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The engine of growth for your emerging businesses.
Product Guide
February 2011
Product Overview
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Product Overview
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GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible
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Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information.
IBM System x3400 M3 provides flexible capabilities and outstanding
performance that drives affordable business growth
Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices
seeking scalability, top performance and availability features at an entry-level price.
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The dual-socket IBM
System x3400 M3, incorporating IBM X-Architecture
outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an
outstanding price. The x3400 M3 supports the latest 4-core Intel
and 2- and 4-core Xeon 5500 (Nehalem) processors, designed with up to 1066MHz memory access
and 12MB or 4MB of L3 cache, Turbo Boost, and Hyper-Threading Technology (processor-
specific), to help provide you with the computing power you need to match your business needs and
growth. For maximum performance, x3400 M3 also supports the latest 6-core Xeon 5600 series
processors with up to 1333Mhz memory access and 12MB L3 cache, by CTO only. In addition, the
x3400 M3 supports industry-standard registered DDR-3 memory with Chipkill
Checking and Correcting) protection-for high performance, energy savings, and reliability. For even
higher levels of availability, the x3400 M3 also offers memory mirroring. A dual-port integrated
high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controller is standard, as are high-performance PCIe adapter slots and
a legacy PCI-32 slot to support legacy expansion cards.
All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support and up to 128GB of
memory. Some models supports up to 8 or 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) or Serial
ATA II (SATA II) HDDs, with up to 4TB
HDDs, with up to 8TB capacity. Other models support up to 4 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS HDDs with up
to 2.4TB capacity, or 4 3.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap SATA HDDs with up to 8TB capacity.
For additional storage requirements, Configure-to-Order (CTO) models are available with support for
up to 8 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA/SAS HDDs, or up to 16 2.5-inch HDDs. For advanced performance
and high availability, the four-drive hot-swap x3400 M3 models include an IBM ServeRAID
BR10il V2 controller, providing RAID-0/1/1E support. The IBM ServeRAID
providing RAID-0/1/10 with an option to upgrade to RAID 5 is standard on 8-drive 2.5-inch models,
while the ServeRAID-5014 controller, which provides RAID-0/1/10/5/50 support (upgradeable to
RAID-6/60) and includes 256GB of cache memory, is standard on 16-drive 2.5-inch models.
Additional RAID support is optionally available via the IBM ServeRAID family of SAS/SATA
controllers. The x3400 M3 ships as a tower unit; a tower-to-rack option is available, or CTO models
can be ordered as a 5U rack-mounted server to help save precious data center floor space.
Standard in the x3400 M3 is an Integrated Management Module (IMM) that enables users to
manage and control the server easily-both locally and, using an optional Virtual Media Key,
remotely. Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is an evolutionary leap over legacy BIOS.
This high level of manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up-even when
network usage increases. These advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing
uptime, as do hot-swap/redundant HDDs; Active Memory
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Calibrated Vectored Cooling
; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure
remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director, IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager, ServerGuide
equally well designed for a locally managed data center environment as for a remotely managed or
stand-alone environment, while offering maximum availability.
For a balance of high-performance two-, four-, or six-core, dual-socket processing, high availability
and vast internal SAS storage at a budget price, the x3400 M3 is the ideal system.
IBM System x3400 M3
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    ; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN. With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Systems Director, IBM ™ Systems Director Active Energy Manager, ServerGuide...

  • Page 2: Selling Features

    The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. Price/Performance Selling Features The x3400 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs: • Up to two 4- or 6-core Xeon 5600 Series processors and 12MB of shared cache per processor, offer superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs.
  • Page 3 Chipkill protection is supported with x4 DDR3 RDIMMs, but not x8 RDIMMs. For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 800-772-2227 in the U.S. In Canada call 800- 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.

  • Page 4: Key Features

    The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. High-Performance Xeon 5600 and 5500 Series Processors Key Features The x3400 M3 supports up to two high-performance Intel Xeon processors, allowing you to upgrade to a second processor as business needs require. The x3400 M3 offers a choice of processor clock rates, memory access speeds and power draw: •...
  • Page 5 The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. DDR-3 Registered Memory with Chipkill ECC Protection The x3400 M3 ships with registered double data rate III (DDR-3) memory and provides Active Memory features, including advanced Chipkill memory protection (optionally), for up to 16X better error correction than standard ECC memory.
  • Page 6 RDIMMs and UDIMMs cannot be used in the same server. Different brands of DIMMs should not be mixed, due to possible timing issues. For increased availability, the x3400 M3 offers an additional (but mutually exclusive) level of IBM Active Memory protection: online memory mirroring.

  • Page 7: Drive Bays

    4 HDDs. The standard/optional 6Gbps (x8 PCIe) ServeRAID-1015 SAS/SATA controller supports RAID- 0/1/10 (no cache) for up to 32 drives (limited to available bays). The IBM ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key adds RAID-5 and Self-Encrypting Disk (SED) support.
  • Page 8 Only the system availability improves using the swappable drives. (Less downtime is incurred removing and installing the drives.) Hot-swap SAS drives use the Converged Tray for ® interchangeability with other IBM System x systems. Internal Backup The x3400 M3 supports several internal data backup options. Supported technologies include: •...

  • Page 9: Other Features

    The IMM alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as voltage and thermal conditions—even if the server has failed. The x3400 M3 also supports an optional IBM Virtual Media Key for additional systems management capabilities, including: • Latest OS failure screen capture •...
  • Page 10 ASR hardware, which immediately restarts the server (and logs an ASR event with IBM Systems Director). These features are designed so that no more than five minutes can pass before the server is restarted.

  • Page 11: Key Options

    IBM support, which can even dispatch onsite service necessary to those customers entitled to onsite support under the terms of their warranty or an IBM Maintenance Agreement. Electronic Service Agent resides on a server and provides electronic support and problem management capabilities through a highly secure electronic dialogue between your systems and IBM.
  • Page 12 RDX Removable Disk Cartridge drive (both internal and external). Hard Disk Drives — IBM hard disk drives help you improve the transaction and cost performance of your System x servers. The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I/O throughput of the system.

  • Page 13: X3400 M3 Images

    The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. x3400 M3 Images Front View Rear View 2 USB 2.0 Power Supply Hexagonal Ports DVD-ROM Drive Ventilation (behind Holes door) 2 Open Locking 5.25” Drive Serial Bays Drive Port Covers Video 2 USB 2.0 Port Hexagonal Ports...

  • Page 14: X3400 M3 Specifications

    The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. x3400 M3 Specifications 7378--2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, Axx, Bxx, 7379--2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, Axx, Machine type Cxx, Dxx, Fxx Bxx, Cxx, Dxx, Fxx (1 yr. warr.) (3 yr. warr.) Form factor Tower (or 5U rack by CTO or optional conversion kit ) BIOS type...
  • Page 15 The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. x3400 M3 Specifications 1333MHz (D2x, F2x and 1066MHz (52x/54x/56x/58x, 800MHz (22x/24x, 32x/34x, Maximum memory access speed X5650/X5660/X5670/X5675 62x, 72x, A2x/A4x, B2x/B4x, 42x) via CTO) C2x) DIMM capacities supported 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB # of DIMM sockets total / available 16 (8 per processor) / 15 Online hot-spare memory...
  • Page 16 The engine of growth for your emerging businesses. x3400 M3 Specifications SED (all models) D2x) External disk drives supported Yes, via ServeRAID-MR10M controller (256MB cache standard; RAID-0/1/10/5/50/6/60) 6 standard (7 or 8 via CTO) / 5—all other # of adapter slots total / available 6 standard (7 or 8 via CTO) / 6—A2x, B2x models # of PCIe x16 Gen 2 physical/x8...

  • Page 17: The Bottom Line

    Optionally, one x8/x4 PCIe Gen 1 slot or two 133MHz PCI-X slots (via CTO) For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 800-772-2227 in the U.S. In Canada call 800- 426-2255. IBM makes no representation or warranty regarding third-party products or services including those designated as ServerProven or ClusterProven.

  • Page 18: Server Comparison Table

    • Hot-swap SAS/SATA or simple-swap SATA hard disk drives • Ultra-efficient cooling incorporating Calibrated Vectored Cooling features Server Comparison Table The following table shows the suggested uses for the respective IBM System x tower servers, including comparisons of the uses for which each server is best suited: Important...

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