IBM System x3250 M4 At-A-Glance Manual

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IBM System x3250 M4
IBM System x at-a-glance guide
The System x3250 M4 single-socket 1U rack server is designed for small businesses and first-time server
buyers looking for a solution to improve business efficiency. It delivers several IBM® innovative features
in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The IBM System x3250 M4 provides next-generation
performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options, built-in security, and
systems management capabilities. This server is designed for infrastructure applications such as firewall,
security, disaster recovery, name server, authentication, credit card processing, email, domain controller,
and more. It leverages the next-generation dual-core and quad-core Intel Xeon processor technology.
Figure 1. IBM System x3250 M4
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The System x3250 M4 server is a compact, cost-effective, single-processor 1U rack server that has been
optimized to provide outstanding availability, manageability, and performance features to
small-to-medium-sized businesses, retail stores, or distributed enterprises. It supports the latest Xeon
processors for applications that require performance and stability, and Core i3 processors for applications
that require lower cost.
The system includes features not typically seen in this class of system, such as standard, embedded
RAID-0/1 for simple-swap models, remote control capabilities even when the machine is powered off, and
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on processor and memory. This flexible 1U rack-mountable server is
also highly upgradable and expandable, scaling from low-cost, fixed-function models to feature-rich,
highly available models.
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