 30 MB of L3 cache, and up to two 8 GT/s QPI interconnect links.
- Supports up to two processors, 24 cores, and 48 threads maximize the concurrent execution of multi-threaded applications.
- Supports up to 1866 MHz memory speeds.
- Supports up to 768 GB memory with 32 GB LRDIMMs or HCDIMMs.
- Intelligent and adaptive system performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 allows CPU cores to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going beyond processor TDP.
- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology boosts performance for multi-threaded applications by enabling simultaneous multi-threading within each processor core, up to two threads per core.
- Intel Virtualization Technology integrates hardware-level virtualization hooks that allow operating system vendors to better utilize the hardware for virtualization workloads.
- Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) significantly improve floating-point performance for compute-intensive technical and scientific applications.
- 12 Gbps SAS internal storage connectivity doubles the data transfer rate compared to 6 Gb SAS solutions to maximize performance of storage I/O-intensive applications.
- The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of, or along with, traditional spinning drives (HDDs) can significantly improve I/O performance. An SSD can support up to 100 times more I/O operations per second (IOPS) than a typical HDD.
- Up to 32 1.8-inch SSD bays, or up to 16 2.5-inch bays, or up to 6 3.5-inch bays, together with internal backup and an optical drive at the same time, provide a flexible and scalable all-in-one platform to meet your increasing demands.
- The server has four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports and two optional 10 Gb Ethernet ports with mezzanine cards that do not consume PICe slots.
- The server offers PCI Express 3.0 I/O expansion capabilities that improve the theoretical maximum bandwidth by almost 100% (8 GTps per link using 128b/130b encoding) compared to the previous generation of PCI Express 2.0 (5 GTps per link using 8b/10b encoding).
- With Intel Integrated I/O Technology, the PCI Express 3.0 controller is integrated into the Intel Xeon processor E5 family. This integration helps to dramatically reduce I/O latency and increase overall system performance.
- Support for NVIDIA Quadro graphics processing units (GPUs) to maximize computing power
Availability and serviceability
The x3650 M4 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
- The server offers memory mirroring and memory rank sparing for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure.
- Tool-less cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as CPU, memory, and adapter cards.
- The server offers hot-swap drives, supporting RAID redundancy for data protection and greater system uptime.
- The server has up to two redundant hot-swap power supplies and four hot-swap dual-motor redundant fans (two fan zones with an N+1 fan design) to provide availability for business-critical applications.
- The light path diagnostics panel and individual light path LEDs quickly lead the technician to failed (or failing) components, which simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps improve system availability.
- Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) detects when system components (processors, VRMs, memory, HDDs, fans, and power supplies) operate outside of standard thresholds and generates proactive alerts in advance of a possible failure, therefore increasing uptime.
- Solid-state drives (SSDs) offer significantly better reliability than traditional mechanical HDDs for greater uptime.
- Built-in Integrated Management Module Version II (IMM2) continuously monitors system parameters, triggers alerts, and performs recovering actions in case of failures to minimize downtime.
- Built-in diagnostics, using Dynamic Systems Analysis (DSA) Preboot, speed up troubleshooting tasks to reduce service time.
- Three-year customer-replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty, 9x5 next business day. Optional service upgrades are available.
Manageability and security
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3650 M4:
- The server includes an Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) to monitor server availability and perform remote management.
- Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) enables improved setup, configuration, and updates, and simplifies error handling.
- Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support enables advanced cryptographic functionality, such as digital signatures and remote attestation.
- Industry-standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
- IBM Systems Director offers comprehensive systems management tools that help to increase uptime, reduce costs, and improve productivity through advanced server management capabilities.
- Intel Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supported operating system.
- Intel Trusted Execution Technology provides enhanced security through hardware-based resistance to malicious software attacks, allowing an application to run in its own isolated space, protected from all other software running on a system.
Energy efficiency
The x3650 M4 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to the green environment:
- Energy-efficient planar components help lower operational costs.
- The x3650 M4 is Energy Star 2.0 compliant. Energy Star is the trusted, US government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, with the goal of helping customers save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
- Highly efficient 550 W, 750 W, and 900 W AC power supplies with 80 PLUS Platinum certification. Available 750W DC power option.
- Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family offers better performance over the previous generation while fitting into the same thermal design power (TDP) limits.
- Intel Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, to reduce power draw.
- Low-voltage Intel Xeon processors draw less energy to satisfy the demands of power and thermally constrained data centers and telecommunication environments.
- Low-voltage 1.35 V DDR3 memory RDIMMs consume up to 19% less energy compared to 1.5 V DDR3 RDIMMs.
- Solid state drives (SSDs) consume as much as 80% less power than traditional spinning 2.5-inch HDDs.
- The server uses hexagonal ventilation holes, which is a part of Calibrated Vectored Cooling technology. Hexagonal holes can be grouped more densely than round holes, providing more efficient airflow through the system.
- IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™ provides advanced data center power notification and management to help achieve lower heat output and reduced cooling needs.
Components and connectors
Figure 2 shows the front of the server.
Figure 2. Front view of the System x3650 M4
Figure 3 shows the rear of the server.
Figure 3. Rear view of the System x3650 M4
Figure 4 shows the locations of key components inside the server.
Figure 4. Inside view of the System x3650 M4
Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
| Components | Specification |
| Form factor | 2U Rack. |
| Processor | Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 product family CPUs with 12 cores (up to 2.7 GHz) or ten cores (up to 3.0 GHz) or eight cores (up to 3.3 GHz) or six cores (up to 3.5 GHz) or four cores (up to 3.5 GHz). Two QPI links up to 8.0 GT/s each. Up to 1866 MHz memory speed. Up to 30 MB L3 cache. |
| Chipset | Intel C602J. |
| Memory | Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs, UDIMMs, HyperCloud DIMMs, and LRDIMMs (Load Reduced DIMMs) are supported, but memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 1866 MHz. |
| Memory maximums |
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| Memory protection | ECC, Chipkill, memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing. |
| Disk drive bays | Up to 32 1.8" SSD bays, or 16 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA bays, or up to six 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA bays, or up to eight 2.5" Simple Swap SATA bays, or up to six 3.5" Simple Swap SATA bays. |
| Maximum internal storage | Up to 28.8 TB with 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS HDDs, up to 16 TB with 1 TB 2.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs, up to 25.6 TB with 800 GB 1.8" SATA SSDs, up to 25.6 TB with 1.6 TB 2.5" SAS/SATA SSDs, or up to 36 TB with 6 TB 3.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs. Intermix of SAS/SATA is supported. |
| RAID support |
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| Optical drive bays | One bay for optional DVD-ROM or Multiburner drive. |
| Tape drive bays | Optional Tape Enablement Kit is available to support one DDS5, DDS6, or RDX internal USB tape drive. |
| Network interfaces | Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (RJ-45); two embedded 10 Gb Ethernet ports (10GBASE-T RJ-45 or 10GBASE-SR SFP+ based) on optional 10 Gb Ethernet mezzanine card (does not consume PCIe slot). |
| PCI Expansion slots | Up to six slots depending on the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:
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| Ports | Two USB 2.0 and one DB-15 video on front. Four USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, one RJ-45 systems management, four RJ-45 GbE network ports, two optional RJ-45 or SFP+ 10 GbE network ports on rear. Two internal USB ports (for embedded hypervisor and internal tape drive). |
| Cooling | Calibrated Vectored Cooling with up to four redundant hot swap fans (three standard, additional fan with second processor or with the x3650 M4 Thermal Solution Kit); two fan zones with N+1 fan design; each fan has two motors. |
| Power supply | Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W AC or 750 W AC or 900 W AC power supplies (all 80 PLUS Platinum certification), or -48V 750 W DC power supply options. |
| Video | Matrox G200eR2 with 16 MB memory integrated into the IMM2. Maximum resolution is 1600x1200 at 75 Hz with 16 M colors. |
| Hot-swap parts | Hard drives, power supplies, and fans. |
| Systems management | UEFI, Integrated Management Module II (IMM2), Predictive Failure Analysis, Light Path Diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart, IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager, ServerGuide. Optional Integrated Management Module Advanced Upgrade software feature for remote presence. |
| Security features | Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM). |
| Operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2 and 2008; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, and 12; VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0. |
| Limited warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and on-site limited warranty with 9x5 next business day (NBD). |
| Service and support | Optional service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: Four-hour or two-hour response time, eight-hour fix time, one-year or two-year warranty extension, remote technical support for System x hardware and some third-party applications. |
| Dimensions | Height: 86 mm (3.4 in), width: 445 mm (17.5 in), depth: 746 mm (29.4 in) |
| Weight | Minimum configuration: 25 kg (55 lb), maximum: 30 kg (65 lb) |