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• Two hot-swap fans and two hot-swap, high-capacity blowers reducing
temperatures for full configurations of adapters and 10K rpm HDDs
• Internal support for:
• 18.2 GB slim-line and 36.4 GB half-high Wide Ultra SCSI hot-swap
HDDs (7,200 rpm)
• High-performance 9.1 GB and 18.2 GB 10K Wide Ultra SCSI hot-swap
HDDs (10,000 rpm)
• High-capacity tape backup devices
• Options By IBM (OBI) provides an excellent selection of devices tested and
supported on the Netfinity 5500 M20; devices include:
• 35/70 GB Internal DLT Tape Drive
• 20/40 GB 8mm Internal SCSI Tape Drive
• 12/24 GB DDS/3 4mm Internal Tape Drive
• A 32X/14X IDE CD-ROM and 1.44 MB diskette drive
• Up to 109.2 GB of internal data storage - six 18.2 GB Wide Ultra SCSI
SCA-2 SL HDDs
• Over 1.2 terabytes of hot-swap storage when combined with three Netfinity
EXP storage units in two additional Netfinity NetBAY3 enclosures
• Industry-standard 8 U, 19-inch, rack-drawer models
• Tower models with innovative Netfinity NetBAY3 enclosure
• 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
• Three serial ports (two 16550A compatible), one parallel port, two USB ports,
a mouse port, and a keyboard port
• Integrated dual-channel ServeRAID II Wide Ultra SCSI controller with 4 MB
cache, providing up to 132 MB/sec throughput for high-performance RAID 0,
1, or 5 internal or external data storage with logical drive migration and
updated drivers to support:
• Background data scrubbing - corrects disk media errors before they cause
a problem.
• One step array initialization and synchronization - reduces the time to
prepare a new RAID 5 array to accept data
• An SVGA controller with 1 MB of video memory
The configuration flexibility of Netfinity 5500 M20 is a key benefit in supporting
today’s dynamic business environments.
4.5 IBM Netfinity 7000 M10
The IBM Netfinity 7000 M10 server is a reliable enterprise server available in
either rack or tower models. This server is able to deliver exceptional power,
functionality, and value to handle complex, business-critical database or
application server needs among growing messaging and intranet applications.
The Netfinity 7000 M10 system is intended for enterprise customers whose
networks depend on a reliable, high-performance platform with excellent
scalability for future growth. The Netfinity 7000 M10 can also function as a