IBM System x3400 M3 Product Manual

The engine of growth for your emerging businesses.
Product Guide
February 2011
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview 1
Selling Features 1
Key Features 3
Key Options 11
x3400 M3 Images 13
x3400 M3 Specifications 14
The Bottom Line 17
Server Comparison Table 18
For More Information 19
Legal Information 19
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GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible
capacity may be less.
Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information.
IBM System x3400 M3 provides flexible capabilities and outstanding
performance that drives affordable business growth
Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices
seeking scalability, top performance and availability features at an entry-level price.
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The dual-socket IBM System x3400 M3, incorporating IBM X-Architecture
outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an
outstanding price. The x3400 M3 supports the latest 4-core Intel
and 2- and 4-core Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) processors, designed with up to 1066MHz memory access
and 12MB or 4MB of L3 cache, Turbo Boost, and Hyper-Threading Technology (processor-
specific), to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and
growth. For maximum performance, x3400 M3 also supports the latest 6-core Xeon 5600 series
processors with up to 1333Mhz memory access and 12MB L3 cache, by CTO only. In addition, the
x3400 M3 supports industry-standard registered DDR-3 memory with Chipkill
Checking and Correcting) protection-for high performance, energy savings, and reliability. For even
higher levels of availability, the x3400 M3 also offers memory mirroring. A dual-port integrated
high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controller is standard, as are high-performance PCIe adapter slots and
a legacy PCI-32 slot to support legacy expansion cards.
All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support and up to 128GB of
memory. Some models supports up to 8 or 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) or Serial
ATA II (SATA II) HDDs, with up to 4TB
HDDs, with up to 8TB capacity. Other models support up to 4 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS HDDs with up
to 2.4TB capacity, or 4 3.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap SATA HDDs with up to 8TB capacity.
For additional storage requirements, Configure-to-Order (CTO) models are available with support for
up to 8 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA/SAS HDDs, or up to 16 2.5-inch HDDs. For advanced performance
and high availability, the four-drive hot-swap x3400 M3 models include an IBM ServeRAID
BR10il V2 controller, providing RAID-0/1/1E support. The IBM ServeRAID
providing RAID-0/1/10 with an option to upgrade to RAID 5 is standard on 8-drive 2.5-inch models,
while the ServeRAID-5014 controller, which provides RAID-0/1/10/5/50 support (upgradeable to
RAID-6/60) and includes 256GB of cache memory, is standard on 16-drive 2.5-inch models.
Additional RAID support is optionally available via the IBM ServeRAID family of SAS/SATA
controllers. The x3400 M3 ships as a tower unit; a tower-to-rack option is available, or CTO models
can be ordered as a 5U rack-mounted server to help save precious data center floor space.
Standard in the x3400 M3 is an Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables users to
manage and control the server easily-both locally and, using an optional Virtual Media Key,
remotely. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an evolutionary leap over legacy BIOS.
This high level of manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up-even when
network usage increases. These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing
uptime, as do hot-swap/redundant HDDs; Active Memory
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Calibrated Vectored Cooling ; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure
remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director, IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager, ServerGuide
equally well designed for a locally managed data center environment as for a remotely managed or
stand-alone environment, while offering maximum availability.
For a balance of high-performance two-, four-, or six-core, dual-socket processing, high availability
and vast internal SAS storage at a budget price, the x3400 M3 is the ideal system.
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