IBM System x3450 at a glance
Form factor/height Rack/1U
Processor (max) Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® X5472 up to 3.0 GHz and up to
1600 MHz front-side bus or Dual-Core Intel Xeon X5272 up to
3.40 GHz and up to 1600 MHz front-side bus
Number of processors (std/max) 2/2
L2 cache 2 MB per socket
Memory1 (std/max) 2x2 GB/64 GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz
Maximum internal storage1,2 1.5 TB simple-swap SATA (3.5" drives)
Network interface Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion slots PCI-Express (1) x16 standard
Disk bays (total) 2
Power supply 600W capacity
Operating systems supported Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Red Hat Linux®,
SUSE Linux
Limited warranty3 1-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty
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