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Product Guide
May 2009
IBM System x3400 M2
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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x3400 M2 Images
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x3400 M2 Specifications
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The Bottom Line
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Server Comparison Table
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For More Information
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Legal Information
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IBM System x3400 M2 provides flexible capabilities and
outstanding performance that drives affordable business
growth
[Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices
seeking scalability, top performance and availability features at an entry-level price.]
The dual-socket IBM
®
System x3400 M2, incorporating IBM X-Architecture
™
features, provides
outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an
outstanding price. The x3400 M2 supports the latest quad- and dual-core Intel
®
Xeon
™
5500 series
(Nehalem) processors, designed with up to 1066MHz memory access and 8MB (4-core) or 4MB (two-
core) of L2 cache and Hyper-Threading Technology, to help provide you with the computing power you
need to match your business needs and growth. In addition, the x3400 M2 supports industry-standard
registered DDR-3 memory with Chipkill
™
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high
performance, energy savings, and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3400 M2 also
offers memory mirroring. A dual-port integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controller is standard, as
are high-performance PCIe adapter slots and a legacy PCI-32 slot to support legacy expansion cards.
All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support and up to 96GB of memory. Some
models support eight high-performance 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) HDDs with an
internal storage capacity of up to 2.4TB. Other models support up to four 3.5-inch simple-swap Serial
ATA II (SATA II) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 3.0TB
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, or up to four 3.5-inch high-
performance hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) drives with an internal storage capacity of 1.2TB, or up
to four hot-swap SATA II hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 4.0TB. For additional performance
and high availability, the hot-swap x3400 M2 models include an IBM ServeRAID
®
-BR10i controller,
providing RAID-0/1/1E support. Additional RAID support is available via the optional IBM ServeRAID
™
family of SAS/SATA controllers, which support RAID-1/1E/10/5/6, and even full-drive hardware
encryption. The x3400 M2 ships as a tower unit; CTO models can be ordered as a 5U rack-mounted
server to help save precious data center floor space.
Standard in the x3400 M2 is an Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables users to manage
and control the server easily—both locally and, using an optional Virtual Media Key, remotely. Unified
Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an evolutionary leap over legacy BIOS. This high level of
manageability 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/redundant HDDs; Active Memory
™
; temperature-controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored
Cooling
™
; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control and Serial
over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director, IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager, ServerGuide
™
, and
the IMM, the x3400 M2 is equally well
designed for a locally managed data center environment as for a remotely managed or stand-alone
environment, while offering maximum availability.
For a balance of high-performance dual-core, dual-socket processing, high availability and vast internal
SAS storage at a budget price, the x3400 M2 is the ideal system.
Selling Features
Price/Performance
The x3400 M2 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs:
• Up to two 4-core Xeon 5500 Series processors and 8MB or 4MB of shared cache per processor, offer
superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs. 64-bit extensions provide the flexibility to
run 32-bit and 64-bit applications concurrently. Xeon 5500 series processors offer up to 225% better
performance than the previous-generation 5400 series processors and up to 900% better performance
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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.