Key Features - Lenovo x3100 M5 Product Manual

Key features

Often, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) have limited IT budget and resources, and rely on
partners or multitalented employees to help manage the company's network. Business needs for
efficiency improvement and retention of critical data require the usage of a server that is easy to get up
and running quickly and is dependable. You need to squeeze as much as possible out of your IT dollars
while saving costs on features that are not needed in an SMB environment. The System x3100 M5 is an
ideal first server to meet those business needs. It was built for speed, yet eliminates costly design
features that are found in general-purpose servers that are unnecessary for smaller businesses.
Scalability and performance
The x3100 M5 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs:
The single-socket x3100 M5 supports the quad-core Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v3 ("Haswell")
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family of processors, which offer impressive computing power in a space-saving mini-tower design.
Choice of processors with up to four cores to enable the effective usage of multi-threaded
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applications.
Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v3 family supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and Intel Turbo
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Boost Technology 2.0 to maximize performance.
Up to 32 GB of high-speed DDR3 system memory with four DIMM sockets.
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Memory speeds up to 1600 MHz.
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Four available high-performance PCI Express 3.0 or 2.0 slots.
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Up to four internal 3.5-inch simple-swap or hot-swap SATA II HDDs on some models offer
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low-cost/high-capacity storage.
Up to eight internal 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs on some models offers maximum scalability
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and performance.
Integrated ServeRAID-C100 software RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, and 10. Hardware RAID
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options are available.
Integrated dual-port Gigabit Ethernet provides increased network throughput and redundancy with
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efficient slot-saving integration.
An available 5.25-inch drive bay supports either a half-high tape drive or an RDX Removable Disk
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Cartridge drive, for cost-effective data backup. A DVD-ROM drive is standard in a dedicated bay.
Seven USB ports, two USB 3.0 on the front and four USB 2.0 on the back. In addition, there is one
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internal port for use with a tape drive or RDX Removable Disk Cartridge drive.
Availability and serviceability
The x3100 M5 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
ECC memory provides error correction that is not available in PC-class "servers" that use parity
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memory. Avoiding system crashes (and data loss) because of soft memory errors can mean greater
system uptime.
Tool-less cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as CPU,
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memory, and adapters.
Hot-swap drive bays that are available on some models combined with RAID capabilities offer the
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potential of no downtime in the event of a drive failure.
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