IBM X3400 Folheto

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

 
 
 

 

October 2008 

  

 
 
 

 

IBM System x3400

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Outstanding performance, capacity and availability 

[Suggested uses: Small/medium businesses, large multilocation enterprises and bank branch offices 
seeking scalability, top performance and new availability features at an entry-level price.]  

The dual-socket IBM

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 System x3400, incorporating IBM X-Architecture

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 features, provides outstanding 

value to workgroups by combining scalable performance and availability features at an outstanding price. 
The x3400 supports the latest quad- and dual-core Intel

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 Xeon

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 processors, designed with up to a 

leading-edge 1333MHz front-side bus (FSB), 64-bit extensions (EM64T) and 6MB (dual-core) or 12MB 
(quad-core) of L2 cache and Hyper-Threading Technology, to help provide you with the computing 
power you need to match your business needs and growth. In addition, the x3400 uses industry-standard 
fully buffered 667MHz memory with Chipkill

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 ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high 

performance and reliability. For even higher levels of availability, the x3400 also offers a choice of optional 
online hot-spare memory or memory mirroring. An integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controller is 
standard, as are high-performance adapter slots (PCIe x8 and x4 and PCIx/133). 

All models offer impressive scalability, including dual-processor support, up to 32GB of memory and up to 
four simple-swap Serial ATA II (SATA II) hard disk drives with a total capacity of up to 3.0TB

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, or up to 

four high-performance hot-swap Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS) drives with an internal storage capacity of 
1.2TB. Specific models support an upgrade kit that increases hot-swap support to eight SATA or SAS 
drives (6.0TB or 2.4TB, respectively). For additional performance and high availability, the x3400 includes 
the hardware-based ServeRAID-8k-l controller standard, providing RAID-0/1/10 support. Additional RAID 
support is available via the optional IBM ServeRAID

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 family of SAS/SATA and Ultra320 SCSI controllers. 

The x3400 ships as a tower unit; an optional rack conversion kit turns the x3400 into a 5U rack-mounted 
server to save precious data center floor space. 

Standard in the x3400 is a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables users to manage 
and control the server easily. This high level of manageability is designed to keep costs down and the 
system up—even when network usage increases. Other advanced features that help maximize network 
availability by increasing uptime, include simple-swap or hot-swap/redundant HDDs, hot-
swap/redundant power and fans; Active Memory

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; integrated RAID; temperature-controlled fans with 

; industry-standard IPMI 2.0 support, including highly secure remote 

power control and Serial over LAN; as well as text-console redirect over LAN.  

With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as IBM Director, IBM ServerGuide

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and

 

support for the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3400 is equally well 

designed for a locally managed data center environment as for a remotely managed or stand-alone 
environment, while offering maximum availability. 

For a balance of high-performance dual-core, dual-socket processing, high availability and vast internal 
SAS storage at a budget price, the x3400 is the ideal system.

 

 

The x3400 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating costs: 
• Up 

to 

two multi-core Xeon processors with high-end 1066MHz or 1333MHz front side bus and either 

12MB or 6MB (processor-specific) of integrated Level 2 cache per processor offer superior 
performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs. 64-bit extensions provide the flexibility to run 32-
bit and 64-bit applications concurrently.  

•  Low-voltage processors draw less power and produce less waste heat than high-voltage processors, 

thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. On a per-core basis, the 80W quad-core processors 
consume only 20W per core, vs. 32.5W per core for the 65W dual-core processors. 

• Ultra-fast 

fully buffered 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory with Chipkill protection provides 

speed and high availability. 

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 GB equals 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible 

capacity may be less. 

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