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Pro
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February 2008
IBM System x3200 M2
Product Overview
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Product Overview
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Selling Features
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Key Features
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Key Options
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x3200 M2 Images
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x3200 M2 Specifications
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The Bottom Line
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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 simple-
swap or hot-swap enterprise-class Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to
3TB
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, 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 rack-
mounted 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
Pr
ice/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.
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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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