IBM x3400 specifications Product Overview, Selling Features, Price/Performance, October

An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server with high performance and data protection for small and medium businesses

Product Guide

October 2008

		IBM System x3400
Product Overview		Outstanding performance, capacity and availability
		[Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices
		seeking scalability, top performance and new availability features at an entry-level price.]
		The dual-socketIBM® System x3400, incorporating IBM X-Architecture™features, provides outstanding
CONTENTS		value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an outstanding price.
Product Overview	1	The x3400 supports the latest quad- and dual-coreIntel® Xeon™ processors, designed with up to a
		leading-edge 1333MHz front-side bus (FSB), 64-bit extensions (EM64T) and 6MB (dual-core) or 12MB
Selling Features	1	(quad-core) of L2 cache and Hyper-Threading Technology, to help provide you with the computing
		power you need to match your business needs and growth. In addition, the x3400 uses industry-standard
Key Features	3	fully buffered 667MHz memory with Chipkill™ ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high
Key Options	8	performance and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3400 also offers a choice of optional
		online hot-spare memory or memory mirroring. An integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controller is
x3400 Images	10	standard, as are high-performance adapter slots (PCIe x8 and x4 and PCIx/133).
		All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support, up to 32GB of memory and up to
x3400 Specifications	11
		four simple-swap Serial ATA II (SATA II) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 3.0TB1, or up to
The Bottom Line	13	four high-performance hot-swapSerial-Attach SCSI (SAS) drives with an internal storage capacity of
		1.2TB. Specific models support an upgrade kit that increases hot-swapsupport to eight SATA or SAS
Server Comparison Table 14		drives (6.0TB or 2.4TB, respectively). For additional performance and high availability, the x3400 includes
For More Information	15	the hardware-based ServeRAID-8k-lcontroller standard, providing RAID-0/1/10support. Additional RAID
		support is available via the optional IBM ServeRAID™ family of SAS/SATA and Ultra320 SCSI controllers.
Legal Information	15	The x3400 ships as a tower unit; an optional rack conversion kit turns the x3400 into a 5U rack-mounted
		server to save precious data center floor space.
		Standard in the x3400 is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables users to manage
		and control the server easily. 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-swapor hot-swap/redundant HDDs, hot-
		swap/redundant power and fans; Active Memory™; integrated RAID; temperature-controlled fans with
		Calibrated Vectored Cooling™; industry-standardIPMI 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 Director, IBM ServerGuide™
		and support for the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3400 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, dual-socket processing, high availability and vast internal
		SAS storage at a budget price, the x3400 is the ideal system.
Selling Features		Price/Performance
		The x3400 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs:

• Up to two multi-coreXeon processors with high-end 1066MHz or 1333MHz front side bus and either 12MB or 6MB (processor-specific) of integrated Level 2 cache per processor offer superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs. 64-bit extensions provide the flexibility to run 32- bit and 64-bit applications concurrently.

• Low-voltage processors draw less power and produce less waste heat than high-voltage processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. On a per-core basis, the 80W quad-coreprocessors consume only 20W per core, vs. 32.5W per core for the 65W dual-core processors.

• Ultra-fastfully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory with Chipkill protection provides speed and high availability.

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.

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