IBM System x3350 Product Manual - page 2
A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server delivering power-optimized performance for
non-virtualized application workloads
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• Ultra-fast 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory provides speed and high availability.
• Two high-throughput PCI-E x8 adapter slots offer potential investment protection by
supporting high-performance adapters, such as Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand
cards, none of which will run in older legacy PCI slots.
• Integrated RAID-0/1 support (standard in hot-swap models; optional in simple-swap models)
at no extra charge and without consuming a valuable adapter slot. RAID-0 offers improved
disk performance via data striping and RAID-1 offers disk mirroring for high availability. The
x3350 is upgradeable to full
RAID-10/5/6 support, using the optional ServeRAID-MR10i card.
It also offers higher performance, with
256MB ofoptionalonboardwrite-back ECC cache
memory with battery backup.
• Up to two 3.5-inch or four 2.5-inch (depending on the model) hot-swap SAS hard disk
drives offer high-performance with high availability. The SAS controller provides
full-duplex (2
x 300MBps) data transfers for SAS drives. For lower cost and high capacity, other models
support up to
two simple-swap Serial ATA drives. The SATA II drives offer performance
nearly equal to that of Ultra320 SCSI (
300MBps half-duplex vs. 320MBps half-duplex,
respectively).
• The integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers with IPMI 2.0 support provide high-speed
network communications with
failover capability.
• A high degree of device integration—including SAS or SATA, RAID, dual Gigabit Ethernet,
systems management and video controllers—lowers costs and frees up valuable adapter
slots.
Flexibility
The x3350 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:
• A choice of processors with 2.33 to 3.0GHz clock rates, 1333MHz FSB, and 65W to
95W
power draw.
• Up to 8GB of high-speed DDR2 system memory in four DIMM slots.
• Two available high-performance PCI-E adapter slots in all models.
• The optional ServeRAID-MR10i controller supports up to four internal drives in a RAID-
0/1/10/5/6 array.
• The four USB 2.0 ports are up to 40X faster
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than older
USB 1.1 ports. This provides speedy
access to external HDDs (non-arrayed), optical drives, tape drives, and other USB devices.
Two ports are on the front of the unit and two are on the back.
• The integrated BMC is upgradeable to the advanced BMC capability of the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
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.
• A choice of up to two internal 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or simple-swap SATA II HDDs or four
2.5-inch hot-swap SAS HDDs (depending on the model) offer a variety ofstorage options.
The 3.5-inch SAS models provide a maximum of
600GB of internal hot-swap storage. The
2.5-inch SAS models support up to
587.2GB of hot-swap SAS storage. The 3.5-inch SATA
models (hot-swap or simple-swap) provide a maximum of
1.5TB of internal simple-swap
storage.
• Alternatively, iSCSI or Fibre Channel-attached storage can be attached using IBM System
Storage or TotalStorage™ servers.
Manageability
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3350:
• The x3350 includes a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) provides enterprise-class
systems management, by monitoring server availability, performing Predictive Failure
Analysis, etc., and then triggering IBM Director alerts. The BMC enables service personnel to
use sophisticated diagnostic tools, such as light path diagnostics, to resolve problems quickly.
• Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as
voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports
highly secure remote power control using
data encryption.
• IBM Director is provided for proactive systems management. It comes with a portfolio of tools,
including Management Processor Assistant, RAID Manager, Update Assistant, and Software
Distribution. In addition, IBM Director offers extended systems management tools for
additional server management and increased availability.
• An optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine provides additional advanced systems
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Data transfer rates may be less than the maximum possible.
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Although the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine has a dedicated slot, its use precludes the use of adapter
Slot 2.