Hardware Announcement August 28, 2001 IBM xSeries 380 — 733 MHz and 800 MHz Intel Itanium Enterprise Server with Microsoft Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition Overview Availability Features to Maximize System Up Time At a Glance New models of the IBM • xSeries 380 with the Intel Itanium Hot-swap drive bays and The IBM xSeries 380 is a 64-bit processor, the first xSeries hot-swap redundant fans and powerful 64-bit enablement server with 64-bit architecture, now power supplies; replace platform for software development include Microsoft Windows components without powering and applications requiring extreme Advanced Server, Limited Edition. down the server memory addressing. These new • Predictive Failure Analysis models include Microsoft Windows This rack-optimized server is an (PFA) on key components warns Advanced Server, Limited Edition. industry-standard reference platform of impending problems so for: • Choice of four-way Itanium corrective action can be taken IA-64 processors: • The development and validation before system outage: − 733 MHz1 with 2 MB cache of applications requiring extended − Enabled by Intel Server − 800 MHz with 4 MB cache memory addressing Control (ISC) • • 1 GB ECC SDRAM system Medium-to-large businesses to − Provided and supported by memory, expandable to 64 GB2 identify a migration strategy from Intel IA-32 to IA-64 • Eight 64-bit, 66 MHz full-length Warranty Power and Scalability for e-business PCI slots Growth The xSeries 380 system features a • Integrated, Ultra3 (LVD) SCSI three-year, on-site4, limited controller; 72 GB standard • Intel Itanium 64-bit processors; 5 warranty internal storage industry-standard platform • • Four-way enablement for Key Prerequisites Standard power redundancy improved processor utilization with four 800-watt hot-swap • Monitor power supplies • Up to 64 GB ECC memory; PC100 • Keyboard and mouse • Integrated Ethernet port SDRAM • Supported operating system • • Eight 64-bit 66 MHz, 7 U, 28-inch rack-optimized hot-swap-enabled3 PCI adapter chassis slots • Planned Availability Date ATI-Rage XL 8 MB video • Ethernet integrated on system • External ports: one video, two board September 3, 2001 serial (16550A-compatible), one • Integrated, dual-channel Ultra3 parallel, two USB, one Ultra3 (LVD) SCSI controller; internal SCSI, Ethernet, and mouse and and external ports keyboard ports New Architecture for Data-Intensive Applications The xSeries 380 design, based on the 64-bit Intel Itanium processor: • Breaks the 4 GB limitation of 32-bit systems • Provides the ability to address 64 GB of real memory 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. 101-247 Additional features include: Description • Two standard memory cards containing 32 DIMM connectors, each supporting memory options of xSeries 380 Related Options 256 MB, 512 MB, and 1 GB of 100 MHz ECC SDRAM DIMMs. Memory must be added four DIMMs at a time. xSeries 380 733 MHz/2 MB Cache Upgrade (10K3815) • System memory can be upgraded to 64 GB. This processor option is an Intel Itanium processor that: Note: To achieve maximum memory capacities, • Offers an integrated full-speed 2 MB ECC L3 cache replacement of standard memory with maximum memory modules may be required. • Supports up to four-way SMP applications using multiple processors of the same type and speed • Eight 64-bit PCI/66 MHz slots. xSeries 380 800 MHz/4 MB Cache Upgrade (10K0050) The xSeries 380 subsystems are highly tuned to maximize total system throughput from processor, to memory, to This processor option is an Intel Itanium processor that: bus, to disk-intensive I/O. • Offers an integrated full-speed 4 MB ECC L3 cache Increased Availability and Serviceability Features: • Supports up to four-way SMP applications using Servers must be ruggedly dependable and designed with multiple processors of the same type and speed features that can tolerate a component failure without total shutdown. Note: Processor upgrades (10K3815 and 10K0050) are not customer installable. Installation of these options must The xSeries 380 provides fault-tolerant and be performed by IBM. high-availability functions integrated within the server as standard features. Memory Options: The following memory options were announced in Hardware Announcement 101-159, dated Features include: May 31, 2001. • An integrated systems management processor that • 1 GB (4 x 256 MB) PC100 ECC SDRAM RDIMM Kit provides the following features: (33L3258) − Auto recovery • 2 GB (4 x 512 MB) PC100 ECC SDRAM RDIMM Kit − Monitoring and alerting of critical server events, (33L3260) including: • 4 GB (4 x 1 GB) PC100 ECC SDRAM RDIMM Kit -- Internal temperature and voltage thresholds (33L3262) -- Power status Note: Memory options are not customer installable. Installation of these options must be performed by IBM. -- Power-on self-test (POST) progress -- Operating system load progress xSeries 380 Description -- Operating system heartbeat Advanced, High-Performance Server Subsystems: -- Fans, power supplies, power subsystem xSeries 380 servers are advanced high-throughput, four-way, SMP-capable Itanium servers delivering -- PFA events for processors, VRMs, memory, fans, excellent scalability when you add memory and additional power supplies (ISC software required to enable) processors. -- System/POST events and errors The standard offerings contain a 733 MHz or 800 MHz • Two hot-swap, half-high HDD bays that provide Itanium 64-bit processor with 2 MB or 4 MB of L3 cache uninterrupted service for HDD replacement and 133 MHz front side bus speed (2 x 133 MHz maximum data bus speed), with Explicitly Parallel Instruction • ECC DIMMs combined with integrated ECC memory Computing (EPIC) technology controllers to correct soft and hard single-bit memory errors The memory controller supports up to 64 GB of high-speed PC100 SDRAM DIMMs. Cache-line • ECC L3 cache processors to provide data integrity interleaving is supported. while reducing downtime • Standard xSeries 380 Configuration: Four standard 800-watt, hot-swap power supplies with auto restart that: ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Processors Power │ − Handle robust configurations while providing full │ Model Processor Cache Standard Memory Supply│ redundancy ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │8683─3RX 733/133 MHz 2 MB 1 1 GB 4 │ − Provide redundancy in 110 V or 220 V environments │8683─4RX 800/133 MHz 4 MB 1 1 GB 4 │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ • Worldwide, auto voltage-sensing capability • One fan located in each power supply, four hot-swap redundant fans for cooling the processor and memory area, and two hot-swap redundant fans located in the PCI adapter slot area 101-247 -2- Scalability and Growth: The xSeries 380 is a 7 U (1 U • Breaks the 4 GB limitation of 32-bit systems equals 1.75 inches) by 28-inch deep mechanical package • designed to be placed into a 19-inch rack drawer such as Provides the ability to address 64 GB of real memory the Netfinity Enterprise Rack, or Netfinity Rack and With massive memory resources, the new xSeries 380 Netfinity NetBAY22 with extension options installed. offers performance improvements by an order of These servers are designed to support massive disk magnitude over 32-bit servers and provides efficient storage capacities in external high-availability storage processing for data-intensive applications. units, such as EXP storage units, contained in the same The xSeries 380 not only represents the next step in the or separate rack enclosures. evolution of high-performance, Intel processor-based Tape backup is also intended to be handled externally servers, but also the next step toward advanced, high-end through attachment to the standard external Ultra3 SCSI enterprise, high-availability xSeries servers. port. The xSeries 380 is an enablement platform that provides Expansion features include: a foundation for future commercially deployable solutions based on the second-generation Itanium processor. • Eight full-length PCI slots supporting multiple adapters Targeted toward early adapters that can benefit from the • Support for up to four Itanium processors and 64 GB 64-bit architecture, the xSeries 380 is an: of system memory • Enablement platform for medium-to large businesses • Four drive bays to identify a migration strategy from IA-32 to IA-64 − Two 3.5-inch half-high, hot-swap drive bays that • Excellent server for independent software and support half-high or slim-high, hot-swap HDDs hardware vendors to complete porting and testing and − One 5.25/3.5-inch slim-high device bay with 24x develop device driver software CD-ROM The new 733/800 MHz Itanium four-way-capable − One 3.5-inch slim-high drive bay with a LS-120 drive processors with 2 MB or 4 MB L3 cache yield memory • levels never before possible with Intel processor-based Internal support for high-performance 36.4 GB 10K rpm servers. But as important, the xSeries 380 features: Ultra3 SCSI HDDs • Eight available 64-bit PCI slots that double the • Dual-channel, 64-bit integrated Q Logic ISP-12160A bandwidth that data can travel from processor to Ultra3 (LVD) SCSI controller used for adapter high-performance (up to 160 MB/s) throughput and supports internal and external data storage • Four powerful 800 W redundant power supplies provide