IBM System x3400 M3 Product Manual

1 IBM ® IBM System x3400 M3 IBM Redbooks Product Guide The System x3400 M3 servers are self-contained, high-performance, 5U tower systems designed for web and business server applications in remote or distributed environments. These servers are highly scalable in configuration, performance, and availability. They offer two-way SMP power ...

2 Key features The IBM System x3400 M3 has the following features. Performance The x3400 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce costs: Up to two 6-core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors offering superior performance. Xeon 5600 series  processors offer up to 54% better performance than the previous generation 5500 s ...

3 Human readable event logs — no more beep codes.  Complete out-of-band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup.  A complete setup solution, allowing adapter configuration functions to be moved into UEFI.  Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.  Industry-standard AES NI support for fa ...

4 Optional solid-state drives (SSDs) use only 2 W of power per drive, compared to 9 - 10 W for 2.5-inch  HDDs. This is as much as 80% less power than a 2.5-inch HDD would use, with a corresponding reduction in heat output that further improves the overall bottom line. Support for 1.35 V low-voltage DDR3 memory DIMMs that consume 20% le ...

5 Locations of key components and connectors Figures 2 and 3 show the front and rear of the server. Figure 2. Front view of the IBM System x3400 M3 Figure 3. Rear view of the IBM System x3400 M3 ...

6 Figure 4 shows the locations of key components inside the server. Figure 4. Inside view of the IBM System x3400 M3 ...

7 Standard specifications The following table lists the standard specifications. Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1) Components Specification Form factor Tower or 5U Rack. Processor Up to two six-core (up to 3.46 GHz) or quad-core (up to 2.66 GHz) Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology up to 6.4 GT/ ...

8 Table 1. Standard specifications (part 2) Components Specification External ports Two USB 2.0 on front. Four USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, one RJ-45 systems management, two RJ-45 network ports on rear. One internal USB port for embedded hypervisor. One internal USB port for internal USB tape drive. Cooling IBM Calibrated Ve ...

9 Standard models The following table lists the standard models. Table 2. Standard models Model† Intel Processor* (2 maximum) RAM Disk controller Disk bays (std/max) Disks Network Optical Power supply Models announced February 2011 7378/ 7379-A2x 1x E5603 4C 1.60 GHz 4 MB 1066 MHz 1x 2 GB Integrated SATA (no RAID) 4x 3.5" SS / 4 Open 2 ...

10 Express models The following table lists the region-specific Express models. Express models are preconfigured with additional components, such as processors and memory, to make the ordering and installation process simpler. Table 3. Express models (part 1) Model Intel Xeon Processor* (2 max) RAM RAID Disk bays Disks GbE DVD PS Region N ...