IBM System x3250 M3 Product Manual

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IBM System x3250 M3 6Standard specificationsThe following table lists the standard specifications.Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)Components SpecificationForm factor 1U Rack.Processor One quad-core Intel Xeon 3400 series processor (up to 3.06 GHz/8 MB) or one dual-coreIntel Core i3 series processor (up to 3.2 GHz/4 MB) with up to 1333 MHz memory speed, orone dual-core Intel Pentium G6950 (2.8 GHz/3 MB) or Celeron G1101 (2.26 GHz/2 MB)with up to 1066 MHz memory speed. Supports specific quad-core and dual-core processorsvia Configure-To-Order (CTO).Memory cache Up to 8 MB L3 for Intel Xeon 3400 series processors. Up to 4 MB L3 for Intel Core i3 seriesprocessors.Chipset Intel 3420.Memory DIMM slots 6 DIMM slotsMemory capacity Up to 32 GB with 8 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and four populated DIMM slots, or up to 16 GB with4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and four populated DIMM slots. Dual-core processors only supportUDIMMs.Memory protection ECC.Disk drive bays Up to two 3.5" simple-swap SATA HDDs, or up to two 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs, orup to four 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs (model dependent).Maximum internalstorageUp to 2.4 TB with 600 GB SAS HDDs, or up to 4.0 TB with 2 TB SATA HDDs. Intermix ofSAS/SATA is not supported.RAID Support No RAID support on integrated SATA controller (used on simple-swap standard models);RAID 0, 1, 1E with ServeRAID-BR10il v2 (used on hot-swap standard models). OptionalRAID 5, 50 with ServeRAID M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is availablefor M5014 and M5015.Optical drive bays One, support for DVD-ROM or multiburner.Tape drive bays No internal tape drive support.Network interfaces Integrated 2 port Gigabit Ethernet/1 port is shared by IMM.PCI Expansion slots Standard models support two PCI Express 2.0 x8 slots. Both slots are implemented via oneriser card installed into a single riser socket on the system planar. Slot details:Slot 1: PCIe 2.0 x8, low-profile half-lengthSlot 2: PCIe 2.0 x8, full-height, 3/4-lengthAn alternative riser card with one PCE Express 2.0 x8 slot and one PCI-X 133 MHz 64-bitslot is also available, but only via CTO. Slot details:Slot 1: PCIe 2.0 x8, low-profile half-lengthSlot 2: PCI-X 133 MHz 64-bit, full-height, 3/4-lengthThe server has an additional internal PCI Express socket dedicated to use of theServeRAID BR10il v2 controller if installed.External ports Two USB 2.0 ports on front. Four USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, two RJ-45Gigabit Ethernet network ports (1 is dedicated, 1 is shared with IMM) on rear. One internalUSB port for embedded hypervisor.Cooling IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ with 5 fans and N+1 redundancy.