IBM X3620 M3 User Manual
IBM Asia Pacific Hardware Announcement
AG12-0014, dated January 10, 2012
IBM System x3620 M3 servers include Intel
Xeon multicore processors with next-generation
microarchitecture
Table of contents
2 Overview 9 Publications
3 Key prerequisites 10 Technical information
3 Planned availability date 16 Terms and conditions
3 Description 19 Pricing
7 Product positioning 19 AP distribution
8 Product number
At a glance
The System x3620 M3 features IntelTM multicore processors in a 2U-high, costoptimized rack server features superior power-optimized performance, leadership
virtualization, and systems management for general business workloads built on
IBM® X-Architecture®.
Power, scalability, control, and serviceability for dynamic web-serving and business
applications deliverable on demand:
• Ultrathin, high-availability, rack-optimized, 2U platform
•
Powerful Intel XeonTM Series multi-core processor with new microarchitecture
design featuring Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) technology with Intel Extended
Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
• 8 GB of high-speed DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory; 12 DIMM slots that
support up to 192 GB
• Support for hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs; up to eight 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA
HDD bays
• Two PCI-Express Gen 2 x8 slots (full height, half length ) on first slot and one
PCI-Express Gen 2 x4 buried slot (low profile) on second slot
• Low-wattage, auto-ranging power supply (redundant power supply optional)
• Integrated systems management processor (Integrated Management Module, or
IMM)
• Window Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard preload
• Integrated dual Gb Ethernet standard for network communication
• One 16550A-compatible serial port (rear), four USB ports (two front and two
rear), and one video port
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Overview
Optimized for energy efficiency and performance
Innovative energy-smart design with powerful high-performance processors, a large
capacity of high-performing DDR3 memory, and a balanced feature set ideal for
many general business applications:
• Powerful Intel multicore processors
• Energy-efficient design incorporating low wattage power supplies rated at 92%
• Highly functional chipset optimized for better application computing supporting
• Twelve DIMM slots that enable deployments of up to 192 GB of DDR3 SDRAM
• Standard SATA II HDDs
• Integrated dual Gb Ethernet standard for network communication
• Support for embedded VMware ESXi 4.0 hypervisor activated with optional 2 GB
• Two PCI-Express x8 high-performance Gen 2 and one PCI-Express x4 buried I/O
• Window Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard preload
Manage with efficiency
efficiency (up to 95% with 675W HE PSU), redundant cooling fans, and energyefficient planar components to help lower operational costs
general business workloads
Registered DIMM memory (system includes 8 GB of memory)
USB key
slots
High availability, manageability, and serviceability features help diagnose problems
quickly, even from remote locations:
•
IBM Systems Director Active Energy ManagerTM (AEM) for advanced power
management, including real-time monitoring, trending, and reporting of power
consumption
• Snoop filters to boost processor performance
• Memory mirroring, configurable using Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
(UEFI) setup
• Integrated Management Module (IMM) systems management processor
• Monitoring and control of operating status and key server components
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0-compliant full IMM for
enterprise-class systems management to monitor, maintain, and maximize server
availability, including full remote systems management
• Optional IBM Virtual Media Key to enable the remote presence and blue-screen
capture features
• Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on select components that helps warn of
problems before they occur
• Fast and easy servicing through innovative light path diagnostics and improved
onboard diagnostics
Ultimate fault tolerant protection
• Redundant fans with calibrated vectored cooling (to keep components cool) and
simplified fan replacement
• Optional hot-swap, redundant power supplies to help reduce downtime
• High-performance hot-swap SAS and SATA HDDs
•
Simple-swap SATA models support Intel SW RAID-0 and -1 using Windows
TM
2008 R2
•
ServerGuide1, IBM Director, and web support
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Three-year, customer replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site labor2, limited
warranty3; optional warranty service upgrades available
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The MicrosoftTM Windows Preinstallation Environment software included as part of
ServerGuide software, may be used for boot, diagnostic, setup, restoration, installation,
configuration, test, or disaster recovery purposes only.
Note: The Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software contains a security
feature that will cause an end-user customer's system to reboot without prior notification
to the end-user customer after 24 hours of continuous use of the Microsoft Windows
Preinstallation Environment. During routine usage of ServerGuide, which does not usually
require usage of the Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment software for such an
extended time period, this condition should not occur.
2
You may be asked certain diagnostic questions before a technician is sent.
3
For information on IBM's Statement of Limited Warranty, contact your IBM representative or
reseller. Copies are available upon request.
Key prerequisites
• Monitor
• USB keyboard
• USB mouse
Note: PS/2 style keyboard and mouse are not supported.
Planned availability date
January 20, 2012
Description
System x3620 M3-related options
The System x3620 M3 servers feature an Intel Xeon multicore processor that
supports internal processing speeds of up to 2.40 GHz. They contain integrated, fullspeed 12 MB ECC L3 cache.
High-performance server subsystems
These servers are high-throughput network servers with excellent scalability when
adding memory and a second processor.
Two Intel Xeon connectors are standard on the system board to support installation
of a second processor. High-speed DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory is
optimized for 800 MHz, 1066 MHz, or 1333 MHz processor-to-memory subsystem
performance.
Additional features
• Powerful Intel multicore processor support
• System board containing twelve DIMM connectors, supporting 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB,
8 GB, or 16 GB (optional) DDR3 SDRAM Registered DIMM memory, with:
– Support for up to 192 GB of system memory
– Support for Chipkill memory
– Support two DIMMs Per Channel (2DPC) 1333 MHz for Intel Xeon E5600 and
X5600 Series processors
• SATA controller
• SATA drive support that employs high-speed (up to 3.0 Gbps) dual differential
pairs to communicate with simple-swap SATA HDDs
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• Intel 82575 Dual Gigabit Ethernet PCIe controllers speeding network
communications to LAN clients
• Window Storage Server 2008 R2 Standard preload
The System x3620 M3 subsystems are tuned to provide solid system throughput
from processor, to memory, to bus, to disk-intensive I/O. These features combined
with multicore capability make this server an excellent choice for:
• Database
•
LinuxTM clusters
• File and print
• Virtualization
• Online gaming
• Video and photo sharing
• Web searching
• Blogging and messaging
• Video recording
• Mail server (Notes and Exchange)
High-availability and serviceability features
The System x3620 M3 server subsystem delivers excellent reliability and
serviceability features:
• Eight 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD bays
• Redundant cooling fans
• Optional hot-swap, redundant power supplies
• ECC DIMMs combined with an integrated ECC memory controller correcting many
soft and hard single-bit memory errors, while minimizing disruption of service to
LAN clients
• Chipkill memory to detect and correct many multibit memory errors, helping
keep the server up and running, while taking the inoperative memory offline
• ECC to improve data integrity and help reduce downtime
• PFA on memory and HDD options to help alert the system administrator of an
imminent component failure
• Intel 82575 Gigabit Ethernet controllers that support:
– Failover
– PXE 2.0 Boot Agent
– IPMI 2.0
– Wake on LAN
• Worldwide, voltage-sensing low-wattage power supply
• Up to four sets of counter-rotating fans that provide excellent cooling for added
reliability:
– Each power supply comes with its own internal cooling fans
– Redundant fans cool processor, memory, and HDD bays
– Fan speed controls are incorporated to reduce noise, while reducing system
temperatures
• Integrated systems management processor for diagnostic, reset, POST, and
auto recovery functions; monitoring temperature, voltage, and fan speed; alerts
generated when thresholds are exceeded (refer to the Limitations section for
restrictions)
• Information LED panel giving visual indications of system well-being
• Light path diagnostics and onboard diagnostics providing an error log that can
help find a failing component, helping reduce downtime and service costs
• Easy access to system board, adapter cards, processor, and memory
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• CPU failure recovery in dual-socket configurations:
– Forces failed processor offline
– Reboots server automatically
– Generates alerts
– Continues operations with the working processor
Expandability and growth
The System x3620 M3 server contains high levels of function and storage capacity
for a 2U, 19-inch rack-drawer package. It supports customer installation of
adapters, processors, memory, and HDD options. Functions such as SVGA video,
SAS, and Gigabit Ethernet controller are integrated on the system board. Features
include:
• Rack-optimized design for 19-inch-wide, industry-standard rack cabinets
supported in the NetBAY42 and NetBAY25
• Twelve DIMM connectors capable of support for up to 192 GB of system memory
• Eight 3.5-inch slim-high, hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD bays
• Optional optical drive
Systems management
IMM: The System x3620 M3 includes an IMM that provides industry-standard
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0-compliant systems
management. The IMM comes standard, and shares one of the two onboard
Ethernet ports for access. The IMM can be accessed via software that is compatible
with IPMI 2.0 (for example, xCAT).
Features and benefits:
• Monitoring:
– System voltages
– Battery voltage
– System temperatures
• Fan speed control
• Fan tachometer monitor
• Good power signal monitor
• System ID and planar version detection
• System power and reset control
• NMI detection (system interrupts)
• SMI detection and generation (system interrupts)
• Serial port text console redirection
• System LED control (power, HDD, activity, alerts, and heartbeat)
• An embedded web server enables remote control from any standard web
browser; no additional software is required on the remote administrator's
workstation
• The ability for administrators to use the command-line interface (CLI) from a
Telnet session to perform some of the functions that can be performed from the
web server
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Built-in LAN and serial connectivity that supports virtually any network
infrastructure
• Multiple alerting functions that warn systems administrators of potential
problems through email, IPMI PETs, and SNMP
In addition, you can purchase an optional IBM Virtual Media Key to enable the
remote presence and blue-screen capture features. You can add this key to the
server through a connector on the planar. This key enables easy console redirection
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with text and graphics, keyboard, and mouse support (operating system must
support USB) over the system management LAN connections.
With video compression now built into the adapter hardware, the adapter allows the
greater screen sizes and refresh rates that are usually offered in the marketplace.
This feature helps enable the user to display server activities from power-on to full
operation remotely with remote user interaction at virtually any time.
IBM Director
The System x3620 M3 server also features IBM Director, a powerful, highly
integrated, systems-management software solution built on industry standards and
designed for ease of use. Exploit your existing enterprise or workgroup-management
environments, and use rich security to access and manage physically dispersed
IT assets more efficiently over the Internet. It can help reduce costs through
potentially:
• Reduced downtime
• Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users
• Reduced service and support costs
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail,
and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors,
HDDs, and memory.
IBM Director includes a portfolio of integrated server tools that work with the
systems management monitoring functions. Typical functions and monitoring
capabilities can include:
• PFA-enabled critical hardware components
• Temperature
• Voltage
• Fan speed
• Light path diagnostics
IT administrators have comprehensive, virtual on-site control of System x® servers
with the ability to remotely:
• Access the server, often regardless of its status
• Inventory and display detailed system and component information
• View server bootup during POST
• Browse and delete logs of events and errors
• Reset or power cycle the server
• Monitor and set thresholds on server health, including:
– Operating system load
– POST timeout
– Voltage
– Temperature
• Set proactive alerts for critical server events including PFA on:
– Memory
– HDDs
• Define automated actions, such as:
– Send an email or page to an administrator
– Execute a command or program
– Deliver an error message to the IBM Director console
• Flash BIOS
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