IBM System x3350 Product Manual - page 3
A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server delivering power-optimized performance for
non-virtualized application workloads
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management capabilities, including Web-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and optical
drive support; Windows “blue screen” error capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote
redirection of PCI video, text, keyboard and mouse.
Availability and Serviceability
The x3350 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
• Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts. Similarly,
many components can be installed or replaced without tools. This means less time (and
therefore less money) spent servicing the x3350. In addition,
hot-swap/simple-swap HDDs
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can mean greater system uptime while these components are being serviced.
• Toolless slides ship with the server. They allow the rack server to easily slide into place
without the need for tools.
• Integrated RAID-1 disk mirroring arrays standard (hot-swap models) enable the server to
keep operating in the event of a failure to any one drive.
• The drop-down light path diagnostics panel and individual light path LEDs quickly lead the
technician to failed (or failing) components. This simplifies servicing, speeds up problem
resolution and helps improve network availability.
• IPMI 2.0 supports highly secure remote system power control using data encryption. This
allows an administrator to restart a server without having to visit it in person, saving travel time
and getting the server back up and running quickly and securely.
• Temperature-controlled fans adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics. At
the lower speeds they draw less power and suffer less wear. Equally important in a crowded
data center, temperature-controlled fans produce less ambient noise in the data center than if
they were constantly running at full speed.
• The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty
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(model-specific) offers peace of
mind and greater potential investment protection than a one-year warranty does.
Key Features
High-Performance/Low-Power Processors
The x3350 supports one of several low-cost or high-performance processors, allowing you to
choose the processor that best fits your business needs. The x3350 offers a choice of processor
clock rates, FSB speeds and power draw:
• 95W quad-core Xeon processor models X3350 or X3360 running at 2.66 or 2.83GHz
(respectively), with 64-bit extensions, (
23.75W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 12MB of L2
processor cache (2 x 4MB)
• 95W quad-core Xeon processor model X3320 running at 2.5GHz, with 64-bit extensions,
(
23.75W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 6MB of L2 processor cache (2 x 4MB)
• 65W dual-core Xeon processor model E3110 running at 3.0GHz, with 64-bit extensions, low
power draw (
32.5W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 6MB of L2 processor cache
• 65W dual-core Xeon processor models 3065 or 3075 running at 2.33 or 2.66GHz
(respectively), with 64-bit extensions, low power draw (
32.5W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and
4MB of L2 processor cache
The
dual-core processors contain two complete processor cores; quad-core processors,
similarly, contain
four cores. Dual-core processors contain one unified cache shared by both
cores, while quad-core processors have
independent caches (one per pair of cores). The shared
cache is dynamically allocated between the two cores as needed. The two cores appear to
software as two physical processors. The dual-core processors offer considerably higher
performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with a single core. Likewise, quad-core
processors offer considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with dual
cores.
Intel
Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) 64-bit extensions allow the Xeon processor to
use large memory addressing when running with a 64-bit operating system. This in turn lets
individual software processes directly access more than 4GB of RAM, which was the limit of 32-
bit addressing. This can result in much higher performance for certain kinds of programs, such as
database management and CAD. Additional registers and instructions (SSE3) can further boost
performance for applications written to use them. Contact your software provider to determine
their software support for EM64T.
The
1333MHz FSB (which connects memory to the processor) offers a peak rate of 10.67GBps,
or up to
two-thirds higher throughput at the same processor clock speed than an 800MHz FSB.
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426-2255. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a technician is sent after
IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in which this product is
sold.