System x3250 M3 at a glance
Form factor/height Rack/1U
Processor (CPU GHz/L3 Intel Xeon 3400 Series (quad-core) up to 2.93 GHz/8 MB/
cache/front-side bus MHz max) 1333 MHz
Number of processors (std/max) 1/1
Cache (max) 8 MB L3
Memory1(max) Up to 32 GB DDR-3 ECC memory, up to 1333 MHz; 1 GB,
2 GB and 4 GB UDIMMs2; 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB
RDIMMs2
Expansion slots 2 PCIe x8 Gen2, dedicated PCIe x4 for RAID-0, -1, optional
PCI-X
Disk bays (total/hot-swap) Two 3.5" simple-swap SATA or 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA, or
four 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs
Maximum internal storage1, 3 2.0 TB SATA or SAS
Network interface Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) 351 W 1/1; optional high-efficiency power supply
Hot-swap components Two 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA or four 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs
RAID support Hot-swap hardware RAID-0, -1 (standard), simple swap
hardware RAID-0, -1 (optional); optional RAID-5 and
encryption RAID
Ports Seven USB (2 front/4 rear/1 internal), two Ethernet, one serial
and video
Systems management Integrated Management Module (IMM) with IPMI 2.0 and
Serial over LAN (SOL), IBM Systems Director, Alert Standard
Format 2.0, IBM ServerGuide, Virtual Media Key (hardware key
for optional remote presence), Trusted Platform Module
(TPM) 1.2
Operating systems supported Microsoft®Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition,
Enterprise x64 Edition, Standard Edition, Standard x64 Edition,
Datacenter Edition, Datacenter x64 Edition, Windows®Small
Business Server 2008, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE Linux
Limited warranty41-year or 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited
warranty
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