IBM X3200 M3 User Manual

IBM System x3200 M3 7
Standard specifications
Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)
Components Specification
Form factor Tower (can be a 5U rack form factor using the optional Tower-to-Rack conversion kit).
Processor One quad-core Intel Xeon 3400 series processor (up to 3.06 GHz/8 MB) or one dual-core
Intel Core i3 series processor (up to 3.2 GHz/4 MB) with up to 1333 MHz memory speed;
or one dual-core Intel Pentium G6950 (2.8 GHz/3 MB) or Celeron G1101 (2.26 GHz/2
MB) with up to 1066 MHz memory speed. Supports specific quad-core and dual-core
processors via Configure-To-Order (CTO). One processor maximum
Memory cache Up to 8 MB L3 for Intel Xeon 3400 series processors. Up to 4 MB L3 for Intel Core i3
series processors.
Chipset Intel 3420.
Memory DIMM slots 6 DDR3 DIMM slots
Memory capacity Up to 32 GB with 8 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 4 populated DIMM slots, or up to 16 GB with
4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and 4 populated DIMM slots. Dual-core processors only support
UDIMMs.
Memory protection ECC.
Disk drive bays Up to four 3.5" Simple Swap SATA HDDs, or up to four 3.5" Hot-Swap SAS/SATA HDDs,
or up to eight 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs (model dependent).
Maximum internal
storage
Up to 7.2 TB with 900 GB 2.5" SAS HDDs, or up to 12 TB with 3 TB 3.5" SATA HDDs.
Intermix of SAS/SATA is not supported.
RAID support No RAID support on integrated SATA controller (used on simple-swap standard models);
RAID 0, 1, 1E with ServeRAID-BR10il v2 (used on hot-swap standard models). Optional
RAID 5, 50 with M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available for
M5014/M5015.
Optical drive bays One 5.25" HH bay, support for DVD-ROM or Multiburner.
Tape drive bays One 5.25 HH bay, support for internal tape drive, DVD-ROM, or Multiburner.
Network interfaces Integrated 2 port Gigabit Ethernet (Intel 82574L) / 1 port is shared with IMM.
PCI Expansion slots Six total with one PCIe x4 Gen 2 internal slot dedicated to the BR10il v2 RAID controller.
Five externally accessible slots:
Slot 1, PCIe x8 Gen 2 half-length
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Slot 2, PCIe x8 Gen 2 half-length
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Slot 3, PCIe x1 Gen 2 full-length
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Slot 4, PCI 32bit/33 MHz (5 V) full-length
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Slot 5, PCI 32bit/33 MHz (5 V) full-length
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Ports Two USB 2.0 ports on front. Four USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, two RJ-45
Gigabit Ethernet network ports (one is dedicated, one is shared with IMM) on rear. One
internal USB port for embedded hypervisor.
Cooling Three speed-controlled non-redundant fans.
Power supply One fixed 401 W AC power supply or two hot-swap redundant 430 W AC power supplies
(model dependent).
Hot-swap components Hard drives, power supplies (model dependent).

IBM X3200 M3 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	X3200 M3
Category	Desktop
Language	English