IBM 7973E1U, 797516U, 7976LBU, x3400 Brochure

Affordable performance for growing businesses and branch offices

IBM System x3400

Highlights

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Value-priced, 2-socket design

allows for affordable business

growth and performance

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Flexible configuration options

meet today’

s business needs

while allowing for future growth

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Optional redundant features

help protect business-critical

data with minimal IT support

Ideal for growing businesses

The IBM System x3400 is an excellent

low-cost solution for gr

owing busi-

nesses or branch of

fices that rely on

24x7 availability and mission-critical

applications. Optional features let you

configure a server customized for your

needs—from basic file-and-print to a

robust, mission-critical application

server—saving you time and money.

Flexibility for your investment

For small organizations with big plans,

the x3400 can grow with you. Deploy

an infrastructure with less hardware,

that supports the same—or more—

applications. Start with a basic configu-

ration and add features and capacity to

accommodate your growing business.

For branch offices with demanding,

complex data transactions, the x3400

offers dual-socket computing power

and support for up to eight-cor

e

processor performance, making the

x3400 an affordable yet robust system.

Optional redundant features help main-

tain business-critical availability and

uptime.

Select configurations of the x3400 are

part of the IBM Express Portfolio™

designed and priced to meet the needs

of mid-sized businesses. Reliable and

easy to manage, Express models/

configurations vary by country.

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x3400 at a glance

Form factor/height

Tower/5U

1-year or 3-year customer replaceable unit and onsite limited
warranty

Limited warranty

3

Processor (max)

Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5120 up to 1.83 GHz and
up to 1333 MHz front-side bus or Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor E5430 up to 2.66 GHz

Number of processors (std/max)

1/2

L2 cache

2x2 MB (dual-core) or 2x4 MB (quad-core)

Memory1 (std/max)

1 GB/32 GB Fully Buffered DIMM 667 MHz via 8 DIMM slots

Expansion slots

3 PCI-Express, 2 PCI-X and 1 PCI

Disk bays (total/hot-swap)

4/0 or 8/8 (model dependent)

Maximum internal storage

1, 2

4.0 TB hot-swap SATA, 2.4 TB hot-swap SAS, or 3.0 TB
simple-swap SATA

Network interface

Integrated Gigabit Ethernet

Power supply (std/max)

670W 1/1 or 835W 1/2

Hot-swap components

Power supply, fans and hard disk drives

RAID support

Integrated RAID-0/-1/-10, optional RAID-5

Systems management

Automatic Server Restart; IBM Predictive Failure Analysis® on
hard disk drives, processors, VRMs, fans and memory;
integrated IPMI System Management Processor; IBM Director;
optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and
IBM ServerGuide™

Operating systems supported

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE
Linux, Novell NetWare, VMware ESX Server, SCO UnixWare,
SCO OpenServer

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1

Maximum internal hard disk and memory
capacities may require the replacement of any
standard hard drives and/or memory and the
population of all hard disk bays and memory
slots with the largest currently supported drives
available. When referring to variable speed
CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs and DVDs, actual
playback speed will vary and is often less than
the maximum possible.

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TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Accessible
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