Server features and specifications

Use this information for an overview of the server features and specifications.

The following information is a summary of the features and specifications of the 4U server model with non-hot-swap power supplies. For the 5U server model with hot-swap power supplies, please see the next sub-section. Depending on the model, some features might not be available, or some specifications might not apply.

Microprocessor (depending on the model):

• Supports one Intel dual-core or quad-core (Xeon E3-1200 V3 series) processor
• Multi-chip Package processor architecture
• Designed for LGA 1150 socket
• Scalable up to four cores
• 32 KB instruction L1 cache, 32 KB data L1 cache, 256 KB instruction/data L2 cache, and up to 8 MB L3 cache that is shared among the cores
• Support for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)

Note

1. Use the Setup utility to determine the type and speed of the microprocessors in the server
2. For a list of supported microprocessors, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.

Memory:

• Connectors: four dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors, two-way interleaved
• Minimum: 1 GB
• Maximum: 32 GB
• Types: PC3-12800 (single-rank or dual-rank), 1333 and 1600 MHz, ECC, DDR3 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMs only
• Sizes: 1GB (single-rank) 2GB (single-rank) 4GB (dual-rank) 8GB (dual-rank)

Fan:

• One system fan
• One option fan for PCIe card

Power supply:

• One fixed 350-watt or 300-watt power supply

Size:

• Height: 360 mm (14.17 in.)
• Depth: 480 mm (18.89 in.)
• Width: 180 mm (7.08 in.)
• Weight: 10 kg (22 lb) to 13 kg (28.66 lb) depending upon configuration

RAID controllers (depending on the model):

• ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller that provides RAID levels 0, 1, and 10.
• ServeRAID C100 capabilities that support RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 (RAID 5 upgrade available for Lenovo System x)
• ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller that provides RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 (RAID 5 upgrade available for Lenovo System x).

Environment:

• Power on:
  • Temperature: 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F) up to 950 mm (3,117 ft); above 950 m, derated maximum air temperature is 1°C / 175 m
  • Humidity, non-condensing: -12°C dew point (10.4°F) and 8% ~ 85% relative humidity
  • Maximum dew point: 24°C (75°F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft) and 5°C to 28°C (41°F to 82°F)
  • Maximum rate of temperature change: 5°C per hour (41°F per hour) for tape drive, 20°C per hour (68°F per hour) for hard disk drives
• Power off:
  • Temperature: 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
  • Humidity: 8%~85%
  • Maximum dew point: 27°C (80.6°F)
• Storage (non-operating):
  • Temperature: 1°C to 60°C (33.8°F to 140°F)
  • Altitude: 3,050 m (10,000)
  • Humidity: 5%~80%
  • Maximum dew point: 29°C (84.2°F)
• Shipment (non-operating)
  • Temperature: -40°C to 60°C (-40°F to 140°F)
  • Altitude: 10.700 m (35,105 ft)
  • Humidity: 5%~100%
  • Maximum dew point: 29°C (84.2°F)
• Particulate contamination:
  Attention

  Design to ASHRAE Class A3, ambient of 40°C, with relaxed support:

  • The system will support cloud-like workload with no performance degradation acceptable (Turbo-Off).
  • Under no circumstance can any combination of worst-case workload and configuration result in system shutdown or design exposure at 40°C.

Drives (depending on the model):

• Hard disk drives: up to four 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA
• One of the following SATA attached optical drives:
  • DVD-ROM
  • Tape drive

Drive bays (depending on the model):

• Two 5.25-inch half-high bays (one optical drive installed).
• Four 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays

Attention

As a general consideration, do not mix standard 512-byte and advanced 4-KB format drives in the same RAID array because it might lead to potential performance issues.

Integrated functions:

• Integrated management module II (IMM2), which consolidates multiple management functions in a single chip
• BroadCom 5717 Gb Ethernet controller with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) and Wake on LAN support
• Integrated SATA controller
• Seven Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports:
  • Two USB 3.0 ports on the front. (Due to the limitation of USB 3.0, the front USB is not usable for RHEL 5.10, Vmware 5.1 and Vmware 5.5.)
  • Four USB 2.0 ports on the rear
  • One internal USB 2.0 port for an optional tape drive
• Six SATA ports (blue-colored ports for DVD drive or optional tape drive)
• One serial port
• Two Ethernet ports
• One VGA port

Heat output:

Approximate heat output:

• Minimum configuration: 341 Btu per hour (100 watts)
• Maximum configuration: 1194 Btu per hour (350 watts)

Expansion slots:

• One PCI Express x16 slot
• One PCI Express x8 slot
• One PCI Express x8 slot
• One PCI Express x4 slot

Electrical input:

• Sine-wave input (50-60 Hz) required
• Input voltage low range:
  • Minimum: 100 V AC
  • Maximum: 127 V AC
• Input voltage high range:
  • Minimum: 200 V ac
  • Maximum: 240 V ac
• Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA), approximately:
  • Minimum: 0.100 kVA (all models)
  • Maximum: 0.350 kVA

Acoustical noise emissions

• Sound power, idling: 5.0 bels
• Sound power, operating: 5.0 bels

Note

1. Power consumption and heat output vary depending on the number and type of optional features installed and the power-management optional features in use.
2. The noise emission level stated is the declared (upper limit) sound power level, in bels, for a random sample of machines. All measurements are made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296.

EU Regulation 617/2013 Technical Documentation:

• International Business Machines Corporation
• New Orchard Road
• Armonk, New York 10504
• http://www.ibm.com/customersupport/

For more information on the energy efficiency program, go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/energy-star/index.html

Product Type:

Computer server

Year first manufactured:

2014

Internal/external power supply efficiency:

• http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/ IBM_DPS-430EB%20A_430W_SO-385_Report.pdf
• http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/ DELTA%20ELECTRONICS_DPS-300AB-62%20A_ECOS%202471_300W_Report.pdf

Maximum power (watts):

See Power supply.

Idle state power (watts):

102

Sleep mode power (watts):

Not applicable for servers.

Off mode power (watts):

6

Noise levels (the declared A-weighed sound power level of the computer):

See Acoustical noise emissions.

Test voltage and frequency:

230V / 50 Hz or 60 Hz

Total harmonic distortion of the electricity supply system:

The maximum harmonic content of the input voltage waveform will be equal or less than 2%. The qualification is compliant with EN 61000-3-2.

Information and documentation on the instrumentation set-up and circuits used for electrical testing:

ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.

Measurement methodology used to determine information in this document:

ENERGY STAR Servers Version 2.0 Program Requirements; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.

The following information is a summary of the features and specifications of the 5U server model with hot-swap power supplies. For the 4U server model with non-hot-swap power supplies, please see the above sub-section. Depending on the model, some features might not be available, or some specifications might not apply.

Microprocessor (depending on the model):

• Supports one Intel dual-core or quad-core (Xeon E3-1200 V3 series) processor
• Multi-chip Package processor architecture
• Designed for LGA 1150 socket
• Scalable up to four cores
• 32 KB instruction L1 cache, 32 KB data L1 cache, 256 KB instruction/data L2 cache, and up to 8 MB L3 cache that is shared among the cores
• Support for Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)

Note

1. Use the Setup utility to determine the type and speed of the microprocessors in the server
2. For a list of supported microprocessors, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.

Memory:

• Connectors: four dual inline memory module (DIMM) connectors, two-way interleaved
• Minimum: 1 GB
• Maximum: 32 GB
• Types: PC3-12800 (single-rank or dual-rank), 1333 and 1600 MHz, ECC, DDR3 unbuffered SDRAM DIMMs only
• Sizes: 1GB (single-rank) 2GB (single-rank) 4GB (dual-rank) 8GB (dual-rank)

Fan:

• One system fan
• One option fan for PCIe card

Power supply:

• One or two redundant 430-watt power supplies

Size:

• Height: 438.60 mm (17.27 in.)
• Depth: 569.11 mm (22.41 in.)
• Width: 217.3 mm (8.56 in.)
• Weight: 19.6 kg (43 lb) to 22 kg (48.50 lb) depending upon configuration

RAID controllers (depending on the model):

• ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller that provides RAID levels 0, 1, and 10.
• ServeRAID C100 capabilities that support RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 (RAID 5 upgrade available for Lenovo System x)
• ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller that provides RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 (RAID 5 upgrade available for Lenovo System x).

Environment:

• Power on:
  • Temperature: 5°C to 40°C (40°F to 104°F) up to 950 mm (3,117 ft); above 950 m, derated maximum air temperature is 1°C / 175 m
  • Humidity, non-condensing: -12°C dew point (10.4°F) and 8% ~ 85% relative humidity
  • Maximum dew point: 24°C (75°F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft) and 5°C to 28°C (41°F to 82°F)
  • Maximum rate of temperature change: 5°C per hour (41°F per hour) for tape drive, 20°C per hour (68°F per hour) for hard disk drives
• Power off:
  • Temperature: 5°C to 45°C (41°F to 113°F)
  • Humidity: 8%~85%
  • Maximum dew point: 27°C (80.6°F)
• Storage (non-operating):
  • Temperature: 1°C to 60°C (33.8°F to 140°F)
  • Altitude: 3,050 m (10,000)
  • Humidity: 5%~80%
  • Maximum dew point: 29°C (84.2°F)
• Shipment (non-operating)
  • Temperature: -40°C to 60°C (-40°F to 140°F)
  • Altitude: 10.700 m (35,105 ft)
  • Humidity: 5%~100%
  • Maximum dew point: 29°C (84.2°F)
• Particulate contamination:
  Attention

  Design to ASHRAE Class A3, ambient of 40°C, with relaxed support:

  • The system will support cloud-like workload with no performance degradation acceptable (Turbo-Off).
  • Under no circumstance can any combination of worst-case workload and configuration result in system shutdown or design exposure at 40°C.

Drives (depending on the model):

• Hard disk drives: up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SATA/SAS or four 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA/SAS
• One of the following SATA attached optical drives:
  • DVD-ROM

Drive bays (depending on the model):

• Two 5.25-inch half-high bays (one optical drive installed).
• Eight 2.5-inch hard disk drive bays
• Four 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays

Attention

As a general consideration, do not mix standard 512-byte and advanced 4-KB format drives in the same RAID array because it might lead to potential performance issues.

Integrated functions:

• Integrated management module II (IMM2), which consolidates multiple management functions in a single chip
• BroadCom 5717 Gb Ethernet controller with TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) and Wake on LAN support
• Integrated SATA controller
• Seven Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports:
  • Two USB 3.0 ports on the front. (Due to the limitation of USB 3.0, the front USB is not usable for RHEL 5.10, Vmware 5.1 and Vmware 5.5.)
  • Four USB 2.0 ports on the rear
  • One internal USB 2.0 port for an optional tape drive
• Six SATA ports (blue-colored ports for DVD drive or optional tape drive)
• One serial port
• Two Ethernet ports
• One VGA port

Heat output:

Approximate heat output:

• Minimum configuration: 341 Btu per hour (100 watts)
• Maximum configuration: 1726 Btu per hour (506 watts)

Expansion slots:

• One PCI Express x16 slot
• One PCI Express x8 slot
• One PCI Express x8 slot
• One PCI Express x4 slot

Electrical input:

• Sine-wave input (50-60 Hz) required
• Input voltage low range:
  • Minimum: 100 V AC
  • Maximum: 127 V AC
• Input voltage high range:
  • Minimum: 200 V ac
  • Maximum: 240 V ac
• Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA), approximately:
  • Minimum: 0.100 kVA (all models)
  • Maximum: 0.506 kVA

Acoustical noise emissions

• Sound power, idling: 5.0 bels
• Sound power, operating: 5.0 bels

Note

1. Power consumption and heat output vary depending on the number and type of optional features installed and the power-management optional features in use.
2. The noise emission level stated is the declared (upper limit) sound power level, in bels, for a random sample of machines. All measurements are made in accordance with ISO 7779 and reported in conformance with ISO 9296.

EU Regulation 617/2013 Technical Documentation:

• International Business Machines Corporation
• New Orchard Road
• Armonk, New York 10504
• http://www.ibm.com/customersupport/

For more information on the energy efficiency program, go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/hardware/energy-star/index.html

Product Type:

Computer server

Year first manufactured:

2014

Internal/external power supply efficiency:

• http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/ IBM_DPS-430EB%20A_430W_SO-385_Report.pdf
• http://www.plugloadsolutions.com/psu_reports/ DELTA%20ELECTRONICS_DPS-300AB-62%20A_ECOS%202471_300W_Report.pdf

Maximum power (watts):

See Power supply.

Idle state power (watts):

102

Sleep mode power (watts):

Not applicable for servers.

Off mode power (watts):

6

Noise levels (the declared A-weighed sound power level of the computer):

See Acoustical noise emissions.

Test voltage and frequency:

230V / 50 Hz or 60 Hz

Total harmonic distortion of the electricity supply system:

The maximum harmonic content of the input voltage waveform will be equal or less than 2%. The qualification is compliant with EN 61000-3-2.

Information and documentation on the instrumentation set-up and circuits used for electrical testing:

ENERGY STAR Test Method for Computer Servers; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.

Measurement methodology used to determine information in this document:

ENERGY STAR Servers Version 2.0 Program Requirements; ECOVA Generalized Test Protocol for Calculating the Energy Efficiency of Internal Ac-Dc and Dc-Dc Power Supplies.