A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server delivering power-optimized performance for
non-virtualized application workloads
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Product Guide
January 2008
IBM
System x3350
Product Overview
CONTENTS
Product Overview
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Selling Features
1
Key Features
3
Key Options
9
x3350 Images
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x3350 Specifications
12
The Bottom Line
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For More Information
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Legal Information
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A 1U uni server with the power of a 2-socket server
[
Suggested uses:
Workloads that traditionally require dual-processor systems, such as e-mail
and collaboration, Web serving and Java-based applications; deployments that require a
dedicated server with high RAS features; branch office and departmental server
.
]
You need the RAS features of a 1U two-socket server, but without the second processor. The
IBM
®
System
x3350
, incorporating IBM
X-Architecture
™
features, is a cost-efficient solution to
that dilemma. It’s a
single-socket
commercial application server that provides outstanding
reliability, availability and serviceability features, management control and levels of performance
previously available only with dual-processor systems. The x3350 affords lower costs, with leaner
power and cooling consumption than competitive 1U, two-processor servers. It supports, at the
high end, the latest enterprise-ready
quad-
and
dual-core
Intel
®
Xeon
™
processors, designed
with a speedy
1066MHz
front-side bus (FSB) and
8MB
(quad-core) or
1333MHz FSB
and
4MB
(dual-core) of L2 cache, to help provide the computing power you need to match your business
needs and growth. In addition, the x3350 uses industry-standard
DDR II
667MHz
memory with
ECC
(Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability.
Dual
integrated high-speed
Gigabit Ethernet
controllers with
load-sharing
and
failover
support are
standard, as are
two
high-performance
x8
PCI-E
adapter slots.
All models offer impressive scalability, including up to
8GB
of memory and a choice of high-
performance hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of
600GB
(
two 3.5-inch hot-swap
SAS
),
587.2GB
(
four 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS
), or
1.5TB
(
two 3.5-inch hot-swap
or
simple-
swap Serial ATA II
).
The integrated SAS/SATA controller provides
hardware
-based
RAID-0/1
standard for the hot-swap drives. (
Simple-swap
SATA models are
upgradeable
to RAID-0/1
support.) The ultradense
1U
form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and
spread their workload without outgrowing their current data center. Up to
42
of these
1U
servers
can be installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to
42
processors and
168
processor cores.
Optional Advanced Cabling Technology (
ACT)
reduces cable clutter and cost and minimizes
installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
Standard in the x3350 is an integrated
Baseboard Management Controller
(BMC) that enables
the user to manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. This level of
manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network usage
increases. The drop-down
light path diagnostics
panel enables quick servicing of the system if
a problem develops. Advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime,
including
simple-swap SATA HDDs
;
hot-swap/redundant SAS
HDDs
, integrated
RAID
;
temperature-controlled fans
with
Calibrated Vectored Cooling
™
;
IPMI 2.0
support, including
highly secure remote power control
, and
IPMI over LAN
.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as the BMC, light path
diagnostics,
IBM Director
,
IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86
(formerly
known as PowerExecutive),
IBM ServerGuide
™
and
support for the optional slotless
Remote
Supervisor Adapter
II SlimLine
, the x3350 is designed for superior uptime.
If you need highly manageable, single-socket/dual- or quad-core computing power, or low cost in
a rack-dense package, the x3350 is the ideal system.
Selling Features
Price/Performance
The x3350 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating
costs:
•
High-performance quad-core
or
dual-core
Xeon processor, high-end
1333MHz
FSB with
4MB
or
6MB
(dual-core) or
6MB
or
12MB
(quad-core) of integrated Level 2 cache per
processor, offering superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs.
•
Energy-efficient processors
draw less power and produce lest waste heat than higher-
voltage processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. The Xeon processors,
especially, are highly power-efficient, consuming only
65W
per
dual
-core processor
(
32.5W
per core
) or
95W
per
quad
-core processor (
23.75W
per core
).