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In the x X5, QPI links are used for interprocessor communication both in a single-node system and in a two-node system. They are also used to connect the system to a MAX5 memory expansion unit. To complete this mesh, the QPI wrap card is used. QPI wrap cards are installed in sockets where the scalability cables are installed. The QPI wrap cards are only for single-node configurations with three or four processors installed and only when a MAX5 unit is not installed.

Two QPI wrap cards are needed. It provides added memory and multinode scaling support for the x X5 server. Some models include the MAX5 standard, as listed in Tables 2 and 3. MAX5 options are listed in the following table. Note that some models and some processors do not support the MAX5. See the model table and the processor options table for details. The MAX5 V1 includes one power supply. The second power supply is optional part 60Y and provides redundancy.

The MAX5 V2 includes two power supplies; no additional power supplies are needed or available. The following table lists the cable options needed when scaling. Note that not all processors and models support all of these configurations - see the Processor options section below for details.

The x X5 supports the processor options listed in the following table. The server supports up to four processors. Table 7. Lenovo DDR3 memory is compatibility tested and tuned for optimal System x performance and throughput.

Lenovo memory specifications are integrated into the light path diagnostics for immediate system performance feedback and optimum system uptime. From a service and support standpoint, Lenovo memory automatically assumes the system warranty, and Lenovo provides service and support worldwide. Memory is installed in memory cards. The server supports eight memory cards, and each card holds eight DIMMs.

Two memory cards are connected to each processor. As a result, all eight memory cards are usable only when all four processors are installed. The server supports either up to eight 2. The number of drives that can be inserted depends on the backplanes that are installed. Backplane options are listed in the following table.

The backplanes that are standard in each model are listed in the Standard models section. The tray replaces the existing tray supplied with the server and supports up to two power modules.

In addition, this drive supports the following media and speeds for writing:. See Table 2 for specifics. The difference is that the integrated adapter has a longer edge connector, meaning that the card can only be installed in this server. The adapter cannot be shipped installed and instead must be shipped in its option box and configured at the final installation location.

Most standard models come with two power supplies Table 2. The MAX5 V1 has one power supply standard and a second optional power supply for redundancy. See the MAX5 section for details. The MAX5 V2 has two power supplies installed. No further power supplies are needed or available. The key is installed in a USB socket inside the server. The following table lists the virtualization options. The server contains Integrated Management Module IMM , which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and an alerting function.

If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails, the IMM lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem. The IMM also provides a virtual presence capability for remote server management capabilities. The server also supports virtual media and remote control features, which provide the following functions:. Note: The noise emission level stated is the declared upper limit sound power level, in bels, for a random sample of machines.

The system has a three-year warranty with 24x7 standard call center support and 9x5 Next Business Day onsite coverage.

Also available are Lenovo Services warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements, with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are region-specific. Not all warranty service upgrades are available in every region.

Offerings vary and are available in select countries. In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure, you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part.

Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The Hard Drive Retention service can be purchased in convenient bundles with our warranty upgrades and extensions. Keeping microcode current helps prevent hardware failures and security exposure. There are two levels of service: analysis of the installed base and analysis and update where required.

Offerings vary by region and can be bundled with other warranty upgrades and extensions. RTS provides comprehensive technical call center support for covered servers, storage, operating systems, and applications. Providing a single source for support of hardware and software issues, RTS can reduce problem resolution time, decreasing the cost to address technical problems and increasing uptime. The following table lists the drives that are supported by EXP external expansion enclosures.

The following table lists the hard disk drives that are supported by EXP external expansion enclosures. See the DE Series and DM Series product guides for specific controller models, expansion enclosures and configuration options:. The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply UPS units that are offered by Lenovo. Lenovo Financial Services offers financing solutions and services that complement your technology solution anywhere in the world.

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We focus on making it easy to do business with us. Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience.

We finance your entire solution. Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax. If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice. Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase.

This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements. For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience. For your region-specific offers, please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:. Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both.

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Abstract The x X5 server is the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced reliability and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments.

Note : The x X5 is withdrawn from marketing, effective June 30, Changes in the December 10 update: Updated the tables in the Internal drive options section. Introduction The x X5 server is the fifth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture, delivering innovation with enhanced reliability and availability features to enable optimal performance for databases, enterprise applications, and virtualized environments.

Figure 1. The System x X5. Did you know? Key features The x X5 is a mission-critical 4U four-socket server, capable of expanding to up to 8 processor sockets and 6 TB of memory in 10U of rack space. Scalability and performance The x X5 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs: The x X5 supports up to four high-performance Intel Xeon E7 family allowing you to upgrade as business needs require.

Scalable to eight processors by connecting two x X5 servers together to form a single system image. Supports the Intel Xeon E, E and E families of high performance processors, up to 10 cores each, offering superior system performance Intel Turbo Boost Technology dynamically turns off unused processor cores and increases the clock speed of the cores in use, by up to three model frequencies.

For example, with cores active, a 2. With cores active, it can run those cores at 2. Memory access is at up to MHz frequency, depending on the processor model and memory used. The MAX5 V2 adds an additional four memory controllers for a total of eight memory controllers to maximize memory parallelism and performance. In processors implementing Hyper-Threading technology, each core has two threads capable of running an independent process. Thus, an 8-core processor can run 16 threads concurrently.

Up to 24 1. Seven PCIe 2. SAP HANA is one of the first application which leverages the MCA recovery to handle system errors in order to prevent the application from being terminated in case of a system error. The combination of Chipkill and RBS provides very robust memory protection that sustains to two sequential memory DRAM chip failures without affecting overall system performance.

Single image 8-way systems consisting of two interconnected 4-way nodes provide self-healing capabilities in case of single node failure. Two independent nodes form a resilient 8-way configuration. In case of single node failure the system can be restarted in degraded mode thus eliminating unexpected downtime that requires service specialist to recover. One adapter is required for every two drives installed in the Storage Book.

Figure 7. The following tables list the hard disk drive and solid-state drive options for the internal disk storage of the server. The server does not support an internal optical drive option, however, you can connect an external USB optical drive.

Figure 8. These operating systems support hot-swap:. Figure 9. Figure The auxiliary power connectors are as follows:. Note : The 2x3 connector is intended to be used only when one adapter is installed in the first x16 slot the up-most slot in the following figure , either requiring W or W of power.

The location of the 2x3 connector prevents an adapter from being installed in the other x16 slot. Slot numbering. The server supports ML2 adapters that are installed in the custom ML2 slot. This slot supports adapters with either two 10 Gb ports or four Gigabit ports and supports direct connectivity to the IMM2 service processor for out-of-band systems management. The following table lists the supported ML2 adapters.

ML2 adapters are installed only in the ML2 slot slot 10 as show in the Slot locations section. The server also supports various other Ethernet, InfiniBand and Omni-Path network adapters, as listed in the following table. The maximum supported column also indicates which slots each adapter is supported in. For slot locations see the Slot locations section. One of the available cache upgrades 81Y, 81Y, or 47C is required for the M adapter operations, and it must be purchased together with the controller.

The server supports the co-processors and graphics processing units GPUs that are listed in the following table. The maximum supported column indicates which slots each adapter is supported in. The x X6 server supports up to four redundant power supplies. Standard models come with one, two, or four power supplies model dependent. The following table lists the power supplies. The following table lists the virtualization options.

If an environmental condition exceeds a threshold or if a system component fails, the IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem. The IMM2 also provides a virtual presence capability for remote server management capabilities. The blue-screen capture feature captures the video display contents before the IMM restarts the server when the IMM detects an operating-system hang condition. A system administrator can use the blue-screen capture feature to assist in determining the cause of the hang condition.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is a centralized resource management solution designed to reduce complexity, speed response, and enhance the availability of Lenovo systems and solutions. The administration dashboard is based on HTML 5 and allows fast location of resources so tasks can be run quickly. Lenovo XClarity Administrator provides full management function to ThinkSystem servers, including the following:. Lenovo also offers software plug-in modules, Lenovo XClarity Integrators, to manage physical infrastructure from leading external virtualization management software tools including those from Microsoft and VMware.

These integrators are offered at no charge, however if software support is required, a Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription license should be ordered. All models of the x X6 include a rail kit and cable management bracket kit for installation in a inch rack cabinet. The contents of the kits are shown in the following figure.

The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit CRU and onsite for field-replaceable units FRUs only with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.

Available offerings include:. Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your systems. Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring plus 24x7 call center availability and proactive management of your data center using state-of-the-art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.

A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time.

In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are met. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs.

Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. It is bundled with Essential Service and Advanced Service.

Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.

Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty. If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units FRUs.

Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units CRUs do not include onsite labor under base warranty. If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty including FRUs that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Lenovo Service offerings are region-specific.

Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the following resources:.

For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following documents:. Lenovo Services is a dedicated partner to your success. Our goal is to reduce your capital outlays, mitigate your IT risks, and accelerate your time to productivity.

Note : Some service options may not be available in all countries. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner. Asset Recovery Services ARS helps customers recover the maximum value from their end-of-life equipment in a cost-effective and secure way. On top of simplifying the transition from old to new equipment, ARS mitigates environmental and data security risks associated with data center equipment disposal.

Lenovo ARS is a cash-back solution for equipment based on its remaining market value, yielding maximum value from aging assets and lowering total cost of ownership for your customers. An Assessment helps solve your IT challenges through an onsite, multi-day session with a Lenovo technology expert. We perform a tools-based assessment which provides a comprehensive and thorough review of a company's environment and technology systems.

In addition to the technology based functional requirements, the consultant also discusses and records the non-functional business requirements, challenges, and constraints.

Assessments help organizations like yours, no matter how large or small, get a better return on your IT investment and overcome challenges in the ever-changing technology landscape. Professional Services consultants perform infrastructure design and implementation planning to support your strategy.

The high-level architectures provided by the assessment service are turned into low level designs and wiring diagrams, which are reviewed and approved prior to implementation. The implementation plan will demonstrate an outcome-based proposal to provide business capabilities through infrastructure with a risk-mitigated project plan.

Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you business hours or off shift , the technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet, connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities. When investing in new IT infrastructures, you need to ensure your business will see quick time to value with little to no disruption.

Includes tuning, validation, and documenting ongoing run processes. Leverage migration assessment planning documents to perform necessary migrations. Adapters supported by the server are listed in the SAS adapters for external storage section. The following table lists the 6 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with the server for storage expansion.

The following table lists the 12 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures offered by Lenovo that can be used with the server for storage expansion. Note: Information provided in this section is for ordering reference purposes only. For details about supported drives, adapters, and cables, see the following Lenovo Press Product Guides:. See the DE Series and DM Series product guides for specific controller models, expansion enclosures and configuration options:.

See the DB Series product guides for models and configuration options:. The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply UPS units that are offered by Lenovo. Lenovo Financial Services offers financing solutions and services that complement your technology solution anywhere in the world. We are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today, protect against technology obsolescence, and preserve your capital for other uses.

We work with businesses, non-profit organizations, governments and educational institutions to finance their entire technology solution. We focus on making it easy to do business with us.

Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience. We finance your entire solution.

Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax.

If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice. Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase. This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements.

For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience. For your region-specific offers, please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:. Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both.

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Thank you for your feedback. Download PDF. Table of Contents. Introduction Did you know? Abstract The Lenovo System x X6 server, machine type , is a four-socket 4U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture.

Withdrawn : The System x X6 is now withdrawn from marketing. Introduction The Lenovo System x X6 server, machine type , is a four-socket 4U rack-mounted server that represents the sixth generation of the Enterprise X-Architecture. The following figure shows the Lenovo System x X6. Did you know? Key features The increasing demand for cloud-computing and analytics workloads by enterprises to meet social, mobile, and Big Data requirements drives innovation to find new ways to build informational systems.

Lenovo X6 servers are fast, agile, and resilient: Fast application performance means immediate access to actionable information. Agile system design helps to reduce acquisition costs and provide the ability to upgrade processor and memory technology at each refresh within the same chassis. Resilient platforms maximize application uptime and promote easy integration in virtual environments.

Fast application performance The server offers numerous features to boost performance: Based on the Intel Xeon E7 family of processors: Models based on E v4 and E v4 processors Supports up to four E7 v4 processors with a total of 96 cores and threads to maximize the concurrent running of multi-threaded applications.

Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with processors up to 24 cores, core frequencies up to 3. Intelligent and adaptive system performance with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.

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 use the hardware for virtualization workloads. Intel Advanced Vector Extensions AVX improves floating-point performance for compute-intensive technical and scientific applications.

PCI Express 3. Support for up to two graphics processing units GPUs and co-processors to maximize computing power. The server is Energy Star 2. Front and rear access means that you can easily scale the system by adding components without removing the entire server from the rack. The modular book design also allows clients to create the configuration that fits their application and environment needs, which reduces acquisition costs while giving them the flexibility to grow and modify their configuration later.

The book design also means that subsystem upgrades are simpler, quicker to perform, and have a lower impact on the rest of the server.

Up to 16x 1. Most slots are PCIe 3. Most components are common between the four-socket x X6 and eight-socket x X6, making for a simple upgrade path with minimal parts on the floor.

Resilient platform The server provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime: Upward Integration Modules for standard hypervisors enable the creation and management of policies to maintain high availability of virtual machines and concurrent updating of the system firmware, with no impact on application performance or availability.

Advanced Processor Recovery allows the system to automatically switch access and control of networking, management, and storage in the event of a processor 1 failure, providing higher availability and productivity.

Advanced Page Retire proactively protects applications from corrupted pages in memory, which is crucial for scaling memory to terabytes. Redundant bit steering, memory mirroring, and memory rank sparing for redundancy in the event of a non-correctable memory failure. 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, which is protected from all other software running on a system. Redundant Intel Platform Controller Hub PCH connections to the processors allow the platform to maintain access to networking, storage, and server management during a processor failure.

Hot-swap drives support RAID redundancy for data protection and greater system uptime. Tool-less lid-less design provides front and rear access for easy upgrades and serviceability. There is no need to pull the server out of the rack to access internal components.

Hot-swap power supplies and hot-swap dual-motor redundant fans provide availability for mission-critical applications. An LCD diagnostics panel that is combined with individual light path diagnostic LEDs quickly lead the technician to failed or failing components, which simplifies servicing, speeds up problem resolution, and helps improve system availability.

These proactive alerts let you take appropriate actions in advance of possible failure, thereby increasing server uptime and application availability. 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.

Supports direct connectivity to the IMM2 service processor for out-of-band systems management. Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI enables improved setup, configuration, and updates, and simplifies error handling.

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Optional service upgrades are available. Locations of key components and connectors The following figure shows the front of the x X6 server. Standard specifications The following table lists the standard specifications. Table 1.