IBM System x3250 M3 Type 4251 Product Manual - page 6
IBM System x3250 M3
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Standard specifications
The following table lists the standard specifications.
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components
Specification
Form factor
1U Rack.
Processor
One quad-core Intel Xeon 3400 series processor (up to 3.06 GHz/8 MB) or one dual-core
Intel Core i3 series processor (up to 3.2 GHz/4 MB) with up to 1333 MHz memory speed, or
one 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 processors
via 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 series
processors.
Chipset
Intel 3420.
Memory DIMM slots
6 DIMM slots
Memory capacity
Up to 32 GB with 8 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and four populated DIMM slots, or up to 16 GB with
4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and four populated DIMM slots. Dual-core processors only support
UDIMMs.
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, or
up to four 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SATA SSDs (model dependent).
Maximum internal
storage
Up to 2.4 TB with 600 GB SAS HDDs, or up to 4.0 TB with 2 TB SATA HDDs. Intermix of
SAS/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). Optional
RAID 5, 50 with ServeRAID M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available
for 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 one
riser 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-bit
slot 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 the
ServeRAID 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-45
Gigabit Ethernet network ports (1 is dedicated, 1 is shared with IMM) on rear. One internal
USB port for embedded hypervisor.
Cooling
IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ with 5 fans and N+1 redundancy.