00Y7538 IBM System Board, System x3630 M4 (7158)

The IBM 00Y7538 is a replacement system board for the IBM System x3630 M4, machine type 7158. It covers models A3x, A5x, B3x, B5x, C3x, D3x, F5x and G3x, together with the matching A3Y, A5Y, B3Y, B5Y, C3Y, D3Y, F5Y and G3Y models and the EWY, EXY, ETY, EUY, EZY, EDY, EEY, EFY, EGY, EHY and EJY models.

Earlier 7158 models, A2x, A4x, B2x, B4x, C2x, C4x, C6x, D2x, D4x, F2x, F4x, G2x, H2x and J2x with their Y variants, FT1, AC1, MC1, EAY, EBY, ECY, E1Y, E2Y, E3Y and E4Y, take a different system board, part number 00FL492. Check the model suffix on the server before choosing between 00Y7538 and 00FL492.

The x3630 M4 is a 2U rack server on an Intel C600 series chipset. It has 12 DIMM sockets, six per processor, and supports up to 384 GB with 32 GB load-reduced DIMMs in two-processor form. Storage is up to fourteen 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap bays, and the board carries up to four Gigabit Ethernet 1000BASE-T ports on an Intel I350-CM2 controller, two of them enabled as standard.

Cooling comes from three redundant non-hot-swap fans. Power is supplied by up to two hot-swap 550 W, 750 W or 900 W high-efficiency AC supplies, all 80 PLUS Platinum certified, or by 750 W DC supplies. The rear of the server has four USB 2.0 ports, one DB-15 video port, one DB-9 serial port and four RJ-45 network ports.