ENERGY STAR Power and Performance Data Sheet

IBM System x3550 M3 (7944xxx), 95W 6-core Intel Xeon Server Family (see Qualified Configurations) System Characteristics
Form Factor Available Processor Sockets Available DIMM Slots / Max Memory Capacity ECC and/or Fully Buffered DIMMs Available Expansion Slots Minimum and Maximum # of Hard Drives Redundant Power Supply Capable? Power Supply Make and Model Power Supply Output Rating* (watts) Minimum and Maximum # of Power Supplies Input Power Range (AC or DC) Power Supply Efficiency at Specified Loadings* Power Supply Power Factor at Specified Loadings* 1U Rackmount 2 18 Slots / 192GB Yes, ECC, Register DIMMs 2 PCIe 0 Minimum / 8 Maximum SAS or SATA Yes 460W IBM PN 39Y7228 or 39Y7230, equivalent see qualified configuration section (page 2) for additional 460W 1 minimum / 2 maximum 100 - 240 VAC 50-60Hz 86%@10%, 90%@20%, 92%@50%, 91%@100% 0.74@10%, 0.89@20%, 0.98@50%, 0.99@100% Microsoft Windows: Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008 (DataCenter x64 / Enterprise x64 / Standard x64, Web x64) / 2008 R2; RedHat: RHEL 4 / RHEL 5 (x64 / x64 Xen) / RHEL 6 (x64); SUSE: SLES 10 & 11 (EM64T / Xen for EM64T); VMware ESX Server 4.0 / 4.1, ESXi Server 4.0 / 4.1; Oracle Solaris 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x64 Edition

Operating Systems Supported (1)

Installed Operating System for Testing

* Note: Power supply information is for a single power supply only (1) Full OS compatability listing is maintained at www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/nos/matrix.shtml

System Configurations
Configuration ID Processor Information Memory Information Internal Storage

Minimum
7944xxx 2, Intel Xeon X5675 2 Dimms, 4GB each 1x 2.5 inch, 7200RPM 500GB SAS Onboard dual 1 GB NIC 1 non-redundant YES Internal SAS Raid Controller

Typical
7944xxx 2, Intel Xeon X5675

Maximum
7944xxx 2, Intel Xeon X5675

I/O Devices

8 Dimms, 4GB each 18 Dimms, 4GB each 4x 2.5 inch, 8x 2.5 inch, 7200RPM 7200RPM 500GB 500GB SAS SAS Onboard dual 1GB Onboard dual 1GB NIC + 2x PCIe dual NIC + 1x PCIe dual 1GB NIC cards + 1x NIC card + 1x dual dual 1GB NIC option 1GB NIC option 1 non-redundant YES Internal SAS Raid Controller 2 Redundant YES Internal SAS Raid Controller

Power Supply Number and Redundancy Configuration Management Controller or Service Processor Installed? Other Hardware Features / Accessories

Power Data
Idle Category (1S and 2S only) ENERGY STAR Idle Power Allowance (1S and 2S only) Measured Idle Power (watts) Power at Full Load* (watts) Benchmark / Method Used for Full Load Test Test Voltage and Frequency for Idle and Full Load Test Range of Total Estimated Energy Usage ** (kWh/year) Link to Detailed Power Calculator (if available)

Minimum
158 128.26 260.30

Typical
238 157.87 284.05 LINPACK v10.2.5.013 230V/60Hz

Maximum
374 187.47 339.18

Category D: Managed Dual Installed Processor (2P) Servers

2,247 to 4,560 2,766 to 4,977 3,284 to 5,942 http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/resources/powerconfig.html

* Note: Full load power represents the sustained, average power at 100% load of the given workload, and does not necessarily represent the absolute peak power or the highest average, sustained power possible for other workloads. ** Note: Estimated kWh/year gives the absolute range of energy use a user could expect from continuous operation (24x7x365) and ranges from 100% Idle usage to 100% full load operation. The calculation also includes typical data center overhead at a ratio
2

IBM internal tool: software set to exercise system to 100%. Results similar to Prime95 or mprime torture test (www.mersenne.org)

ENERGY STAR Power and Performance Data Sheet

IBM System x3550 M3 (7944xxx), 95W 6-core Intel Xeon Server Family (see Qualified Configurations)

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Power and Performance for Benchmark #1

Benchmark #1 Benchmark Used and Type of Workload Avg. Power Measured During Benchmark Run Benchmark Performance Score Power Performance Ratio (perf score/avg. power) Link to Full Benchmark Report (Where Available)

Minimum

Typical

Maximum

STREAM rev 5.9 / TRIAD (OpenMP compilation) 3 183.16 W 224.42 W 269.24 W 8451.0527 MB/s 46.1403 MBs / watt 18641.3080 MB/s 83.0644 MBs / watt 16857.4998 MB/s 62.6114 MBs / watt

3. The STREAM benchmark and http://www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/ (STREAM web site) are the responsibility of John D. McCalpin mccalpin@cs.virginia.edu

Power Saving Features

Processor Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling Processor or Core Reduced Power States Power Capping Variable Speed Fan Control Based on Power or Thermal Readings

Enabled on Shipment
C1 Enhanced Mode

End-User Enabling Required

X X

X X X

Power and Temperature Measurement and Reporting

Input Power Available & Accuracy? Input Air Temp Available & Accuracy? Processor Utilization Available? Other Data Measurements Available & Accuracy? Compatible Protocols for Data Collection Averaging method and time period IBM Active Energy manager, IMPI Power: 1 second sample, value stored in an Accumulation register. Polling interval of 1 minute minimum (register divided by difference in time readings to get avg power value). Temp/CPU: returns value when read. Yes, +/-10% above 200W and +/-20W at or below 200W Yes, +/-2 Yes

Thermal Information *
Total Power Dissipation (watts) Delta Temperature at Exhaust at Peak Temp. (C) Airflow at Maximum Fan Speed (CFM) at Peak Temp. Airflow at Nominal Fan Speed (CFM) at Nominal Temp.

Minimum
295.76 9.4 55.4 40.3

Typical
354.31 14.8 53.1 40.2

Maximum
384.45 13.2 51.1 37.0

*References: ASHRAE Extended Environmental Envelope Final August 1, 2008 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments, ASHRAE, 2004, ISBN 1-931862-43-5 Peak temperature is defined as 35 C, Nominal Temperat

ENERGY STAR Qualified Configurations Include specific information on ENERGY STAR Qualified SKUs or configurations Base system is sold with 1 CPU socket populated. Customer configuration must contain the 2nd CPU to qualify. First (base) and second CPU must be identical Processor Number. The following CPUs are included in this product family qualification: Processor Number X5675 X5670 X5660 X5650 Clock Speed 3.06 GHz 2.93 GHz 2.80 GHz 2.66 GHz Number of Cores 6 6 6 6

Power 95W 95W 95W 95W

System ordering information: 7944-AC1, 7944-HC1, or 7944-MC1 with two Intel X5675, X5670, X5660, or X5650 CPUs; 7944-72x with two X5675 CPUs; 7944-E6x or 7944-J4x with two X5650 CPUs Additional Power Supply part number information: IBM PN 39Y7228 ==> Vendor PN FSA021-030G IBM PN 39Y7230 ==> Vendor PN DPS-460LB A