Xserve

Technical Specifications

In the box

• Xserve
• Rack mounting hardware
• 6' and 10" power cords
• Mac OS X Server v10.6 Install DVD
• Administration Tools CD
• Printed and electronic documentation

Processor

• One 2.26GHz or two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series “Nehalem” processors
• 8MB shared L3 cache per processor
• Three-channel integrated memory controller per processor
• Hyper-Threading support with two threads per core (up to 16 virtual cores)
• Turbo Boost for increased performance under dynamic workloads (up to 3.33GHz on a 2.93GHz processor)
• QuickPath Interconnect
• 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
• 64-bit data paths and registers
• Energy efficiency optimization

Memory

• 1066MHz DDR3 ECC memory
• Six DIMM slots (quad-core) or twelve DIMM slots (8-core) configurable to up to 48GB of SDRAM
• System supports up to 96GB in Mac OS X Server v10.6

Storage

• Three independent hot-plug drive bays with support for qualified SATA or SAS drives; support for up to 6TB of hot-plug internal storage using the following drive modules:
  • 160GB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 8MB disk cache
  • 1TB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 32MB disk cache
  • 2TB 7200-rpm SATA drive with 32MB disk cache
  • 450GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive available as a third-party kit
• Xserve drive bays support Apple-qualified drive modules with Apple-qualified hard drives and firmware only. Drive bays not configured with a qualified drive module ship with a nonfunctional blank drive carrier and do not support installation of nonqualified third-party hard drives.
• Support for reading SMART data from Apple Drive Modules for prefailure notification
• Software RAID 0 and 1 built into Mac OS X Server
• Optional 128GB solid-state drive
• Optional Xserve RAID Card with 512MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup; support for RAID 0, 1, and 5
• 8x SuperDrive DL (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

I/O connections

• Two open PCI Express 2.0 x16 expansion slots: one half-length (6.6-inch) and one 9.25-inch length
• Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) RJ-45 Ethernet interfaces with support for jumbo frames
• Two FireWire 800 ports on back panel; 15W total power
• Two USB 2.0 ports (480Mb/s each) on back panel; and one USB 2.0 port on front panel
• One DB-9 serial port (RS-232)

Video and graphics support

• NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and Mini DisplayPort output
• VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
• DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)

Rack support

• Fits EIA-310-D-compliant, industry-standard four-post racks and cabinets: 19 inches wide, 24 to 36 inches deep
• Front-to-back cooling for rack enclosure
• Support for square-hole racks or threaded racks based on mounting kit selection

Electrical requirements

• Output power: 750W
• Optional second load-sharing 750W power supply for redundancy
• Line voltage: universal input (100V to 240V AC), power factor corrected
• Maximum input current: 8.0A (100V to 120V) or 4.0A (200V to 240V); current is shared when system is configured with two power supplies
• Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F
  (10° to 35° C)
• Storage temperature: –40° to 116° F
  (–40° to 47° C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet
• FCC Class A approved

Size and weight

• Height: 1.73 inches (4.4 cm)
• Width: 17.6 inches (44.7 cm) for mounting in standard 19-inch rack
• Depth: 30 inches (76.2 cm)
• Weight: 30.8 pounds (14.0 kg) base configuration; 38.3 pounds (17.4 kg) for 8-core system with twelve DIMMs, three 1TB SATA Apple Drive Modules, and two power supplies

Software

• Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard Unlimited-Client License
• Included services
  • File and printer sharing: Mac (AFP, AppleTalk PAP, IPP), Windows (SMB/CIFS, IPP), UNIX and Linux (NFS, LPR/LPD), Internet (FTP, WebDAV)
  • Directory services: Open Directory (OpenLDAP, Kerberos, SASL), NT Domain Controller (Samba 3), Backup Domain Controller (BDC), LDAP directory connector, Active Directory connector, BSD configuration files (/etc), RADIUS
  • Mail services: SMTP (Postfix), POP and IMAP (Cyrus), SSL/TLS encryption (OpenSSL), mailing lists (Mailman), WebMail (SquirrelMail), junk mail filtering (SpamAssassin), virus detection and quarantine (ClamAV)
  • Calendaring: iCal Server 2 (CalDAV, iCalendar, iTIP, iMIP)
  • Distributed computing: Xgrid
  • File systems: HFS+ (journaled, case sensitive), read-only UFS
  • Web hosting: Apache web server (2.2 and 1.3), SSL/TLS (OpenSSL), WebDAV, PHP (5.2), Perl (5.8.8), Ruby (1.8.6), Rails (1.2.3), MySQL 5, Capistrano, Mongrel
  • Collaboration services: Wiki Server 2 (RSS), iChat Server 2 (Jabber/XMPP)
  • Application services: Apache Tomcat, Java Virtual Machine (J2SE 1.6)
  • Client management: Managed Preferences, NetBoot, NetInstall, NetRestore, Software Update Server, portable home directories
  • Networking and VPN: DNS server (BIND 9), DHCP server, NTP, Firewall (IPFW2), VPN server (L2TP, PPTP), Mobile Access Server, RADIUS, NAT server
  • Management features: Server Assistant, Server Admin, Server Preferences, Server Status widget, Workgroup Manager, System Image Utility, Secure Shell (SSH2), Server Monitor, RAID Utility, SNMPv3 (Net-SNMP)
  • High-availability features: automatic recovery, file system journaling, Software RAID, disk space monitor
  • Media streaming: QuickTime Streaming, QuickTime Broadcaster

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