IBM x3200 Product Guide - Page 1

An affordable single-socket, dual-core server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses Product Guide February 2008 IBM System x3200 M2 Product Overview CONTENTS Product Overview 1 Selling Features 1 Key Features 3 Key Options 7 x3200 M2 Images 9 x3200 M2 Specifications 10 The Bottom Line 12 For More Information 14 Legal Information 14 Value-priced performance, capacity and availability Suggested uses: Small/medium/large enterprises and distributed/remote offices seeking scalability, top performance, and enterprise-class availability features at an entry-level price. The single-socket IBM® System x3200 M2, incorporating IBM X-Architecture™ features, is an affordable, single-socket tower server that offers more performance, configuration flexibility and availability features than many other servers in its class. From network infrastructure to distributed applications to front-end workloads, the x3200 M2 is designed to meet a wide range of business needs and help you adapt to changing business requirements. The x3200 M2 supports the latest quad-core Intel® Xeon™, dual-core Xeon, and dual-core Core 2 Duo® processors, designed with either a 1333MHz (Xeon) or an 800MHz (Core 2 Duo) front-side bus (FSB), 64-bit extensions (EM64T), and up to 12MB of L2 cache (model-specific), to provide the computing power you need to match your business needs and growth. In addition, the x3200 M2 uses industry-standard 667MHz PC2-5300 ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) memory-for high performance and reliability. All models offer impressive scalability, including up to 8GB of memory and up to four 3.5-inch simpleswap or hot-swap enterprise-class Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 3TB1, or up to four high-performance 3.5-inch hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) drives with an internal storage capacity of 1.2TB, or up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives with an internal storage capacity of 1.17TB. For additional performance and high availability, the x3200 M2 offers integrated hardware RAID-0/1/1E support standard in the hot-swap SAS/SATA models (optional for simple-swap SATA models), and optional RAID-10/5/6. To meet your backup requirements, the x3200 M2 supports a choice of half-high tape drives, a DVD-RAM optical drive, or a GoVault EZ removable disk drive. The server ships as a tower unit; an optional rack conversion kit turns the x3200 M2 into a 5U rackmounted server to save precious data center floor space. Standard in the x3200 M2 is a mini Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC2) that enables users to manage and control the server easily-both locally and remotely. This high level of manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up-even when network usage increases. Other advanced features that help maximize network availability by increasing uptime, include simple-swap or hot-swap/redundant HDDs, hot-swap/redundant power and fans; temperature-controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling™; and industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote power control. With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide™ and support for the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3200 M2 is 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 dual-core processing, high availability and vast internal SAS storage at a budget price, the x3200 M2 is the ideal system. Selling Features Price/Performance The x3200 M2 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs: • Models containing the quad-core Xeon processor, with high-end 1333MHz front side bus and 12MB of L2 cache, offer peak performance, capable of tackling the toughest jobs. • Models containing the dual-core Xeon processor, with high-end 1333MHz front side bus and 6MB of L2 cache, offer superior performance and durability. • Models containing the dual-core Core 2 Duo processor, with fast 800MHz front side bus and 2MB of L2 cache, offer high performance at an entry price. • Low-voltage processors draw less power and produce less waste heat than high-voltage processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. The quad-core Xeon processors, especially, are highly power-efficient, consuming only 23.75W per processor core. 1 GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible capacity may be less. 1 Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information.