IBM eServer 7379K6G manual

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mation section for importan t notice s and informat ion. 1 Product G uide Februa ry 2011 IBM Sy stem x3400 M3 Product Overview CONTE NTS Product Overview 1 Selling Fe atures 1 Key Featur es 3 Key Optio ns 11 x3400 M 3 Images 13 x3400 M 3 Specific ations 14 The Bottom[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mation section for importan t notice s and informat ion. 2 Selling Features Price/Performance The x3400 M3 off ers nu merous f eatur es to b oo s t perf o rm ance and r educ e product and oper a tin g costs: • Up to two 4- or 6- core Xeon 560 0 Series proc ess o rs[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mation section for importan t notice s and informat ion. 3 perf o r m Predicti ve F ailure A nal y sis, etc., and trigg er IB M System s Director al e r ts. Th e IMM perf o r ms th e f uncti ons of both th e Baseboar d M anagemen t Contr oller ( BM C ) o f earli e r [...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mation section for importan t notice s and informat ion. 4 Key Features Hig h-Performance Xeon 5600 and 55 00 Series Process ors The x3400 M3 s upp o rts up t o two hig h-p e rf o rmanc e Intel Xeon proc es sors, allowin g you t o upgr ade to a s e c ond pr o c ess o[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mation section for importan t notice s and informat ion. 5 DDR-3 Regis tered Mem ory with Ch ipkill ECC Prot ection The x3400 M3 s hips wit h register ed d ouble dat a rat e III (DDR-3 ) m emory and provid e s Ac tive Memor y featur e s, inc luding ad vanc ed Chipkil[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 6 system. D ual-r ank DIM Ms off e r bett er interlea ving and henc e better perf ormanc e th an single-r ank DIMMs. For inst ance, a system p opulat ed with s ix 2GB d ual -r ank DIM Ms outperf o r ms a [...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 7 sl o ts, and Slot 6 is a h alf-length /full-h eight 3 3M Hz legacy PC I slot. T he PCI-X ris er c ontains two full-length/f ull-he ight sl ots. Dis k/T ape Control lers All 3.5-inc h hot- swap x3400 M3 [...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 8 • 7,200 RP Ms — 25 0 or 500GB, 1T B, or 2TB ( 8T B / 16T B vi a CTO ) 3.5-inch S imple-S wap S AT A • 7,200 RP Ms — 25 0 or 500GB, or 2TB ( 8T B / 8T B via CTO ) 2.5-inch Hot-S wap SAS • 7,200[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 9 Onboard Br oadc om 5716 Gigabit Ether net c ontroller pr ovid e s t wo G ig abit ports s upporti ng IEEE 802.3 f or 1000B a s e-T, 1 00B ase-T X, and 1 0Base-T applic ations (8 02.3, 802. 3u, 802 .3ab) [...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 10 • High-sp eed rem ote r edi r ection of PCI video, k eyb oard an d mous e IBM ToolsC enter c ons olidates 4 2 n eeded t ools f o r m anagin g s e r ver s indi vidually int o an int egrat ed suite o f[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 11 The IBM S erver Proven progr am provid es th e c onfid ence t hat sp e c if ic options and operating systems h ave b een t e st ed on t h e s erver an d ar e off icially supp orted to work t ogether. I[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 12 Backup Drives — B a ck up dri ves h elp you pr ot e ct your d ata. IBM o f fers s ev eral ch oices of capaciti e s and techn ologies, i ncludin g DDS- 5 , DDS-6 , LTO-3 , LTO- 4 , and LTO- 5 tape s o[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 13 x3400 M3 I mages Front View Rear View Interior V iew 8 Hot-Sw ap 2. 5 ” SA S HDD Bays; o r 4 HS 3.5 ” SAS/SA TA Ba ys; o r 4 SS 3.5 ” SATA Bays standa rd. 16 Ho t -Swa p 2.5 ” SAS HDD Bays ; or[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 14 x3400 M3 Specifi ca tions M achine type 7378--2xx, 3xx, 4 xx, 5xx , 6xx, 7xx, A xx, Bxx, Cxx, Dxx, Fxx (1 yr. warr .) 8 7379--2xx, 3xx, 4 xx, 5xx , 6xx, 7xx, A xx, Bxx, Cxx, Dxx, F xx (3 yr. warr .) Fo[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 15 x3400 M3 Specifi ca tions M aximum memory ac cess spee d 1333M Hz (D2 x, F2x and X5650/ X5660/X5 670/ X5675 via CTO) 1066M Hz (52x/ 54x/56x/ 58x, 62x, 72x, A2x/A4 x, B2 x/B4x, C2x) 800M Hz (22 x /2 4 x[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 16 x3400 M3 Specifi ca tions SED (all m odels) D2x) External di sk drive s sup ported Ye s , via Ser veRAID -M R 10M c o ntr oller ( 25 6M B cache st andar d; RAI D-0/1/10/ 5/50/6/ 60) # of adapt er slots[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 17 x3400 M3 Specifi ca tions 2,133 m Operating temperat ure range 50 – 95º F; 10 – 3 5º C (u p to 7,0 00 ft / 2,1 33m) Operating humidity rang e 8-80% Dimension s (HW D) / weight Tower 17.3” (440 [...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 18 • Integrat ed DV D/CD-RW c ombo drive M anageability, S ervic eability and Availability • IBM Syste ms Director s ystems manag ement s oft wa r e, inc luding:  Active En ergy Manag e r  Servi[...]

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    The engine of grow th for your e merg ing business es. Please see the Le gal Infor mat ion se cti on for i mportan t n otices and inf o rmation . 19 For Mo re Inform atio n IBM S y st em x Ser vers htt p:// ibm.c om /s ystems/x IBM S y st ems Dir ect or Servic e and Sup p o rt Manager http:// ibm.c om /support/electr onic BM St andalone S oluti ons[...]