Key Features - Lenovo System x3650 M5 Product Manual

Key features

The System x3650 M5 is a versatile 2U dual-socket business-critical server that offers 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 System x3650 M5 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 help make
deployment easier. Outstanding reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) and high-efficiency design
improve your business environment and help save operational costs.
Scalability and performance
The System x3650 M5 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600
v4 product family with up to 22-core processors, up to 55 MB of L3 cache, and up to 9.6 GT/s QPI
interconnect links.
Support for up to two processors, 44 cores, and 88 threads allows to maximize the concurrent
execution of multithreaded applications.
Intelligent and adaptive system performance with energy efficient Intel Turbo Boost Technology
allows CPU cores to run at maximum speeds during peak workloads by temporarily going
beyond processor thermal design power (TDP).
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology boosts performance for multithreaded applications by enabling
simultaneous multithreading 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.
Up to 2400 MHz memory speeds with two DIMMs per channel running at 2400 MHz to help maximize
system performance.
Up to 1.5 TB of memory capacity with 64 GB load-reduced DIMMs, or LRDIMMs
The 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.
Flexible and scalable internal storage provides up to 112 TB for capacity-optimized storage
configurations (using 8 TB 3.5-inch hard disk drives [HDDs]) or up to 28 drives for performance-
optimized storage configurations in a 2U rack form factor.
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of or along with traditional spinning HDDs can significantly
improve I/O performance. An SSD can support a significantly higher number of I/O operations per
second (IOPS) than a typical HDD.
The server has four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports and optional 10 Gb Ethernet ports with ML2
adapters.
The server offers up to eight PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 I/O expansion slots plus one dedicated PCIe 3.0
slot for an internal storage controller in a 2U rack form factor.
With Intel Integrated I/O Technology, the PCI Express 3.0 controller is integrated into the Intel Xeon
processor E5-2600 v4 product family. This helps to dramatically reduce I/O latency and increase overall
system performance.
Availability and serviceability
The System x3650 M5 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
Tool-less cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as processors,
memory DIMMs, and adapter cards.
The server offers hot-swap drives supporting RAID redundancy for data protection and greater system
uptime.
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