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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server
with high performance and data protection for small and
medium businesses
Pocket Guide
December 2007
IBM System x3400
Outstanding performance, capacity and availability
Product Overview
[Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices
seeking scalability, top performance and new availability features at an entry-level price.]
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The dual-socket IBM System x
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses • Ultra-fast fully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory with Chipkill protection provides speed and high availability. • Three high-speed PCI-E and two PCI-X adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high- performance adapters, such as 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand cards, none of which will run in older 33MHz and 66MHz convent
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses keyboard and mouse. It also adds PFA support for fans. And it does all this without consuming a valuable adapter slot. Availability and Serviceability The x3400 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime: • x3400 servers use Chipkill-enabled fully buffered memory DIMMs. Chipkill memory is up to 16X better than standard ECC
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses rates. Intelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, to reduce power draw. Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. DDR II ECC Fully Buffered Memory with Chipkill Protection The x3400 supports up to 32G
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses and installing the drives.) Hot-swap SAS drives use the Converged Tray for interchangeability with other ™ IBM System x systems. If you need more storage space, terabyte capacities are possible with external direct-attach, NAS and SAN solutions. Drive Bays All x3400 models contain 7 drive bays standard. Hot-swap models are upgradeable to 11. All models offe
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses and Slot 6 is a half-length/full-height 33MHz legacy PCI slot. PCI-Express is a high-performance, low-latency, next-generation serial I/O bus that is rapidly replacing the older parallel PCI and PCI-X buses. A x8 PCI-E adapter offers approximately four times the maximum 6 throughput of a 133MHz PCI-X adapter . (A x1 adapter offers throughput similar to a 66MH
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses behind-the-rack cabling by as much as 87%. The illustration below shows a sample ACT configuration: Directly Via Daisy-Chain • Max.16 servers per port All CAT5, 5e, 6 Via Secondary cabling Switch Conventional cabling has bulky KVM cables exiting each server, which then connect to a KVM switch. The cables exiting a series of KVM switches must then b
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses BladeCenter servers to automatically report hardware problems to IBM support, which can even dispatch 7 onsite service if necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement. Electronic Service Agent resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities thro
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses system reset function and a device driver. As long as the server continues running, the ASR watchdog timer will keep being reset, but if the operating system crashes or the hardware freezes somehow the ASR software will be unable to reset the hardware timer. If the timer is not reset within five minutes, it automatically triggers the ASR hardware, which immedi
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses enhancing both the integrity and the availability of the data. SAS and SATA ServeRAID controllers offer enhanced performance due to onboard processors and cache. Because IBM ServeRAID controllers can help significantly improve data transfer rates, this technology is extremely effective when implementing demanding, transaction-oriented applications. By employin
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses x3400 Specifications 7973-1xX/1xY, 4xX/4xY, 5xX/5xY, AxX/AxY, DxX/DxY, JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY (Simple swap 1 yr. warr.) 7974-1xX/1xY, 4xX/4xY, 5xX/5xY, AxX/AxY, DxX/DxY, JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY (Simple swap 3 yr. warr.) Machine type 7975-1xX/1xY, 4xX/4xY, 5xX/5xY, AxX/AxY, BxX/BxY, CxX/CxY, DxX/DxY, JxX/JxY, LxX/LxY (Hot swap 1 yr. warr.) 7976-1xX/1xY, 4xX/4xY, 5xX/
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses x3400 Specifications swap SAS swap SATA simple-swap SATA Maximum HDD capacity including Hot- 2.4TB (8 x 300GB) hot- 6.0TB (8 x 750GB) hot- N/A Swap SAS/SATA 4-Pac HDD Option swap SAS swap SATA 73.4, 146.8, 300GB — 10K RPMs; HDD capacities supported 160, 250, 500, 750GB — 7.2K RPMs 73.4, 146.8GB — 15K RPMs # of HDDs standard None # of optical drives stan
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses x3400 Specifications models—7975/7976) swap models—7973/7974) # of power supplies standard / 1 / 2 1 / 1 maximum Yes / Yes (with two power supplies Hot-swap/redundant power supported installed) — hot-swap models, N/A (simple-swap models—7973/7974) 7975/7976) 3 (with one power supply installed) / 6 # of fans/blowers standard / maximum (with redundant powe
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses • High-performance external expansion — five 480Mbps USB 2.0 ports (two front, two rear, one internal) • Hardware-based RAID-0/1/10 support standard in hot-swap models (upgradeable to RAID- 0/1/10/1E/5/6 support); firmware-based RAID-0/1 support standard in simple-swap models upgradeable to hardware-based RAID-8k support) • Six available adapter slots — 10
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An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses For More Information IBM System x and xSeries Servers ibm.com/systems/x Electronic Service Agent ibm.com/support/electronic IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/powerconfig Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/library/configtools.html Configur
