IBM System x3400 7976KJG Leaflet

An affordable dual-socket, dual- and quad-core SMP server 
with high performance and data protection for small and 
medium businesses 

• Three high-speed PCIe and two PCIx adapter slots offer investment protection by supporting high-

performance adapters, such as 10Gb Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand cards, none of which will 
run in older 33MHz and 66MHz conventional PCI slots. 

• Integrated 

ServeRAID-8k-l provides hardware RAID-0/1/10 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-10 combines the benefits of speed and availability. 
The x3400 is upgradeable to full RAID-0/1/1E/5/6 support, using the optional ServeRAID-8k card. It 
also offers higher performance, due to the 256MB battery-backed onboard cache. 

•  Support for up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives standard offer high-performance with 

high availability. Some models also offer an optional upgrade to eight hot-swap SAS or SATA drives. 
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 four 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). 

• The 

integrated 

Gigabit Ethernet controller with IPMI 2.0 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. 

 

The x3400 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:  
•  Support for a choice of quad-core processors with 2.0 to 2.66GHz clock rates, 1333MHz FSB, and 

80W power draw or dual-core processors with 1.86GHz clock rate, 1066MHz FSB, and 80W power 
draw. 

• Up 

to 

32GB of high-speed fully-buffered DDR2 system memory. 

•  Three available high-performance PCIe adapter slots, two PCIx slots, and one legacy PCI slot in all 

models.  

• The 

standard 

ServeRAID-8k-l controller can be upgraded to the slotless ServeRAID-8k controller. It 

offers 256MB of battery-backed cache and six RAID levels. 

• The 

five USB 2.0 ports (four external, one internal) are up to 40X faster

 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 two are on the back, for easy 
access. 

•  Up to four internal 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA or hot-swap SAS or SATA HDDs and a half- or full-

high tape drive standard. Selected models offer an optional expansion kit that supports four additional 
hot-swap SAS or SATA drives, for a total of eight. This translates into as much as 6TB of internal 
SATA or 2.4TB of internal SAS storage (model-specific). 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 IBM TotalStorage

™

 servers. 

 

Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3400:  
•  The x3400 includes a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) to monitor server availability, 

perform Predictive Failure Analysis, etc., and trigger IBM Director alerts. 

• 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. 

•  Text Console Redirection support allows the administrator to remotely view x3400 text messages 

over Serial or LAN. 

• 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. It also adds PFA support for fans. And it does all this without consuming a 
valuable adapter slot. 

2

 Data transfer rates may be less than the maximum possible. 

Please see the Legal Information section for important notices and information. 

2