IBM System x3200 M3
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Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view x3200 M3 text messages
over Serial or LAN connections.
Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) next-generation BIOS.
New capabilities include:
Human readable event logs — no more beep codes.
Complete out-of-band coverage by the Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup.
A complete setup solution, allowing adapter configuration functions to be moved into UEFI.
Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.
Industry-standard AES NI support for faster, stronger encryption.
Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental factors, such as
voltage and thermal conditions. It also supports highly secure remote power control using data
encryption.
IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systems management. IBM Systems Director comes
with a portfolio of tools, including IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager, IBM Service and
Support Manager, and others. IBM Systems Director also offers extended systems management tools
for additional server management and increased availability. When a problem is encountered, IBM
Systems Director can issue administrator alerts via email, pager, and other methods.
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager provides advanced power management features with
actual real-time energy monitoring, reporting, and capping features.
Availability and serviceability
The System x3200 M3 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
The x3200 M3 servers offer ECC memory protection. This can help reduce downtime caused by
memory errors.
Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts, such as HDDs and
memory. Similarly, the Virtual Media Key and the ServeRAID controller can be installed and replaced
without tools. This means less time (and therefore less money) spent servicing the x3200 M3.
Certain models of the server offers the option of hot-swap and redundant power supplies and
hot-swap disk drives (redundant when implemented in conjunction with a RAID controller). These
features mean greater system uptime.
Toolless slides ship with the server, together with a cable management arm (CMA), that allows the
rack server to easily slide into place.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) offer significantly better reliability than traditional mechanical HDDs for
greater uptime.
The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty provides peace of mind and greater
investment protection than a one-year warranty does.
Energy efficiency
The System x3200 M3 has an energy-efficient design with features including the following:
Low-voltage processors draw less energy and produce less waste heat than high-voltage processors,
thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. The available dual-core Xeon L3406 processor use
only 30 W.
Optional solid-state drives (SSDs) use only 2 W of power per drive, compared to 9 - 10 W for 2.5-inch
HDDs. This is as much as 80% less power than a 2.5-inch HDD would use, with a corresponding
reduction in heat output that further improves the overall bottom line.
