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Highlights
- Boost productivity with new high-performance capabilities, vast memory and expanded storage capacity
- Save on energy costs with integrated power management tools
- Improve manageability and security with powerful built-in features.
The IBM System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability – delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server.
High-performance capabilities
The x3200 M3 supports the latest Intel® Xeon® quad-core processors for exceptional performance. Because your organisation must manage growing volumes of data while maintaining high performance, the x3200 M3 offers vast memory capacity and disk storage.
Product features
- Easy installation and management with a rich set of options for HDDs and memory
- Efficient design to help you save energy and provide a better work environment with less heat and noise
- Proven IBM platform tested and certified for quality and reliability
- Superior serviceability and manageability with features such as the Virtual Media Key, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 and Integrated Management Module (IMM) to meet the needs of today’s complex desk-side environment
- Economical price point and total cost of ownership (TCO)
Hardware summary
- Rack-mountable tower form factor
- Choice of processor – Intel Xeon x3400 Series (quad-core)
- Up to 32 GB memory, with DDR-3 ECC memory, up to 1333 MHz; 1 GB, 2 GB and 4 GB UDIMMs1; 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB RDIMMs1
- Flexible storage options – four 3.5" simple-swap or hot-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) HDDs. Eight 2.5" hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) HDDs (2.5" HDD cage will be available through sales configuration tool in January 2010)
- Up to 4.0 TeraByte (TB) SAS or SATA HDDs
- Models with hot-swap, redundant power supplies
- DVD-ROM/CD-RW to provide maximum optical drive flexibility
- Dedicated slot for Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID)-0, -1 controller protects data and leaves other valuable slots free
- Integrated IMM with IPMI 2.0 support offers better control and manageability of your system
- Internal tape backup options
1 Maximum UDIMM support for 16 GB when 4 GB DIMMs are available 1Q 2010, and maximum RDIMM support for 32 GB when 8 GB DIMMs are available 1Q 2010.
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