IBM System x3250 M4 At-A-Glance Guide

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I/O expansion options
Standard models offers two PCI Express 2.0 slots (one x4 and one x8). The slot form-factors are:
Slot 1: PCIe x4 Gen 2 (for use only by the optional BR10il v2 controller)
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Slot 2: PCIe x8 Gen 2, full-height, half-length
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Network adapters
The x3250 M4 offers two integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports. One port is shared with Integrated
Management Module (IMM).
The Integrated NICs have the following features:
Intel 82574L chip
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TCP/UDP, IPv4, and IPv6 checksum offloads
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TCP Segmentation/Transmit Segmentation Offloading (TSO)
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Wake on LAN support
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802.1Q VLAN tagging support
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Support for jumbo frames up to 9 KBytes
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NIC Teaming (Load Balancing and Failover) with Intel PROSet software
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The following table lists additional supported network adapters.
Table 10. Network adapters
Part number Description Maximum quantity
supported
10 Gb Ethernet
49Y4250 Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter for IBM System x 1
Gigabit Ethernet
42C1780 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Dual Port Ethernet Adapter 1
49Y4220 NetXtreme II 1000 Express Quad Port Ethernet Adapter 1
49Y4230 Intel Ethernet Dual Port Server Adapter I340-T2 for IBM System x 1
49Y4240 Intel Ethernet Quad Port Server Adapter I340-T4 for IBM System x 1
Converged Network Adapters (CNA)*
42C1820 Brocade 10 Gb Dual-port CNA for IBM System x 1
42C1800 QLogic 10 Gb Dual Port CNA for IBM System x 1
* Note: Converged Network Adapters require SFP+ optical transceivers or DAC cables that must be purchased
separately.

IBM System x3250 M4 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3250 M4
Category	Server
Language	English