IBM x3300 Servers

IBM x3300 M4 & M3 Information
The new IBM System x3300 M4 Express Model servers include quad-Core Intel Xeon E5-2407 2.2 GHz/6.4 GTS (10 MB cache) processor with data bus to the system with one Quickpath Interconnect (QPI) link, eight-port SAS/SATA with RAID controller, and one redundant 550 W 80 Plus Platinum certified power supply fitted standard.

 

The IBM System x3500 M3 provides performance and reliability for demanding distributed systems that require mission-critical applications to be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The x3500 M3 provides cutting-edge capacity, maximum high-speed I/O scalability, and durability with dual-socket computing power and support for up to 6-core CPU performance at lower per-core power consumption.

 

IBM x3300 M4 & M3 Specifications
IBM System x3300 M4 Specifications:

Form factor/height: Tower/4U (rack-mountable)

Processor (max): Up to two Intel Xeon E5- 2400 series processors

Number of processors (std/max): ½

Cache (max): Up to 20 MB per processor

Memory (max): Up to 192 GB, 12 slots (UDIMM/ RDIMM)

Expansion slots: Up to six PCIe expansion slots; five PCIe slots standard, plus one additional PCIe slot when the second processor is populated. An optional PCI- X slot is available via an interposer conversion kit

Disk bays: Eight 2.5- inch hot- swap or four 3.5- inch hot/ simple- swap bays standard, up to sixteen 2.5- inch hot- swap bays via optional upgrade kit, or eight 3.5- inch hot/ simple- swap bays via optional upgrade kit

Network interface: Intel I350 Quad 1 Gb Ethernet Controller (2 ports std, 2 ports via FoD)

Power supply (std/max): Fixed 460 W (1/ 1), redundant 550 W/ 750 W (1/ 2), 80 PLUS

RAID support: Integrated 3 Gbps software RAID- 0, – 1, – 10 standard, optional 6 Gbps hardware RAID- 0, – 1, – 10 or RAID-5, -50 or -6, -60

 

IBM System x3300 M3 Specifications:

Form factor: Tower or 5U Rack

Processor: Up to two six-core (up to 3.46 GHz) or quad-core (up to 3.6 GHz) Intel Xeon 5600 series processors with QuickPath Interconnect technology up to 6.4 GT/s, and up to 1333 MHz memory speed. Supports specific Quad-core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors via Configure-To-Order (CTO)

Memory cache: Up to 12 MB L3 for Xeon 5600 processors. Up to 8 MB L3 for Xeon 5500 processors

Chipset: Intel 5520

Memory: Up to 16 DIMM sockets (eight DIMMs per processor). Up to 192 GB with 16 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 12 populated DIMM slots (up to 96 GB with six DIMMs per processor), or up to 48 GB with 4 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and 12 populated DIMM slots (up to 24 GB with six DIMMs per processor)

Disk drive bays: Up to four 3.5″ Simple-Swap SATA HDDs, or up to eight 3.5″ hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs, or up to twenty-four 2.5″ hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or solid-state drives

RAID support: RAID 0, 1, 1E with M1015; RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 with M5014 or M5015. Optional upgrade to RAID 5 is available for M1015. Optional upgrade to RAID 6, 60 is available for M5014/M5015

Power supply: Up to two redundant hot-swap 920 W AC power supplies