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IBM System x3400

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	Form factor/height		Tower/5U



	Processor (max)		Dual-Core Intel® Xeon Processor 5205 up to 1.86 GHz and up to 1066 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel® Xeon Processor E5430 up to 2.66 GHz and up to 1333 MHz front-side bus



	Number of processors (std/max)		1/2



	L2 cache		2x6 MB (dual-core) or 2x12 MB (quad-core)



	Memory¹(std/max)		1 GB/32 GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz via 8 DIMM slots



	Expansion slots		3 PCI-Express, 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI



	Disk bays (total/hot-swap)		4/0 or 8/8 (model dependent)



	Maximum internal storage^{1, 2}		6.0 TB hot-swap SATA, 2.4 TB hot-swap SAS, or 3.0 TB simple-swap SATA



	Network interface		Integrated Gigabit Ethernet



	Power supply (std/max)		670W 1/1 or 835W 1/2



	Hot-swap components		Power supply, fans and hard disk drives



	RAID support		Integrated RAID-0/-1/-10, optional RAID-5



	Systems management		Automatic Server Restart; IBM Predictive Failure Analysis® on hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory; integrated IPMI System Management Processor; IBM Systems Director; optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and IBM ServerGuide™



	Operating systems supported		Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE Linux, Novell NetWare, VMware ESX Server, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer



	Limited warranty³		1-year or 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty

¹ Maximum internal hard disk and memory capacities may require the replacement of any standard hard drives and/or memory and the population of all hard disk bays and memory slots with the largest currently supported drives available. When referring to variable speed CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs, actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.
² When referring to storage capacity, TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Accessible capacity is less.
³ IBM hardware products are made from new parts, or new and serviceable used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply. For a copy of applicable product warranties, write to: Warranty Information, P.O. Box 12195, RTP, NC 27709, Attn: Dept. JDJA/B203. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services, including those designated as ServerProven® or ClusterProven®.