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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance
and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses
Product Guide
January 2010
IBM System x3200 M3
Value-priced performance, capacity and availability
Product Overview
Suggested uses: Small and medium businesses, distributed large enterprises, retail, banking, and
insurance companies seeking scalability, top performance, and enterprise-class availability features at
an entry-level price.
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses Selling Features Price/Performance The x3200 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs: • Models with a quad-core Xeon processor, high-end 1333MHz memory access, and 8MB of L3 cache, offer peak performance, capable of tackling the toughest jobs. • Models containing a high-performance dual-core Core i3 processor, with
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses • Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote power control using data encryption. • Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view x3200 M3 text messages over Serial or LAN. • The completely redesigned IBM Syst
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses processors offer considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with a single core. Likewise, four-core processors offer considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with two cores. Note: Because of the integrated memory controller the former front-side bus (FSB) no longer exists. Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) 64
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses 2.5-inch Hot-Swap SAS (3 Gbps or 6Gbps) • 15,000 RPMs — 73.4 or 146.8GB (1.17TB maximum) • 10,000 RPMs —146.8 or 300GB (2.4TB) • 7,200 RPMs —500GB (4TB) 3.5-inch Hot-Swap SATA • 10,000 RPMs — 250, 500 or 750GB (3TB maximum) • 7,200 RPMs — 1TB (4.0TB) 3.5-inch Simple-Swap SATA • 10,000 RPMs — 250, 500 or 750GB (3TB maximum) • 7,200 RPMs — 1TB (4.0TB) Notes: E
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses For external storage, the ServeRAID-MR10M controller enables connection to up to four IBM System Storage EXP3000 SAS expansion units (48 HDDs total). It provides RAID-0/1/10/5/50 support and 256MB of onboard cache All models provide a dedicated internal USB port for a USB key with embedded hypervisor. Internal Backup The x3200 M3 supports several internal SAS/SAT
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses time. Rack Cable Management and KVM Console Switching IBM Advanced Cabling Technology (ACT) is an optional feature that offers many advantages over standard KVM cabling across the entire System x and xSeries product line. So now you can interconnect all of your servers with one smart cabling architecture. ACT cabling eliminates the need for one-to-one direct co
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses ® ® automated installation of the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems, device drivers and other system components, with minimal user intervention. (Drivers are also included for support of Novell NetWare, Red Hat Linux and SUSE LINUX.) This focus on deployment helps customers reduce both their total cost of ownership and the complexity that adm
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses • Graphical console redirection over LAN • Remote virtual floppy and CD-ROM • High-speed remote redirection of PCI video, keyboard and mouse IBM developed IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager to put control of system power-saving features at the fingertips of administrators. Active Energy Manager is designed to take advantage of new features, such as monito
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses consisting of multiple physical hard disk drives to be treated as one logical drive. ServeRAID technology also allows data to be stored redundantly, across multiple hard disk drives— 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
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses Interior View Optical Drive Hot-swap/Redundant Optical/Tape/RDX Power Drive Bays Supplies Floppy Drive Bay 6 DIMM Slots System Fan Processor Fan and HDD Bays PCIe Slots and Air Dam Heatsink IMM Chipset (hidden) Dedicated Slot for ServeRAID Adapter Controller Retaining Bracket PCI Slots SATA Controller x3200 M3 Specifications 7327-
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses x3200 M3 Specifications Chipset Intel 3420 2GB (2 x 1GB) / 32GB RDIMM, 16GB 1GB (1 x 1GB) / 16GB UDIMM (22x, 32x, 10 Standard / maximum memory UDIMM (C1x, C2x, 42x, 54x, 62x, CTO) CTO) Unbuffered PC3-8500R-777 (1066MHz) DDR3 ECC (non-Chipkill); Memory types supported Registered PC3-10600 (1333MHz) DDR3 ECC (non-Chipkill) Memory access speed 1333MHz (C1x, C2x,
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses x3200 M3 Specifications # of PCI-E x4/x4 Gen 2 slots 1 full-height/full-length (dedicated to ServeRAID controller) (4GBps) # of PCI-E x4/x1 slots (1GBps) 1 full-height/full-length # of PCI-X/66 slots (500MBps) None # of legacy 33MHz legacy PCI 2 slots # of video ports 1 Video controller Matrox G200eV graphic controller integrated in IMM Video memory 16MB D
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses x3200 M3 Specifications 21.25” (539.8mm) D 30.4” (772mm) D (with redundant power) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32/64-bit, Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SE/PE) 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & R2 Operating systems supported (Standard/Web/Enterprise Editions) 32/64-bit, RHEL 4/5 32/64-bit with and without Xen, Red
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x3500 M2 x3400 M2 x3200 M3 x3100 Distributed Deployment Security Systems Management High Availability Density I/O and Storage Integer Performance Memory Throughput Floating Point Performance Scalability An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses IBM Service and Support Manager • Integrated Management Module (IMM): IPMI 2.0 compliance, including highly secure remote power
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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance and data protection for small, medium, and large businesses For More Information IBM System x Servers http://ibm.com/systems/x IBM Systems Director Service and Support Manager http://ibm.com/support/electronic IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/powerconfig IBM Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool http://ibm.com/serv
