IBM Xseries 236 Servers Feature Intel Xeon Processors for Higher Performance and Scalability
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Hardware Announcement September 27, 2005 IBM xSeries 236 servers feature Intel Xeon processors for higher performance and scalability Overview • Dual Broadcom 5721 Gigabit Ethernet ports and dual-channel At a glance New models of the xSeries 236 Adaptec 7902 UltraSCSI up to 320 server include fast Intel Xeon MB/s New models of the xSeries 236 processors at up to 3.8 GHz. The • Six hot-swap drive bays; nine server feature: xSeries 236 features: hot-swap drives total with • 1 three-pack option Powerful 2.8 or 3.8 GHz Intel • 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB) Xeon processors with 2 MB L2 support High availability for around-the-clock cache • Dual front and rear hot-swap fans On Demand Business • 1 GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC (depending on model) system memory, 16 GB • • One hot-plug PCI-X 64 bit/133 Wake on LAN maximum • MHz card slot, two PCI-E, two • ECC memory to detect double-bit Dual-channel Ultra320 PCI-X 64/100 MHz card slots, and controller errors and correct single-bit • one 32-bit/33 MHz card slot errors One or two 670-watt power • Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet supply; model-dependent, and integrated RAID support • Integrated memory mirroring and hot-swap option redundant • DDR2 ECC DIMMs4, combined online spare options cooling with hot-swap power with an integrated ECC memory upgrade option controller to correct many soft Service and support perfected for On • Integrated systems and hard single-bit memory Demand Business management processor • Five full-length PCI slots: One errors and minimize disruption of • ServerGuide and IBM Director 5 64-bit/133 MHz PCI-X, hot-plug; service to LAN clients • IBM Server support and Web • two 64-bit/100 MHz PCI-X; and Integrated systems management support6 two x4 PCI-E slots at 2 GB with optional upgrade to Remote • Three-year, on-site7 parts and • One half-length PCI slot: Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine labor, limited warranty8 (no PCI slot required) 32-bit/33 MHz • Light Path Diagnostics with light • Eight drive bays: Standard path panel visible from side cover Key prerequisites diskette drive and 48x-20x2 • Automatic server restart (ASR) CD-ROM, six hot-swap HDD • Monitor • bays Powered and scaled for On Demand Keyboard/mouse • Up to 1.3 TB3 hot-swap disk growth storage using nine 146.8 GB Planned availability date • HDDs Powerful 2.8 and 3.8 GHz Intel • Dual integrated Gigabit Xeon processors with 2 MB L2 September 29, 2005 Ethernet controllers cache • • SVGA video with 16 MB 200 MHz FSB yielding 800 MHz memory functional speed processor • Support for integrated xSeries operations to memory and PCI Adapter for IBM eServer bus • iSeries 1 GB of high-speed, two-way • 5U tower industry-standard interleaved, 800 MHz ECC models, rack mount optional memory • • Three USB, two integrated High-speed, wide-bandwidth, one systems management, two full-length PCI-X bus slot at 133 serial, one parallel, mouse, and MHz (hot-swap), two full-length keyboard ports PCI-X slots at 100 MHz, and two full-length PCI-E slots at 2 GB or 512 MHz This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com. IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 105-388 time to deliver full-speed capability. Both caches feature Description eight-way set associative cache. Two processor connectors are standard on the system Related options board to support installation of a second processor. The high-speed FSB runs at 200 MHz, but data is clocked on Intel Xeon processor options four edges yielding a transfer rate of 800 MHz. SDRAM is optimized for 800 MHz processor-to-memory subsystem • xSeries 2.8 GHz/800 MHz — 2 MB L2 Cache Xeon performance. The xSeries 236 server uses the Intel Processor (25R8907) Lindenhurst chipset to maximize throughput from • xSeries 3.8 GHz/800 MHz — 2 MB L2 Cache Xeon processor to memory and system I/O buses. Processor (13N0689) Standard xSeries 236 configurations These processors are ideal for data-intensive applications Model Processor Cache Memory SCSI Interface Mechanical that range from data mining to evolving Web services. Innovative technologies deliver processing speeds of 2.8 8841─05x 2.8 GHz 2 MB 1 GB Dual Ultra320 Tower GHz, and 3.8 GHz with performance headroom for 8841─55x 3.8 GHz 2 MB 1 GB Dual Ultra320 Tower unpredictable server workloads and escalating computing needs. Additional features: Intel Xeon processors with 2 MB L2 cache feature Intel • NetBurst microarchitecture and Extended Memory 64 You can upgrade to two-way SMP processing by Technology (EM64T). The processors increases overall adding a second processor of the same speed and throughput via a faster 800 MHz system bus and processor type. enhanced level 2 cache. They also incorporate • System board contains eight DIMM connectors Hyper-Threading Technology, enabling them to execute supporting 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB DDR II-400 more than one thread per processor. These ECC RDIMMs: enhancements add up to faster response times, support for more simultaneous users, and increased transaction − Two-way interleaved memory for improved workloads. performance (memory must be installed in matched pairs) These processor options support SMP applications when installed in the second processor slot of all xSeries 236 − Up to 16 GB of system memory (using 2 GB models with similar processors. memory DIMMs) • High-speed, wide-bandwidth, full-length PCI bus slots: IBM PC2-3200-333 DDR2 Non-Chipkill Memory Option Kit: The 1 GB MB (2 x 512 MB x 8 MB) Non-Chipkill − One 64-bit; 133 MHz PCI-X 2.0, hot-plug RDIMM Kit (73P3522) consists of two 512 MB − Two 64-bit; 100 MHz PCI-X PC2-3200-333 DDR2 ECC DDR Non-ChipKill SDRAM − Two PCI-E; 2 GB DIMMs. − One 32-bit; 33 MHz (half length) • IBM PC2-3200-333 DDR2 Chipkill Memory Option Kit: The Dual-channel, 64-bit Ultra320 (LVD) SCSI PCI controller 1 GB (2 x 512 MB x 4 MB) Chipkill RDIMM Kit (73P2865) supports high-speed up to 320 MB/s internal storage consists of two 512 x 4 MB PC2-3200-333 DDR2 ECC DDR solutions. Chipkill SDRAM DIMMs. • Dual full-duplex, Gigabit Ethernet controllers speeds The 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) Chipkill RDIMM Kit (73P2866) consists network communications to LAN clients. of two 1 GB PC2-3200-333 DDR2 ECC DDR Chipkill SDRAM The xSeries 236 subsystems are tuned to provide solid DIMMs. system throughput from processor, to memory, to bus, to The 4 GB (2 x 2 GB) Chipkill RDIMM Kit (73P4792) consists disk-intensive I/O. These features, combined with SMP of two 2 GB PC2-3200-333 DDR2 ECC DDR Chipkill SDRAM capability, make the xSeries 236 server an excellent DIMMs. choice for stand-alone or clustered general-business application, file, and print server. The increased processor performance, coupled with DDR memory, enables you to retrieve and process information High-availability and serviceability features faster and more efficiently. DDR memory executes twice the number of operations per cycle than traditional • Redundant cooling includes: SDRAM memory, effectively doubling the data exchange rate between memory and processors. − Six hot-swap fans to cool system and enable replacement without powering down the server High-performance server subsystems − Passive processor heatsinks xSeries 236 servers are high-throughput, two-way, − Processor cooling air duct SMP-capable network servers with excellent performance • One 670-watt power supply, or two hot-swap redundant scalability when you add memory and a second power supplies, with power option, to support robust processor. They incorporate powerful Intel Xeon high-availability applications processors with 2 MB L2 cache. These flip-chip, pin grid array 2 (FC-PGA2) processors feature advanced transfer • Hot-swap HDD bays with SCA-2 connectors to support L2 caches integrated onto the processor core and run at SAF-TE functions the same clock speed as the processor core. • Adaptec 7902 dual-channel, Ultra320 SCSI controller The advanced transfer caches are a result of a “backside to support internal Ultra320 through SCSI-2 devices bus” 256 bits wide. They feature a quad-wide cache line • DDR2 ECC DIMMs, combined with an integrated ECC that can transfer four 64-bit cache line segments at one memory controller, to correct many soft and hard single-bit memory errors, (when memory mirroring 105-388 -2- used) while minimizing disruption of service to LAN • Ten drive bays: clients − Six 3.5-inch, slim-high HDDs, hot-swap drive bays; • Memory hardware scrubbing to correct many soft three 5.25 inch, half-high device bays; and one memory errors automatically without software 3.5-inch, slim-high drive bay intervention − Internal support for high-performance (up to 15,000 • Chipkill error correcting code rpm) for Ultra160 and Ultra320 SCSI HDDs and a high-capacity tape backup device • ECC L2 cache processors to improve data integrity and help reduce downtime − Up to 1.3 TB of internal data storage, using nine 146 GB Ultra160 or Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap SL HDDs • PFA on processors and memory to help alert the system administrator of an imminent component These servers can handle applications for today and failure expand for future growth. • Support for optional Remote Supervisor Adapter for remote systems management through a Web-based Systems management browser Integrated baseboard management controller (BMC): • Six hot-swap redundant system cooling fans to cool The BMC provides industry-standard Intelligent Platform system and enable replacement without powering Management Interface (IPMI) 1.5-compliant systems down the server management.