Key Features - IBM System x3400 M3 Product Manual

Key features

The IBM System x3400 M3 has the following features.
Performance
The x3400 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce costs:
Up to two 6-core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors offering superior performance. Xeon 5600 series
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processors offer up to 54% better performance than the previous generation 5500 series processors
(workload dependent).
16 DIMMs of registered 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC memory provide speed, high availability, and a
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memory capacity of up to 128 GB.
High-performance 6 Gbps SAS RAID controllers and 15K RPM 6 Gbps SAS disk drives in a variety of
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capacities to suit your local storage requirements.
The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) instead of or along with traditional spinning drives (HDDs) can
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significantly improve I/O performance. An SSD can support 20,000 I/O operations per second (IOPS)
whereas a typical HDD handles fewer than 500 IOPS.
Flexibility and scalability
The x3400 M3 has the ability to grow with your application requirements with these features:
A choice of 4-core or 6-core processors with clock rates from 1.6 GHz to 3.6 GHz.
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16 DIMM sockets allowing memory expansion of up to 128 GB.
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Up to two redundant hot-swap 920 W AC power supplies.
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Seven USB 2.0 ports available - two front, four rear, and one internal for an embedded hypervisor.
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The tower chassis can be converted to a 5U rack-mount chassis with the optional tower-to-rack
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conversion kit.
Storage bay flexibility: Up to 16 hot-swap 2.5" drive bays for SAS or SATA HDDs, or solid-state drives
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(intermixing supported) in addition to a bay for an internal optical drive.
Direct-attach SAS storage with the EXP2512, EXP2524, and EXP3000 storage enclosures is
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supported. IBM System Storage servers, including network-attached storage (NAS), and iSCSI or
Fibre Channel-attached storage, can also be attached.
Up to seven PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 I/O slots for increased network or storage connectivity. Optional
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PCI-X slots for specialized adapters.
Manageability and security
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3400 M3:
The x3400 M3 includes an Integrated Management Module (IMM) to monitor server availability,
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perform Predictive Failure Analysis, and trigger IBM Systems Director alerts.
An optional Virtual Media Key enables additional systems management capabilities, including
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web-based out-of-band remote control (keyboard video and mouse), remote optical drive support,
Windows "blue screen" error capture, and support for LDAP and SSL protocols.
Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view x3500 M3 text messages
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over Serial or LAN connections.
Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) next-generation BIOS.
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New capabilities include:
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