IBM X3200 - Manual (Page 2)

An affordable single-socket, dual-core server with high performance and data protection for small
and medium businesses
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• One x8 high-speed PCI-E adapter slot offers investment protection by supporting high-performance
adapters, such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand cards, none of which will run in older
conventional PCI slots.
• Integrated hardware RAID-0/1/1E support at no extra charge and without consuming a valuable
adapter slot. RAID-0 offers improved disk performance via data striping; RAID-1 offers disk mirroring
for high availability, and RAID-1E provides mirroring functionality with an odd number of drives.
• Support for up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or SATA hard disk drives standard in some models
offer high-performance with high availability. The SAS/SATA controller provides full-duplex (2 x
300MBps) data transfers for SAS drives. For lower cost with high capacity, other models support up
to four simple-swap Serial ATA drives. The SATA drives offer performance approximately equal to
that of Ultra320 SCSI.
• The integrated Gigabit Ethernet controller with IPMI 1.5 support provides high-speed network
communications.
• A high degree of device integration, including SAS/SATA, RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, systems
management and video controllers, lowers costs and frees up valuable adapter slots.
Flexibility
The x3200 has the ability to grow with a customer’s application requirements, thanks to:
• Support for a choice of dual-core Pentium D processors with 2.8 and 3.4GHz clock rates, 800MHz
FSB and 130W power draw, or dual-core Xeon processors with 1.86, 2.13, and 2.4GHz clock rates,
1066MHz FSB, and 65W power draw.
• Up to 8GB of high-speed DDR2 system memory.
• Five available adapter slots: two high-performance PCI-E (x8, x1), and three legacy PCI (32-bit,
33MHz) slots in all models.
• The seven USB 2.0 ports (six external, one internal) are up to 40X faster 2 than older USB 1.1 ports.
This provides speedy access to external HDDs (non-arrayed), optical drives, internal and external
tape drives, and other USB devices. Two ports are on the front of the unit and four are on the back,
for easy access. The internal port is reserved for a half-high tape drive.
• Up to four internal 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA or hot-swap SAS or SATA HDDs and a half-high
tape drive, DVD-RAM drive or GoVault drive. This provides tremendous internal storage capability,
along with full data backup.
• Alternatively, iSCSI or Fibre Channel-attached storage can be attached using IBM System Storage ™
or TotalStorage servers.
Manageability
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3200:
• The x3200 includes a mini Baseboard Management Controller (mBMC) to monitor server
availability, perform Predictive Failure Analysis, etc., and trigger IBM Director alerts.
• Integrated IPMI 1.5 support alerts IBM Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as voltage
and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote power control using data encryption.
• IBM Director 5.1x is provided for proactive systems management. It comes with a portfolio of tools,
including Management Processor Assistant, RAID Manager, Update Assistant, Software Distribution
and a Real Time Diagnostics tool. In addition, IBM Director offers extended systems management
tools for additional server management and increased availability.
• An optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine provides additional systems management
capabilities, including Web-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and optical drive support;
Windows “blue screen” error capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote redirection of PCI video,
text, keyboard and mouse. And it does all this without consuming a valuable adapter slot.
Availability and Serviceability
The x3200 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
• x3200 servers use standard ECC memory, which can correct certain types of memory errors. This
can help reduce downtime caused by memory failure.
• Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts. Similarly, the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, simple-swap or hot-swap/redundant HDDs, as well as
hot-swap/redundant fans and power supplies (model-specific) can be installed and replaced
without tools, meaning greater system uptime while these components are being serviced.
2 Data transfer rates may be less than the maximum possible.