Rackable™ Standard-Depth Servers: 3100 Series

Standard-depth 3U servers offer the highest I/O expansion and integrated storage capabilities available in the Rackable server line. The powerful XE500 server is an ideal cluster head node or stand-alone departmental server with redundant power supplies and seven PCI-E 2.0 expansion slots. The C3118 InfiniteStorage server meets the requirements for bulk storage requirements with 18 hot-swap drive bays delivering up to 36TB of local storage. Flexible, robust configurations feature high efficiency power supplies, memory and processors to help reduce data center power and consumption and heat output.



High Density Intel Xeon Rackmount Solutions


Model Number Altix XE 500
Chassis Profile 3U standard-depth
Servers/System One dual-socket
Chipset Two Intel 5520
Max. Processors Two Intel Xeon quad- or six-core 5500 or 5600 series
Max. Cores 12
Max. Memory 144GB
Memory Slots 18
Memory Type 1333/1066/800 MHz DDR3 ECC reg. or unbuffered
Max. Hard Disk Drives & Max. Capacity Eight 3.5" (max. 16TB) SAS or SATA II hot-swap drives
SATA ports (Onboard) Six
SAS ports (Onboard, Optional) N/A
SAS RAID (Onboard, Optional) N/A
SAS RAID (RAID card, Optional) JBOD, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Expansion Slots Two PCI-E 2.0 x16, four PCI-E 2.0 x8 and one PCI-E 2.0 x4**
Slot 7 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 6 PCI-E 2.0 x16
Slot 5 PCI-E 2.0 x4**
Slot 4 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 3 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 2 PCI-E 2.0 x16
Slot 1 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Networking (Onboard) Dual GigE (Intel 82576)
IPMI Remote Management (Optional) Integrated IPMI 2.0 + Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM)
Roamer™ Remote Management Card/LCD (Optional) N/A
Video (Onboard) Winbond WPCM450
Power Supply 800W 1+1 redundant auto-switching 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz)
Chassis Mount Standard 19" rack compatible rail Mount
Dimensions (HxWxD) 5.2" x 17.7" x 25.6"

Model Number ISS3118-TY3 ISS3118-TY15
Chassis Profile 3U standard-depth 3U standard-depth
Servers/System One dual-socket One dual-socket
Chipset Intel 5520 Intel 5520
Max. Processors Two Intel Xeon quad- or six-core 5500 or 5600 series Two Intel Xeon quad- or six-core 5500 or 5600 series
Max. Cores 12 12
Max. Memory 96GB 96GB
Memory Slots 12 12
Memory Type 1333/1066/800 MHz DDR3 ECC reg. or unbuffered 1333/1066/800 MHz DDR3 ECC reg. or unbuffered
Max. Hard Disk Drives & Max. Capacity Eighteen 3.5" (max. 36TB) SAS or SATA II hot-swap drives Eighteen 3.5" (max. 36TB) SAS or SATA II hot-swap drives
SATA ports (Onboard) Six Six
SAS ports (Onboard, Optional) Four* N/A
SAS RAID (Onboard, Optional) LSI 1064E: JBOD, 0, 1,10 N/A
SAS RAID (RAID card, Optional) JBOD, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 JBOD, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Expansion Slots One PCI-E 2.0 x16 or two PCI-E 2.0 x8 (auto-selected) and one PCI-E 2.0 x8 Four PCI-E 2.0 x8, one PCI-E 2.0 x4 and one PCI-33
Slot 7 N/A N/A
Slot 6 PCI-E 2.0 x16 (x8 if slot 5 is filled) PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 5 PCI-E 2.0 x8 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 4 PCI-E 2.0 x8 PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 3 N/A PCI-E 2.0 x8
Slot 2 N/A PCI-E 2.0 x4
Slot 1 N/A PCI-33
Networking (Onboard) Dual GigE (Intel 82576) + Dual QSFP QDR InfiniBand/10Gb (Mellanox ConnectX) Dual GigE (Intel 82575EB)
IPMI Remote Management (Optional) Integrated IPMI 2.0 + Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM) Integrated IPMI 2.0 + Keyboard, Video and Mouse (KVM)
Roamer™ Remote Management Card/LCD (Optional) Serial or IP + KVM Serial or IP + KVM
Video (Onboard) AST2050 ServerEngines Pilot II
Power Supply 1+1 redundant or single auto-switching 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz), auto-switching 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz) or -48 VDC 1+1 redundant or single auto-switching 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz), auto-switching 100-240 VAC (50-60 Hz) or -48 VDC
Chassis Mount Standard 19" rack compatible rail mount Standard 19" rack compatible rail mount
Dimensions (HxWxD) 5.25" x 17.3" x 27.3" 5.25" x 17.3" x 27.3"