IBM System x3250 M4 At-a-glance Manual

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IBM System x3250 M4

IBM System x at-a-glance guide

The System x3250 M4 single-socket 1U rack server is designed for small businesses and first-time server
buyers looking for a solution to improve business efficiency. It delivers several IBM® innovative features
in a compact 1U form factor with a competitive price. The IBM System x3250 M4 provides next-generation
performance in an innovative and compact design with flexible configuration options, built-in security, and
systems management capabilities. This server is designed for infrastructure applications such as firewall,
security, disaster recovery, name server, authentication, credit card processing, email, domain controller,
and more. It leverages the next-generation dual-core and quad-core Intel Xeon processor technology.

Figure 1. IBM System x3250 M4

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The System x3250 M4 server is a compact, cost-effective, single-processor 1U rack server that has been
optimized to provide outstanding availability, manageability, and performance features to
small-to-medium-sized businesses, retail stores, or distributed enterprises. It supports the latest Xeon
processors for applications that require performance and stability, and Core i3 processors for applications
that require lower cost.

The system includes features not typically seen in this class of system, such as standard, embedded
RAID-0/1 for simple-swap models, remote control capabilities even when the machine is powered off, and
Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) on processor and memory. This flexible 1U rack-mountable server is
also highly upgradable and expandable, scaling from low-cost, fixed-function models to feature-rich,
highly available models.

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Locations of key components and connectors

Figure 2 shows the front of the server.

Figure 2. IBM System x3250 M4 rack server (front view)

Figure 3 shows the rear of the server.

Figure 3. IBM System x3250 M4 rack server (rear view)

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Figure 4 shows the locations of key components inside the server.

Figure 4. IBM System x3250 M4 rack server (inside view)

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Standard specifications

Table 1. Standard specifications (part 1)

Components Specification

Form factor 1U Rack.

Processor One quad-core Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processor (up to 3.5 GHz/8 MB) or one dual-core

Intel Core i3 2100 series processor (up to 3.3 GHz/3 MB) with up to 1333 MHz memory
speed. Supports specific quad-core and dual-core processors via Configure-To-Order (CTO).

Memory cache Up to 8 MB L3 for Intel Xeon E3-1200 series processors. Up to 3 MB L3 for Intel Core i3 2100

series processors.

Chipset Intel C202.

Memory DIMM slots 4.

Memory capacity Up to 32 GB with 8 GB DDR3 UDIMMs and four populated DIMM slots. RDIMMs are not

supported.

Memory protection ECC.

Disk drive bays Three configurations:



Up to two 3.5" simple-swap SATA HDDs (some models)

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Up to four 2.5" hot-swap SAS HDDs (some models)

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Up to four 2.5" simple-swap SAS HDDs (CTO only)

Maximum internal
storage

Up to 2.4 TB with 600 GB SAS HDDs, or up to 4.0 TB with 2 TB SATA HDDs. Intermix of
SAS/SATA is not supported.

RAID Support Software RAID 0, 1 with ServeRAID C100 controller. Optional hardware RAID 0, 1, 1E with

ServeRAID-BR10il v2 or M1015. Optional upgrade to RAID 5 is available for M1015 and
C100. Optional RAID 5, 50 with ServeRAID M5014.

Optical drive bays One, support for DVD-ROM or multiburner.

Tape drive bays No internal tape drive support.

Network interfaces Integrated 2 port Gigabit Ethernet/1 port is shared with IMM.

PCI Expansion slots Two PCI Express 2.0 slots:



One PCI Express 2.0 x4 (for use only by the optional BR10il v2 controller)



One PCI Express 2.0 x8

External ports Two USB 2.0 ports on front. Four USB 2.0, one DB-15 video, one DB-9 serial, two RJ-45

Gigabit Ethernet network ports (one is dedicated, one is shared with IMM) on rear.

Cooling IBM Calibrated Vectored Cooling™ with 4 fans and N+1 redundancy.

Power supply One fixed 300 W AC power supply or redundant 460 W AC power supply (model dependent)

Hot-swap

Hot-swap SAS drives (some models)

components

Systems
management

UEFI, IBM Integrated Management Module (IMM), Predictive Failure Analysis, Automatic
Server Restart, IBM Systems Director and IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™,
IBM ServerGuide.

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Table 1. Standard specifications (part 2)

Components Specification

Security features Power-on password, administrator's password, Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

Video Matrox G200eV with 16 MB memory integrated into the IMM. Maximum resolution is

1600x1200 at 85 Hz with 64 K colors.

Operating systems
supported

Limited warranty Three-year (2583) customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with

Service and Support Optional service upgrades are available through IBM ServicePacs®: 24x7/NBD or four hours

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 11.

9x5/next-business-day (NBD) response time.

onsite repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extension, remote technical support for IBM hardware
and selected IBM and third-party (Microsoft, Linux, VMware) software.

The x3250 M4 server ships with the following items:

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Statement of Limited Warranty

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Important Notices

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Rack installation instructions

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Documentation CD that contains the

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IBM Systems Director 6.2 Base for x86 DVD-ROM



Rack Mount Kit

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One 2.8 m C13 - C14 power cord

Installation and User's Guide

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Standard models

Table 2 lists the standard models.

Table 2. Standard models

Model† Intel Processor (one maximum)* Memory Disk

adapter

2583-32x 1x Pentium G850 2.9GHz 2C 3MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x3.5" SS Open 2 Open 300W

2583-42x 1x Corei3-2100 3.1GHz 2C 3MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2 3.5" SS Open 2 Open 300W

2583-62x 1x Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x3.5" SS Open 2 Open 300W

2583-72x 1x Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 4GB BR10ilv2 4x2.5" HS Open 2 Open 460W

HDD
bays

Disks GbE DVD PS

* Processor detail: Processor quantity, processor model, core speed, number of cores, L3 cache, front-side bus speed

Express models

Table 3 lists the Express models that are available in certain regions. Express models are preconfigured
with additional components such as processors, memory, and disks with the purpose of making the
ordering and installation process simpler.

Table 3. Express models

Model Intel Processor (one maximum)* Memory Disk

adapter

NA & LA

2583-EAU 1x Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x 3.5" SS 2x250† 2 Multi

2583-EBU 1x Xeon E3-1270 3.4GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 4GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

HDD
bays

Disks GbE DVD

NE & SW IOT

2583-E1G 1x Corei3-2100 3.1GHz 2C 3MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

2583-E2G 1x Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

2583-E3G 1x Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 4GB C100 2x 3.5" SS 1x250† 2 Multi

CEE & MEA

2583-E2G 1x Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

RCIS

2583-E2G 1x Xeon E3-1220 3.1GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 2GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

2583-E4G 1x Xeon E3-1240 3.3GHz 4C 8MB 1333MHz 1x 4GB C100 2x 3.5" SS Open 2 Multi

* Processor detail: Processor quantity, processor model, core speed, number of cores, L3 cache, front-side bus (FSB)
speed.
† These models have either one or two 250 GB SATA drives, as indicated.

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Processor options

The server supports only one processor, which is already installed in all standard and Express models. No
additional processor options are available. Table 4 lists all processors available in standard models of
x3250 M4 or via CTO. If there is no corresponding
processor is only available through the configure-to-order (CTO) process.

Table 4. Processor options

Part number Description Standard models where

None* Intel Pentium G840 2.8 GHz 2C 3 MB 1333 MHz DDR3 65W -

None* Intel Pentium G850 2.9 GHz 2C 3 MB 1333 MHz DDR3 65W 32x

None* Intel Pentium G860 3.0 GHz 2C 3 MB 1333 MHz DDR3 65W -

None* Intel Pentium G620 2.6 GHz 2C 3 MB 1066 MHz DDR3 65W -

None* Intel Pentium G630 2.7 GHz 2C 3 MB 1066 MHz DDR3 65W -

None* Intel Corei3-2100, 3.1 GHz 2C 3 M cache 1333 MHz DDR3 65 W 42x

None* Intel Corei3-2120, 3.3 GHz 2C 3 M cache 1333 MHz DDR3 65 W -

None* Intel Xeon E3-1220 3.1 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 80 W 62x

None* Intel Xeon E3-1220L 2.2 GHz 2C 3 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 20 W -

where-used

model for a particular processor, then that

used

None* Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.2 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 80 W -

None* Intel Xeon E3-1240 3.3 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 80 W -

None* Intel Xeon E3-1260L 2.3 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 45 W -

None* Intel Xeon E3-1270 3.4 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 80 W 72x

None* Intel Xeon E3-1280 3.5 GHz 4C 8 MB cache 1333 MHz DDR3 95 W -

* No additional processor options are available. The server supports only one processor, which is already
included in a standard or custom configuration.

Memory options

The x3250 M4 has four DIMM slots, and only DDR3 ECC UDIMMs are supported. The CPU has two
memory channels and there are two DIMMs per channel. If more than one DIMM is planned to be
installed, then DIMMs must be installed in a pair, and both DIMMs in a pair must be identical in type and
size. Table 5 lists the memory options supported by the server.

Table 5. Memory options

Part
number

44T1568 1 GB (1x 1 GB, 1Rx8) PC3-10600 CL9 ECC 1333 LP UDIMM 4 -

44T1570 2 GB (1x 2 GB, 1Rx8) PC3-10600 CL9 ECC 1333 LP UDIMM 4 32x, 42x, 62x

Description Maximum

supported

Standard models
where used

44T1571 4 GB (1x 4 GB, 2Rx8) PC3-10600 CL9 ECC 1333 LP UDIMM 4 72x

90Y3165 8GB (4Gb, 2Rx8) PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 LP UDIMM 4 -

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Internal disk storage options

The IBM System x3250 M4 supports the following internal disk storage configurations:



Two 3.5" Simple-Swap SATA hard drive bays



Four 2.5" SFF simple-swap SAS hard drive bays (CTO only)

Table 6 lists the hard drive options available for internal disk storage in the x3250 M4 server. The
intermixing of SAS and SATA drives is not supported.

Table 6. Disk drive options

Part number Description Maximum

supported

3.5" Simple-Swap SATA HDDs

39M4508 250 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Simple-Swap SATA II 2

39M4514 500 GB 7200 RPM 3.5" Simple-Swap SATA II 2

43W7750 IBM 250 GB 7.2K SATA 3.5" Simple-Swap HDD 2

None* IBM Server 1 TB 7200 SATA 3.5" Simple Swap HDD 2

42D0787 IBM 2 TB 7200 NL SATA 3.5" SS HDD 2

2.5" Simple-Swap SAS HDDs

49Y1991 IBM 300 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

49Y1996 IBM 146 GB 15K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

49Y2027 IBM 600 GB 10K 6 Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

81Y9734 IBM 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

81Y9738 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

81Y9742 IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD 4

2.5" Hot-Swap SAS HDDs

42D0707 IBM 500GB 7200 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD 4

42D0677 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD 4

42D0637 IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD 4

49Y2003 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD 4

This drive cannot be ordered separately. It is only available via special bid or the CTO process

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