IBM X3200 - Manual

An affordable single-socket, dual-core server with high performance and data protection for small
and medium businesses

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Product

Guide

September 2006

IBM

System x3200

Product Overview

CONTENTS

Product Overview

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Selling Features

1

Key Features

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Key Options

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x3200 Images

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x3200 Specifications

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The Bottom Line

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Server Rec. Map

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For More Information

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Legal Information

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Value-priced performance, capacity and availability

The

single-socket

IBM

®

System

x3200

, incorporating IBM

X-Architecture

™

features, provides

outstanding value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an
outstanding price. The x3200 supports the latest

dual-core

Intel

®

Xeon

™

and

Pentium

®

D

processors,

designed with either an

800MHz

or a

1067MHz

front-side bus (FSB),

64-bit extensions

(

EM64T

), and

2MB

or

4MB

L2 cache, to help provide customers with the computing power they need to match their

business needs and growth. For the first time in a product of this class, the x3200 supports Xeon
processors, which provide outstanding longevity and stability, in addition to substantially improved
performance compared to the previous-generation x206m server. (Future models will support the

quad-

core

Xeon processor, when available.)

In addition, the x3200 uses industry-standard

667MHz

PC2-

5300

ECC

(Error Checking and Correcting) memory—for high performance and reliability.

All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support, up to

8GB

of memory and up to

four

simple-swap

or

hot-swap

enterprise-class

Serial ATA

(SATA) hard disk drives with a total

capacity of up to

2TB

1

,

or up to

four

high-performance

hot-swap Serial-Attach

SCSI

(SAS) drives with

an internal storage capacity of

1.2TB

. For additional performance and high availability, the x3200 offers

integrated

hardware

RAID-0/1/1E

support standard in the

hot-swap

SAS/SATA

models (optional for

simple-swap

SATA models). To meet customers’ backup requirements, the x3200 supports a choice of

half-high tape drives

, a

DVD-RAM

optical drive, or a

GoVault

removable disk drive. The x3200 ships

as a tower unit; an optional

rack conversion kit

turns the x3200 into a

5U

rack-mounted server to save

precious data center floor space.
Standard in the x3200 is a

mini

Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC)

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 1.5

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 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 is the ideal system.

Selling Features

Price/Performance

The x3200 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs:

•

Models containing the

dual-core Pentium D

processor, with fast

800MHz

front side bus and

4MB

of

independent (

2MB

per core

) Level 2 cache, offer high-performance at an entry price.

•

Models containing the

dual-core Xeon

processor, with high-end

1066MHz

front side bus and

2MB

or

4MB

of shared Level 2 cache, offer superior performance and durability, capable of tackling the

toughest jobs.

•

Low-voltage processors

draw less power and produce less waste heat than high-voltage

processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs.

•

Ultra-fast

667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II

ECC memory offers high speed and high availability.

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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.