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Features - Netfinity 5500 M10

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Abstract

Features of the Netfinity 5500-M10

Content


Source: Hardware Maintenance Manual

The following table summarizes the features of the Netfinity 5500-M10.

Microprocessor
- Intel Pentium II Xeon microprocessor with MMX technology
- 32 KB of level-1 cache
- 512 KB of level-2 cache (min.)
- Expandable to two microprocessors

Memory
- Standard: 128 MB (min.), expandable to 2 GB
- 100 MHz registered, error correcting code (ECC), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM)
- Four dual inline memory-module (DIMM) sockets

Diskette Drive
- Standard: One 3.5-inch, 1.44 MB

Hard Disk Drives
- Up to six hot-swappable hard disk drives supported

CD-ROM Drive
- Standard: 32X IDE

Keyboard and Auxiliary Device
(standard only on tower models)
- Keyboard
- Mouse

Expansion Bays
- Six slim (1-inch) or three half-high (1.6-inch) hot-swap drive bays
- Three 5.25-inch removable-media bays (one used by CD-ROM drive)
- The IBM Netfinity NetBAY3 (tower model only) allows installation of options to provide extra expansion bays

Expansion Slots
Up to seven adapters can be installed.
- Four 32-bit hot-plug PCI slots
- Two standard (non-hot-plug) 32-bit PCI slots
- One 16-bit ISA slot

Upgradable Microcode
- BIOS, diagnostics, Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor, and ServeRAID upgrades (when available) can update EEPROMs on the system board

Security Features
- Door and top cover lock (tower model only)
- NetBAY3 bezel lock
- Power-on and administrator passwords
- Selectable drive-startup
- Keyboard password
- Systems management security
- User log-in password
- Read-only or read/write access
- Dial back

Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) Alerts
- Power supplies
- Fans
- Memory
- Hard disk drives
- Microprocessors
- Voltage regulator modules (VRMs)

Integrated Functions
- Two serial ports
- Two universal serial bus (USB) ports
- One parallel port
- Mouse port
- Keyboard port
- Video port
- IBM ServeRAID controller (two channels) on system board
- 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet port (controller on system board)
- Redundant Ethernet capability, through the use of an optional network interface card (NIC)
- Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor on system board
- Dedicated Advanced System Management I/O port
- Video controller (with 1 MB video memory) compatible with:
- Super video graphics array (SVGA)
- Video graphics adapter (VGA)

Power Supply
- 400 W (115-230 V ac)
- Automatic voltage range selection
- Built-in overload and surge protection
- Automatic restart after a loss of power
- For redundant power, an optional 400 W power supply is available

Redundant Cooling
- Three hot-swap fans

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

Older System x:All operating systems listed

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 January 2019

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