Server IBM System x3650 M5 /E5 2609v3 (5462-B2A)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2012 and 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, VMware vSphere (ESXi) 5.1 and 5.5.

Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family CPUs with 18 or 16 cores (2.3 GHz core speeds); or 14, 12, or 10 cores (up to 2.6 GHz core speeds); or 8 cores (up to 3.2 GHzcore speeds); or 6 cores (up to 3.4 GHz core speeds); or 4 cores (up to 3.5 GHz core speeds).Two QPI links up to 9.6 GT/s each. Up to 2133 MHz memory speed. Up to 45 MB L3 cache.

Up to 24 DIMM sockets (12 DIMMs per processor). RDIMMs and LRDIMMs are supported.

Memory types cannot be intermixed. Memory speed up to 2133 MHz

With RDIMMs: Up to 384 GB with 24x 16 GB RDIMMs  and two processors

With LRDIMMs: Up to 1.5 TB with 24x 64 GB LRDIMMs and two processors (support for 64 GB LRDIMMs is planned for a later date)

Up to 26x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays, or up to 14x 3.5" + 2x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA

drive bays, or up to 16x 2.5" Simple Swap SATA bays, or up to 8x 3.5" Simple Swap SATA

Up to 46.8 TB with 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS HDDs, or up to 26 TB with 1 TB 2.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs, or up to 41.6 TB with 1.6 TB 2.5" SAS SSDs, or up to 87.6 TB with 6 TB 3.5" NL SAS/SATA HDDs and 1.8 TB 2.5" SAS HDDs. Intermix of SAS/SATA is supported.

Up to nine slots. Slots 0, 4, and 5 are the standard slots on the system planar, and the

remaining slots depend on the riser cards installed. The slots are as follows:

Slot 0: PCIe 3.0 x8 (dedicated for an internal  RAID controller)

Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, full-length (PCIe x16 slot is double-wide) Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, full-length (not present if the slot 1 is PCIe x16)

Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8 or ML2; full-height, half-length

Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (vertical slot on system planar)
Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (vertical slot on system planar)

Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x16 or PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, full-length (PCIe x16 slot is double-wide)

Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, full-length (not present if the slot 6 is PCIe x16)
Slot 8: PCIe 3.0 x8; full-height, half-length

Slots 5, 6, 7, and 8 require the second processor to be installed.

Front: 2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 (8x 3.5" and up to 16x 2.5" drive bay models), and 1x DB-15 video.

 Rear: 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, 1x DB-15 video, 1x RJ-45 systems management, 4x RJ-45 GbE network ports. Optional 1x DB-9 serial port.

Four integrated RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports (BCM5719); optional Mezzanine LOM (ML2) slot for dual-port 10 GbE cards with SFP+ or RJ-45 connectors or quad-port GbE cards with RJ-45 connectors.

UEFI, Integrated Management Module II (IMM2.1) based on Renesas SH7758, Predictive Failure Analysis, light path diagnostics, Automatic Server Restart, ToolsCenter, IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager. Optional Integrated Management Module Advanced Upgrade software feature for remote presence.

Up to two redundant hot-swap 550 W, 750 W or 900 W High Efficiency Platinum AC power supplies, or 750 W High Efficiency Titanium AC power supplies