Specifications Lenovo System x3530 M4:
Form factor: 1U rack
Processor: Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2400 product family processors with eight cores (up to 2.3 GHz), six cores (up to 2.4 GHz), or four cores (up to 2.2 GHz), one QPI link up to 8.0 GTps, up to 1600 MHz memory speed, up to 20 MB L3 cache; or
one Intel Xeon processor E5-1400 product family processor with four cores up to 2.8 GHz, 10 MB L3 cache, and 1333 MHz memory speed (CTO only); or
one Intel Pentium processor 1400 product family processor with two cores up to 2.8 GHz, 5 MB L3 cache, and 1066 MHz memory speed (CTO only)
Chipset: Intel C600 series
Memory: Up to 12 DIMM sockets (six DIMMs per processor). LRDIMMs, RDIMMs, and UDIMMs are supported, but the memory types cannot be intermixed. DIMM speeds up to 1600 MHz
Disk drive bays: Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays, up to eight 2.5-inch simple-swap drive bays, up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays, or up to four 3.5-inch SATA simple-swap drive bays
RAID support: RAID 0 and 1 with the C105. RAID 0, 1, and 10 with the H1110, M1115, or M5110. Upgrades to RAID 5 and 50 are available for the M1115. Upgrades to RAID 5 and 50 are available for the M5110 (zero-cache; 512 MB battery-backed cache; 512 MB or 1 GB flash-backed cache). Optional upgrades to RAID 6 and 60 are available for the M5110 with caches
Network interfaces: Up to four integrated Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports with the onboard Intel I350-CM2 controller (two ports are enabled, and an additional two ports require the optional software FoD upgrade to enable them)
Power supply: Up to two redundant hot-swap 460 W AC or 675 W HE AC power supplies (80 PLUS certification), or one fixed 460 W AC power supply (80 PLUS certification), or up to two redundant hot-swap 675 W DC power supplies
Specifications Lenovo System x3530 M3:
Form factor: 1U Rack
Processor: Up to two six-core (up to 3.46 GHz) or quad-core (up to 3.6 GHz) Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology up to 6.4 GT/s, and up to 1333 MHz memory speed
Chipset: Intel 5520
Memory: Up to 18 DIMM sockets (9 DIMMs per processor). Up to 288 GB with 16 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 18 populated DIMM slots (up to 144 GB with 9 DIMMs per processor), or up to 48 GB with 4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and 12 populated DIMM slots (up to 24 GB with 6 DIMMs per processor)
Disk drive bays: Up to eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or solid-state drives (SSDs)
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1, 1E with ServeRAID-BR10il v2 or M1015; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 5 is available for M1015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available for M5014/M5015
Network interfaces: Integrated 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, plus 2 ports on optional Gigabit Ethernet with Ethernet Daughter Card (does not consume PCI slot)
Power supply: Up to 2 redundant hot-swap 460 W AC or 675 W AC or 675 W high efficiency (HE) AC power supplies with 90%+ efficiency. 675 W -48 V DC models are available via CTO
