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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower
server
Product Guide
March 2010
IBM System x3100 M3
Product Overview
Outstanding price/performance in a value tower server
Suggested uses: Small and medium businesses looking for technology to help improve
business efficiency.
Often small-to-medium sized businesses have limited IT budget and resources, and rely on
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partners or multitalented employees to help manage the company’s network.
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server memory throughput and lower latency than DDR2 memory, while consuming up to 30% less energy. DDR3 memory also consumes up to 30% less energy than DDR2 memory. • Three high-speed PCIe adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high- performance adapters, such as 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand cards. • Up to four (model-specific) 3.5-inch enterprise-class SATA II hard disk drives offer terrific pric
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server Key Features High-Performance Processors The x3100 M3 supports one high-performance Intel Xeon, Core i3, Pentium, or Celeron processor, as the performance needs of your business dictate. The x3100 M3 offers a choice of processor clock rates, power draw, and cache sizes: • 95W quad-core Intel Xeon models X3430 or X3450 at 2.4 or 2.66Ghz (respectively), with 64- bit extensions, 1333MHz memory access, 8MB of shared L3 p
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server Disk Controllers All x3100 M3 models include an integrated SATA II controller. It provides data transfer speeds of 4 up to 3Gb per second across the SATA bus for up to four 3.5-inch internal Serial ATA (SATA) drives. In addition, the system chipset includes RAID-0/1 support in firmware. This provides the advantages of RAID at no additional cost, although without the performance boost of hardware RAID. Selected models
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server capable of achieving this rate.) Two ports are provided on the front of the server and four on the back. In addition, two internal ports are available to support a USB tape drive, RDX Removable Disk Cartridge drive, or USB flash drive containing a hypervisor. • Toolless chassis — The cover can be opened without tools and many components can be added, removed, and replaced without tools, including DIMMs, the processor, the
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server performance of your System x servers. The choice of hard disk drives can be a critical aspect of maximizing the I/O throughput of the system. SATA II hard disk drives are available for the x3100 M3 with capacities up to 1TB (3.5-inch) apiece at 7,200 RPMs. The optional x8 PCIe Gen 2 IBM 3Gbps SAS HBA v2 controller offers RAID-0/1/1E support for ® internal SATA HDDs and SAS/SATA tape drives. It also supports external IBM S
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server Interior View 350W Fixed Power Supply Two 5.25-inch Drive Bays 4 UDIMMs Slots CPU / 4 Fixed SATA Heatsink System Standard Model Fan HDD Bays 4 Adapter Slots x3100 M3 Specifications Machine type 4253-22x, 42x, 62x, B2x, D2x Form factor 5U tower Quad-core Xeon (X34xx) Dual-core Core i3 Dual-core Dual-core Celeron Processor type 2.4GHz X3430 (540) Pentium (G6950) (G1101) (B2x), 2.66GHz 3.06GHz
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server x3100 M3 Specifications 1333MHz (62x, B2x, D2x) Memory access rate 1066MHz (22x, 42x) Memory interleaving Yes (two-way, with 2 or 4 DIMMs) DIMM capacities supported 1GB, 2GB, 4GB UDIMMs # of DIMM sockets total / available 4 / 3 # of DIMMs supported 1, 2, or 4 Chipkill protection supported No # of drive bays total / available 6 / 4 (optical, 1HDD installed) 6 / 3 (optical, 2 HDDs installed) # of 3.5-inch HDD drive ba
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server x3100 M3 Specifications Gigabit Ethernet controller Intel WG82574T # of Gigabit Ethernet ports 1 (rear) # of serial ports 1 (rear) # of mouse ports None (USB-attached) # of keyboard ports None (USB-attached) 6 external ports (2 front, 4 rear); plus 2 internal connectors for tape drive, RDX # of USB 2.0 ports Removable Disk Cartridge drive, or USB flash drive containing a hypervisor Integrated systems management BMC
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x3500 M3 x3400 M3 x3200 M3 x3100 M3 Distributed Deployment Security Systems Management High Availability Density I/O and Storage Integer Performance Memory Throughput Floating Point Performance Scalability Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server • Fast disk technology — Integrated high-speed (3Gbps) SATA II controller (model-specific) and drives; RAID support standard • Fast communications — Integrated Gigabit Ethernet co
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Outstanding value in a high-performance single-socket tower server For More Information IBM System x Servers http://ibm.com/systems/x IBM System x and BladeCenter Power Configurator http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/powerconfig Standalone Solutions Configuration Tool http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/library/configtools.html Configuration and Options Guide http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseri
