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An affordable single-socket, quad-core server with high performance
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Product Guide
January 2010
IBM System x3200 M3
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview
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Selling Features
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Key Features
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Key Options
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x3200 M3 Images
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x3200 M3 Specifications
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The Bottom Line
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Server Comparison Chart
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Value-priced performance, capacity and availability
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.
The single-socket IBM
®
System x3200 M3, incorporating IBM X-Architecture
™
features, is an
affordable, single-socket tower server that offers mo
yre performance, configuration flexibility and availability features than many other servers in its class.
From network infrastructure to distributed applications to front-end workloads, the x3200 M3 is designed
to meet a wide range of business needs and help you adapt to changing business requirements.
It supports, at the high end, the latest quad-core Intel
®
Xeon
®
3400 Series processors, designed with
speedy 1333MHz memory access (FSB) and 8MB of L3 cache, to help provide the computing power
you need to match your business needs and growth. If cost is your primary concern, the x3200 M3 offers
a model using the affordable dual-core Celeron processor with 2MB of L3 cache. In between, there are
models that use the dual-core Pentium processor with 3MB of L3 cache, as well as a dual-core Core
i3 processor with 4MB of L3 cache. All models are designed with an integrated memory controller for
greatly improved memory performance (up to 1333MHz access, depending on the processor), 64-bit
extensions (EM64T), and multithreading, to provide the computing power you need to match your
business needs and growth. In addition, the x3200 M3 uses industry-standard 1066/1333MHz DDR3
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) memory—for high performance and reliability.
All models offer impressive scalability, including up to 32GB
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of memory and up to four 3.5-inch hot-
swap enterprise-class Serial ATA II (SATA II) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 4TB
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, or up
to four 3.5-inch simple-swap enterprise-class SATA II hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to
4TB, or eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives with an internal storage capacity of up to 4TB.
For additional performance and high availability, the x3200 M3 offers integrated hardware RAID-0/1
support standard in the hot-swap SAS/SATA models (optional for simple-swap SATA models), and
optional RAID-10/5/6. To meet your backup requirements, the x3200 M3 supports a choice of half-high
tape drives, an optical drive, or an IBM RDX Removable Hard Disk Storage System. The server ships
as a tower unit; an optional rack conversion kit turns the x3200 M3 hot-swap models into a 5U rack-
mounted server to save precious data center floor space.
Standard in the x3200 M3 is the Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables the user to
manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. The IMM offers a high level of
manageability that is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network usage
increases. These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime, as do hot-
swap and simple-swap SATA HDDs; hot-swap/redundant SAS HDDs, redundant ultra-efficient
power supplies; integrated RAID; redundant power
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; IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure
remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.
Another improvement with the new generation of X-Architecture is the replacement of legacy BIOS with
a new generation United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI provides a more intuitive user
interface and understandable event logs and better management.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as the IMM, IBM Systems Director,
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager
™
, IBM ServerGuide
™
and
support for the optional
Virtual Media Key for remote presence capability, the x3200 M3 is designed for superior uptime.
For a balance of high-performance processing, high availability and vast internal storage at a budget
price, the x3200 M3 is the ideal system.
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Using RDIMMS.
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GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible
capacity may be less.
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A second high-efficiency redundant 430W power supply is available for the x3200 M3. (Model dependant or via CTO.)