IBM System x3350 Product Manual
A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server delivering power-optimized performance for
non-virtualized application workloads
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Product Guide
January 2008
IBM System x3350
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview
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Selling Features
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Key Features
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Key Options
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x3350 Images
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x3350 Specifications
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The Bottom Line
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For More Information
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Legal Information
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A 1U uni server with the power of a 2-socket server
[Suggested uses: Workloads that traditionally require dual-processor systems, such as e-mail
and collaboration, Web serving and Java-based applications; deployments that require a
dedicated server with high RAS features; branch office and departmental server.]
You need the RAS features of a 1U two-socket server, but without the second processor. The
IBM
®
System x3350, incorporating IBM X-Architecture
™
features, is a cost-efficient solution to
that dilemma. It’s a
single-socket commercial application server that provides outstanding
reliability, availability and serviceability features, management control and levels of performance
previously available only with dual-processor systems. The x3350 affords lower costs, with leaner
power and cooling consumption than competitive 1U, two-processor servers. It supports, at the
high end, the latest enterprise-ready
quad- and dual-core Intel
®
Xeon
™
processors, designed
with a speedy
1066MHz front-side bus (FSB) and 8MB (quad-core) or 1333MHz FSB and 4MB
(dual-core) of L2 cache, to help provide the computing power you need to match your business
needs and growth. In addition, the x3350 uses industry-standard
DDR II 667MHz memory with
ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability. Dual
integrated high-speed
Gigabit Ethernet controllers with load-sharing and failover support are
standard, as are
two high-performance x8 PCI-E adapter slots.
All models offer impressive scalability, including up to
8GB of memory and a choice of high-
performance hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of
600GB (two 3.5-inch hot-swap
SAS), 587.2GB (four 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS), or 1.5TB (two 3.5-inch hot-swap or simple-
swap Serial ATA II).
The integrated SAS/SATA controller provides hardware-based
RAID-0/1
standard for the hot-swap drives. (
Simple-swap SATA models are upgradeable to RAID-0/1
support.) The ultradense
1U form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and
spread their workload without outgrowing their current data center. Up to
42 of these 1U servers
can be installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to
42 processors and 168 processor cores.
Optional Advanced Cabling Technology (
ACT) reduces cable clutter and cost and minimizes
installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
Standard in the x3350 is an integrated
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables
the user to manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. This level of
manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network usage
increases. The drop-down
light path diagnostics panel enables quick servicing of the system if
a problem develops. Advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime,
including
simple-swap SATA HDDs; hot-swap/redundant SAS HDDs, integrated RAID;
temperature-controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling
™
;
IPMI 2.0 support, including
highly secure remote power control, and IPMI over LAN.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as the BMC, light path
diagnostics,
IBM Director, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 (formerly
known as PowerExecutive),
IBM ServerGuide
™
and
support for the optional slotless
Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3350 is designed for superior uptime.
If you need highly manageable, single-socket/dual- or quad-core computing power, or low cost in
a rack-dense package, the x3350 is the ideal system.
Selling Features
Price/Performance
The x3350 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating
costs:
• High-performance quad-core or dual-core Xeon processor, high-end 1333MHz FSB with
4MB or 6MB (dual-core) or 6MB or 12MB (quad-core) of integrated Level 2 cache per
processor, offering superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs.
• Energy-efficient processors draw less power and produce lest waste heat than higher-
voltage processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. The Xeon processors,
especially, are highly power-efficient, consuming only
65W per dual-core processor(32.5W
per core) or
95W per quad-core processor (23.75W per core).