Detailed technical overview of a IBM's System x3850 x5 Intel processor-based server. The x3850 X5 server allows freedom of choice with extremely flexible configurations plus memory expansion capabilities. A modular building block design lets you customize your system for current needs while providing the ability to react to changing workloads. Expand your 4-socket, 64-DIMM x3850 X5 to 4 sockets and 96 DIMMs or up to 8 sockets and 128 DIMMs. Reallocate resources as your environment changes. The x3850 X5 meets your needs today, while providing an easy, cost-effective upgrade path to change your environment when you’re ready.

1. x3850 X5 Technical Presentation March 30, 2009 Ralph M. Begun System Development Lead begun@us.ibm.com Michelle Gottschalk WW Product Manager [email_address]

2. x3850 X5 overview

5. Intel Xeon chipset

9. x3850 X5 system specifics

10. x3850 X5 – Chipset Basics DDR3 Memory DIMMs Memory Buffer SMI Link to CPU CPU’s connect via QPI bus 6.4 GT/s max Quick Path Interconnect Intel Xeon Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon Intel Boxboro PCI-E Intel Boxboro PCI-E Memory Card MB1 MB2 1 3 8 6 2 4 7 5 Memory Controller (1 of 2 per CPU)

11. x3850 X5 – Block Diagram Intel Xeon Rack , Westmere EX drop in design, 4 CPUs, 64 DDR3, 7 PCIE, 8 HDD, QPI Cable to 8-socket 6.4GT/s SMI (FBD2) 16 buses Each @ 6.4GT/s (2B Rd/1B Wr) Cable or Wrap Xeon CPU4 QPI 64 DDR3 DIMMs 32 buses @ 1066M 2 DIMMs per bus QPI Xeon CPU1 Xeon CPU2 x8 x8 x8 Slot 6 QPI QPI Xeon CPU3 QPI QPI Slot 1 x16 x4 x8 x8 Slot 2 SAS Slot 3 PC3-10600R LP DIMMs 1GB, x8, 1R, 1Gb 2GB, x8, 2R, 1Gb 4GB, x8, 4R, 1Gb 8GB, x8, 4R, 2Gb 16GB, x4, 4R, 2Gb Xeon 8-core 2.27 GHz IBM CONFIDENTIAL Boxboro1 ESI x4 ICH10 Southbridge USB LPC DVD 5709 EN ESI x4 x8 Slot 7 Slot 5 x4 + x4 Dual Gb 0 2 0 3 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 x4 Slot 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 Boxboro2 Memory Card 1 PROWL I/O and Power card PCIe SAS connector on CPU card MB1 MB2 1 3 2 4 8 6 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 Memory Card 3 MB1 MB2 1 3 2 4 8 6 7 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 Memory Card 4 MB1 MB2 2 4 1 3 7 5 8 6 0 0 1 1 3 4 Memory Card 7 MB1 MB2 1 3 2 4 8 6 7 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 Memory Card 8 MB1 MB2 2 4 1 3 7 5 8 6 0 0 1 1 3 4 Memory Card 2 MB1 MB2 2 4 1 3 7 5 8 6 0 0 1 1 4 3 Memory Card 5 MB1 MB2 1 3 2 4 8 6 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 Memory Card 6 MB1 MB2 2 4 1 3 7 5 8 6 0 0 1 1 4 3 STARSCREAM CPU Card iBMC, TPM 4 Back, 2 Front 8 Memory Cards Cable or Wrap 2 Int, 2 iBMC SATA PCIe Slots 1-4 Full Length Slot 2 has x8 connector PCIe Slots 5-7 Half Length Dual 10Gb

12. x3850/x3950 X5 - 4 Socket 4U EX platform 6 Fans 2x – 1975 W P/S 4U Rack Mechanical Chassis Front view (2x) 1975W Rear Access Hot Swap, Redundant P/S (4x) Intel Xeon EX CPU’s (8x) Memory Cards – 8 1066MHxDDR3 DIMMs per card 7x - PCIe Gen2 Slots 2x 60mm Hot Swap Fans (8x) Gen2 2.5” Drives (2x) 120mm Hot Swap Fans Dual USB DVD Drive Light Path Diagnostics RAID Card

13. x3850 X5 rear view QPI cables (2x) 1975W Rear Access Hot Swap, Redundant P/S w/120mm fan (4x) PCIe full length (3x) PCIe half length x8 Emulex 10Gb Ethernet Dual Backplane – SAS & SSD

14. x3850 X5 front view (2x) 1975W Rear Access Hot Swap, Redundant P/S (4x) Intel Xeon EX CPU’s (8x) Memory Cards – 8 1066MHxDDR3 DIMMs per card 7x - PCIe Gen2 Slots 2x 60mm Hot Swap Fans (8x) Gen2 2.5” Drives (2x) 120mm Hot Swap Fans Dual USB Light Path Diagnostics RAID Card DVD Drive 10Gb Ethernet Adapter

15. System Images - Interior PS1 PS2 Boxborro 2 Boxborro1 M5015 RAID HS Fan Pack PCIe x16 PCIe x4 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 PCIe x8 USB System Recovery Jumpers CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 CPU4 Slot 7 Slot 6 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 3 Slot 2 Slot 1 Mem Card 1 Mem Card 2 Mem Card 3 Mem Card 4 Mem Card 5 Mem Card 6 Mem Card 7 Mem Card 8 SAS Backplanes + HDD Cage

16. New x3850 X5 memory card Specifications : 64 DDR3 DIMMs 32 buses @ 1066M 2 DIMMs per bus SMI - 16 buses Each @ 6.4GT/s (2B Rd/1B Wr) PC3-10600R LP DIMMs 1GB, x8, 1R, 1Gb 2GB, x8, 2R, 1Gb 4GB, x8, 4R, 1Gb 8GB, x8, 4R, 2Gb 16GB, x4, 4R, 2Gb

17. System Images – Chassis View Front Access 120mm fans Rear I/O Shutttle Rear Access HS PSUs - lift up on handle then pull out QPI Scalability Ports / Cables

18. System Images – CPU and Memory Memory Cards CPU and Heatsink installation

19. System Images - Options M1015 RAID card and Installation bracket 8 HDD SAS Backplane

21. x3850 X5 PCIe Slot Population Plug one PCIe card / Boxboro before moving to next set of slots Card # PCIe Slot # 1 1 2 5 3 3 4 6 5 4 6 7 7 2

27. x3850 X5 configuration flexibility Base System Shipping today Memory Expansion with MAX5 via QPI Shipping today Native Scaling via QPI Shipping today Memory Expansion and Scaling with MAX5 via QPI and EXA Available 2011

28. Xeon 8-socket interconnect block diagram QPI Cable Links for QPI bus Four QPI cables 1 2 4 3 3 4 2 1 QPI 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 Cable cross connects CPUs 2 and 3

29. x3850 X5 with native QPI scaling Connects directly via QPI bus QPI Cables Intel Xeon Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon Intel Boxboro PCI-E Intel Boxboro PCI-E Intel Xeon Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon Intel Boxboro PCI-E Intel Boxboro PCI-E

30. x3850 8-socket QPI scaling A D B C REAR VIEW OF CHASSIS QPI 1-2 QPI 3-4 x3850 #1 QPI 1-2 QPI 3-4 x3850 #2

31. x3850 X5 with MAX5 using QPI Intel Xeon Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Intel Xeon Intel Boxboro PCI-E Intel Boxboro PCI-E MAX5 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 MB1 Connects directly to each CPU via QPI bus 6.4 GT/s MB1 MB2 1 3 8 6 2 4 7 5 DDR3 Memory DIMMs Memory Buffer SMI Link to Firehawk EXA port

32. x3850 X5 to MAX5 QPI cabling eX5 Memory Drawer End x3850 X5 End

33. 8-socket x3850 X5 with MAX5 using QPI and EXA Connects directly to each CPU via QPI bus 6.4 GT/s Connects via EXA

35. MAX5 front and rear views

36. MAX5 for System x front and rear views Redundant 675W Power Supplies Lightpath Diagnostics QPI Ports EXA Ports Hot swap fans Front Rear System removes from chassis for easy access

39. X6550 2Ghz / 18M / 6.4GT/s E6540 2Ghz / 18M / 6.4GT/s X7560 2.26Ghz / 24M / 6.4GT/s X7550 2Ghz / 18M / 6.4GT/s 8S/Scalable 4S/Scalable L7555 1.86Ghz / 24M / 5.86GT/s E7530 1.86Ghz / 12M / 5.8GT/s E7520 1.86Ghz / 18M / x4.8GT/s X7542 2.66Ghz / 18M / 5.86GT/s EX High Perf. LV L7545 1.86Ghz / 18M / 5.86GT/s E7540 2Ghz / 18M / 6.4GT/s Turbo: 0/1/3/5 Turbo: 1/2/4/5 Standard Basic 6-8 Cores 95W HT / Turbo / S8S 6 Cores 130W Turbo / S8S No Hyper-Threading 8 Cores Hyper-Threading Turbo: 1/2/3/3 130W 6 Cores Hyper-Threading Turbo: 0/1/1/2 105W 4 Cores Hyper-Threading 95W-105W 95W 8C 6C HPC Turbo: 0/1/1/1 E6510 1.73Ghz / 12M / 4.8GT/s 2S Only. Not Scalable 105W 2S/Scalable x3850 X5 / x3950 X5 – supported processors Advanced

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