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Xserve (Late 2006) - Technical Specifications

Hardware

Base Configuration Configurable Options
Processor Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors Two 2.66GHz or 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processors
Frontside bus 1.33GHz frontside bus per processor
L2 cache 4MB shared L2 cache per processor
Memory 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory Up to 32GB of ECC FB-DIMM memory using pairs of 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB memory modules
Hot-plug storage Three drive bays with one 80GB 7200-rpm SATA drive installed Any combination of SATA or SAS Apple Drive Modules: up to 2.25TB using three 750GB 7200-rpm SATA drive modules; or up to 900GB using three 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive modules. 80GB 7200-rpm SATA and 73GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive modules also available
Internal RAID Software RAID 0 and 1 built in to Mac OS X Server Xserve RAID card with 256MB RAID cache, hardware RAID 0,1 and 5 and integrated 72-hour cache battery backup; supports internal SATA or SAS drives
Optical drive 24x Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) 8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
I/O connectivity Two built-in Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (10/100/1000BASE-T); one half-length (6.6-inch), eight-lane PCI Express slot and one 9-inch configurable slot (eight-lane PCI Express or 133MHz PCI-X); two FireWire 800, two USB 2.0, and one DB-9 serial port on back panel; one FireWire 400 port on front panel
Graphics Built-in ATI Radeon X1300 PCI Express graphics with 64MB of GDDR3 SDRAM; mini-DVI to VGA adaptor ATI Radeon X1300 PCI Express graphics card with 256MB of DDR2 memory and dual-link DVI port
PCI Express expansion Two open x8 PCI Express slots Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card, Apple Dual-Channel Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Card, Apple Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI PCI-X Card
Service and Support 90 days of telephone support and one-year limited warranty Optional AppleCare extended service and support products available

Software

Base Configuration
Mac OS X Server 10.4 Unlimited-Client Edition
Included services
  • File and printer sharing: Macintosh (AFP, PAP, IPP), Windows (SMB/CIFS, IPP), UNIX and Linux (NFS, LPR/LPD), Internet (FTP, WebDAV)
  • Directory services: Open Directory (OpenLDAP, Kerberos, SASL), NT Domain Services (Samba 3), Backup Domain Controller (BDC)
  • Mail services: Postfix (SMTP), Cyrus (IMPAP, POP); webmail (SquirrelMail), mailing lists (Mailman), junk mail filtering (SpamAssassin), virus detection and quarantine (ClamAV)
  • Web hosting: Apache web server, JBoss application server (EJB), Apache Tomcat (JSPs, Servlets), MySQL
  • Media streaming: QuickTime Streaming Server (H.264, 3GPP, MPEG-4, MP3, AAC, RTP/RTSP), QuickTime Broadcaster, QTSS Publisher
  • Collaboration services: iChat Server, Weblog Server
  • Desktop management: Workgroup Manager, NetBoot, NetInstall, Software Update Server
  • Network and security: DNS, DHCP, NAT, FireWall (IPFW2), VPN server (L2TP, PPTP), NTP
  • Management tools: Server Monitor (for Xserve hardware monitoring), Server Admin, Secure Shell (SSH2), SNMPv3
  • Distributed computing: Xgrid

Physical Specifications

Base Configuration Configurable Options
Power Supply Single 650W power supply Optional second load-sharing 650W power supply
Electrical and environmental requirements
  • 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
  • Output power: 650W
  • 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
  • 1.73 inches (4.4 cm) high by 17.6 inches (44.7 cm) wide by 30 inches (76.2 cm) deep
  • 31.7 pounds (14.4 kg) for base configuration; 38.3 pounds (17.4 kg) with three 300GB SAS Apple Drive Modules and two power supplies (3)
  1. For hard drive capacity measurements, 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
  2. Maximum capacity of 2.25TB achieved through use of three 750GB Apple Drive Modules.
  3. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.

Product specifications are subject to change without notice.