IBM System x3200 M3

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Processor (CPU GHz/L3 cache/front-side bus MHz max)	Intel® Xeon® 3400 Series (quad-core) up to 3.06 GHz and up to 8 MB cache/Intel Celeron®, Pentium® or Core i3 dual-core processors up to 3.20 GHz/1333 MHz-4 MB
Number of processors (std/max)	1/1
Memory (max)	Up to 32 GB DDR-3 1066/1333 MHz ECC memory, 1, 2 and 4 GB UDIMMs; 1, 2, 4 and 8 GB RDIMMs
Expansion slots	Two PCIe x8 Gen2, one PCIe x4, two PCI (32-bit/33 MHz), one dedicated PCIe x4 for RAID-0, -1 controller
Disk bays (total/hot-swap)	Four 3.5" simple-swap or hot-swap SATA hard disk drives (HDDs). Eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs (special bid only)
Maximum internal storage	Up to 8.0 TB SAS or SATA HDDs
Network interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max)	401 W fixed 1/1 or 430 W hot-swap redundant 2/2
Hot-swap components	Four 3.5" SATA/SAS HDDs, eight 2.5" SAS HDDs
RAID support	Hot-swap hardware RAID-0, -1 (standard), simple-swap hardware RAID-0, -1 (optional); upgrade to RAID-5 optional
Ports	7 USB (2 front/4 rear/1 internal), 2 Ethernet, 1 serial and video
Systems management	Integrated Management Module with IPMI 2.0 and Serial over LAN, IBM Systems Director, IBM ServerGuide, optional Virtual Media Key for remote presence, Trusted Platform Module 1.2
Operating systems supported	Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 STD, EE, R2/Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 STD, EE, DC/Windows Small Business Server 2008, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE Linux, VMware ESX/ESXi
Limited warranty	1- or 3-year customer replaceable unit/onsite limited warranty