A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server delivering power-optimized performance for
non-virtualized application workloads
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Ultra-fast
667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II
ECC memory provides speed and high availability.
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Two
high-throughput PCI-E x8 adapter slots
offer potential investment protection by
supporting high-performance adapters, such as Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand
cards, none of which will run in older legacy PCI slots.
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Integrated
RAID-0
/
1
support (standard in
hot
-swap models; optional in
simple
-swap models)
at no extra charge and without consuming a valuable adapter slot. RAID-0 offers improved
disk performance via data striping and RAID-1 offers disk mirroring for high availability. The
x3350 is upgradeable to full
RAID-10/5/6
support, using the optional
ServeRAID-MR10i
card.
It also offers higher performance, with
256MB
of
optional
onboard
write-back ECC cache
memory with battery backup.
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Up to
two 3.5-inch
or
four 2.5-inch
(depending on the model)
hot-swap SAS
hard disk
drives offer high-performance with high availability. The SAS controller provides
full
-duplex (
2
x 300MBps
) data transfers for SAS drives. For lower cost and high capacity, other models
support up to
two
simple-swap Serial ATA
drives. The SATA II drives offer performance
nearly equal to that of Ultra320 SCSI (
300MBps
half
-duplex vs. 320MBps half-duplex,
respectively).
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The integrated
dual Gigabit Ethernet
controllers with
IPMI 2.0
support provide high-speed
network communications with
failover
capability.
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A
high degree of device integration
—including SAS or SATA, RAID, dual Gigabit Ethernet,
systems management and video controllers—lowers costs and frees up valuable adapter
slots.
Flexibility
The x3350 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:
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A choice of processors with
2.33
to
3.0GHz
clock rates,
1333MHz
FSB, and
65W
to
95W
power draw.
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Up to
8GB
of high-speed DDR2 system memory in
four
DIMM slots.
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Two
available
high-performance
PCI-E
adapter slots in all models.
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The optional
ServeRAID-MR10i
controller supports up to
four
internal
drives in a
RAID-
0/1/10/5/6
array.
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The
four USB 2.0
ports are up to
40X
faster
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than older
USB 1.1
ports. This provides speedy
access to external HDDs (non-arrayed), optical drives, tape drives, and other USB devices.
Two ports are on the front of the unit and two are on the back.
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The integrated BMC is upgradeable to the advanced BMC capability of the
Remote
Supervisor Adapter II
SlimLine
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.
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A choice of up to
two
internal
3.5-inch hot-swap SAS
or
simple-swap SATA II
HDDs or
four
2.5-inch hot-swap SAS HDDs
(depending on the model) offer a variety of
storage options.
The 3.5-inch SAS models provide a maximum of
600GB
of internal
hot-swap
storage. The
2.5-inch SAS models support up to
587.2GB
of
hot-swap SAS
storage. The 3.5-inch SATA
models (hot-swap or simple-swap) provide a maximum of
1.5TB
of internal
simple-swap
storage.
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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 x3350:
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The x3350 includes a
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
provides enterprise-class
systems management, by monitoring server availability, performing Predictive Failure
Analysis, etc., and then triggering IBM Director alerts. The BMC enables service personnel to
use sophisticated diagnostic tools, such as light path diagnostics, to resolve problems quickly.
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Integrated
IPMI 2.0
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.
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IBM
Director
is provided for proactive systems management. It comes with a portfolio of tools,
including
Management Processor Assistant, RAID Manager, Update Assistant,
and
Software
Distribution
. In addition, IBM Director offers extended systems management tools for
additional server management and increased availability.
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An optional
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
provides additional advanced systems
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Data transfer rates may be less than the maximum possible.
2
Although the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine has a dedicated slot, its use precludes the use of adapter
Slot 2
.