IBM System x3350 Product Manual
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January 2008
Product Overview
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Product Overview
Selling Features
Key Features
Key Options
x3350 Images
x3350 Specifications
The Bottom Line
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IBM System x3350
A 1U uni server with the power of a 2-socket server
[Suggested uses: Workloads that traditionally require dual-processor systems, such as e-mail
and collaboration, Web serving and Java-based applications; deployments that require a
dedicated server with high RAS features; branch office and departmental server.]
You need the RAS features of a 1U two-socket server, but without the second processor. The
IBM® System x3350, incorporating IBM X-Architecture™ features, is a cost-efficient solution to
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that dilemma. It’s a single-socket commercial application server that provides outstanding
reliability, availability and serviceability features, management control and levels of performance
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previously available only with dual-processor systems. The x3350 affords lower costs, with leaner
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power and cooling consumption than competitive 1U, two-processor servers. It supports, at the
high end, the latest enterprise-ready quad- and dual-core Intel® Xeon™ processors, designed
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with a speedy 1066MHz front-side bus (FSB) and 8MB (quad-core) or 1333MHz FSB and 4MB
(dual-core) of L2 cache, to help provide the computing power you need to match your business
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needs and growth. In addition, the x3350 uses industry-standard DDR II 667MHz memory with
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ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) protection—for high performance and reliability. Dual
integrated high-speed Gigabit Ethernet controllers with load-sharing and failover support are
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standard, as are two high-performance x8 PCI-E adapter slots.
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All models offer impressive scalability, including up to 8GB of memory and a choice of highperformance hard disk drives with an internal storage capacity of 600GB (two 3.5-inch hot-swap
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SAS), 587.2GB (four 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS), or 1.5TB (two 3.5-inch hot-swap or simpleswap Serial ATA II). The integrated SAS/SATA controller provides hardware-based RAID-0/1
standard for the hot-swap drives. (Simple-swap SATA models are upgradeable to RAID-0/1
support.) The ultradense 1U form factor allows businesses to increase their computing power and
spread their workload without outgrowing their current data center. Up to 42 of these 1U servers
can be installed in a single 42U rack, for a total of up to 42 processors and 168 processor cores.
Optional Advanced Cabling Technology (ACT) reduces cable clutter and cost and minimizes
installation time when interconnecting many rack-mounted servers.
Standard in the x3350 is an integrated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) that enables
the user to manage and control the server easily—both locally and remotely. This level of
manageability is designed to keep costs down and the system up—even when network usage
increases. The drop-down light path diagnostics panel enables quick servicing of the system if
a problem develops. Advanced features help maximize network availability by increasing uptime,
including simple-swap SATA HDDs; hot-swap/redundant SAS HDDs, integrated RAID;
temperature-controlled fans with Calibrated Vectored Cooling™; IPMI 2.0 support, including
highly secure remote power control, and IPMI over LAN.
With the inclusion of unique IBM service and support features such as the BMC, light path
diagnostics, IBM Director, IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager for x86 (formerly
known as PowerExecutive), IBM ServerGuide™ and support for the optional slotless Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the x3350 is designed for superior uptime.
If you need highly manageable, single-socket/dual- or quad-core computing power, or low cost in
a rack-dense package, the x3350 is the ideal system.
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Selling Features
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rice/Performance
The x3350 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce product and operating
costs:
• High-performance quad-core or dual-core Xeon processor, high-end 1333MHz FSB with
4MB or 6MB (dual-core) or 6MB or 12MB (quad-core) of integrated Level 2 cache per
processor, offering superior performance capable of tackling the toughest jobs.
• Energy-efficient processors draw less power and produce lest waste heat than higher-
voltage processors, thus helping to reduce data center energy costs. The Xeon processors,
especially, are highly power-efficient, consuming only 65W per dual-core processor (32.5W
per core) or 95W per quad-core processor (23.75W per core).
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Ultra-fast 667MHz PC2-5300 DDR II ECC memory provides speed and high availability.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• The integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers with IPMI 2.0 support provide high-speed
network communications with failover capability.
• 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.
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lexibility
The x3350 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:
• A choice of processors with 2.33 to 3.0GHz clock rates, 1333MHz FSB, and 65W to 95W
power draw.
• Up to 8GB of high-speed DDR2 system memory in four DIMM slots.
• Two available high-performance PCI-E adapter slots in all models.
• The optional ServeRAID-MR10i controller supports up to four internal drives in a RAID-
0/1/10/5/6 array.
• The four USB 2.0 ports are up to 40X faster1 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.
• The integrated BMC is upgradeable to the advanced BMC capability of the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine2.
• 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.
• Alternatively, iSCSI or Fibre Channel-attached storage can be attached using IBM System
Storage or TotalStorage™ servers.
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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
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Although the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine has a dedicated slot, its use precludes the use of adapter Slot 2.
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Key Features
management capabilities, including W
drive support; Windows “blue screen” error capture; LDAP and SSL support; and remote
redirection of PCI video, text, keyboard and mouse.
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vailability and Serviceability
The x3350 provides many features to simplify serviceability and increase system uptime:
• Toolless cover removal provides easy access to upgrades and serviceable parts. Similarly,
many components can be installed or replaced without tools. This means less time (and
therefore less money) spent servicing the x3350. In addition, hot-swap/simple-swap HDDs,
can mean greater system uptime while these components
• Toolless slides ship with the server. They allow the rack server to easily slide into place
without the need for tools.
• Integrated RAID-1 disk mirroring arrays standard (hot-swap models) enable the server to
keep operating in the event of a failure to any one drive.
• The drop-down light path diagnostics panel and individual light path LEDs quickly lead the
technician to failed (or failing) components. This simplifies servicing, speeds up problem
resolution and helps improve network availability.
• IPMI 2.0 supports highly secure remote system power control using data encryption. This
allows an administrator to restart a server without having to visit it in person, saving travel time
and getting the server back up and running quickly and securely.
• Temperature-controlled fans adjust to compensate for changing thermal characteristics. At
the lower speeds they draw less power and suffer less wear. Equally important in a crowded
data center, temperature-controlled fans produce less ambient noise in the data center than if
they were constantly running at full speed.
• The three-year (parts and labor) limited onsite warranty3 (model-specific) offers peace of
mind and greater potential investment protection than a one-year warranty does.
The x3350 supports one of several low-cost or high-performance processors, allowing you to
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hoose the processor that best fits your business needs. The x3350 offers a choice of processor
clock rates, FSB speeds and power draw:
• 95W quad-core Xeon processor models X3350 or X3360 running at 2.66 or 2.83GHz
(respectively), with 64-bit extensions, (23.75W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 12MB of L2
processor cache (2 x 4MB)
• 95W quad-core Xeon processor model X3320 running at 2.5GHz, with 64-bit extensions,
(23.75W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 6MB of L2 processor cache (2 x 4MB)
• 65W dual-core Xeon processor model E3110 running at 3.0GHz, with 64-bit extensions, low
power draw (32
• 65W dual-core Xeon processor models 3065 or 3075 running at 2.33 or 2.66GHz
(respectively), with 64-bit extensions, low power draw (32.5W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and
4MB of L2 processor cache
The dual-core processors contain two complete processor cores; quad-core processors,
similarly, contain four cores. Dual-core processors contain one unified cache shared by both
cores, while quad-core processors have independent caches (one per pair of cores). The shared
cache is dynamically allocated between the two cores as needed. The two cores appear to
software as two physical processors. The dual-core processors offer considerably higher
performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with a single core. Likewise, quad-core
processors offer considerably higher performance than a same-speed Xeon processor with dual
cores.
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) 64-bit extensions allow the Xeon processor to
use large memory addressing when running with a 64-bit operating system. This in turn lets
individual software processes directly access more than 4GB of RAM, which was the limit of 32bit addressing. This can result in much higher performance for certain kinds of programs, such as
database management and CAD. Additional registers and instructions (SSE3) can further boost
performance for applications written to use them. Contact your software provider to determine
their software support for EM64T.
The 1333MHz FSB (which connects memory to the processor) offers a peak rate of 10.67GBps,
.5W per core), a 1333MHz FSB, and 6MB of L2 processor cache
eb-based out-of-band control; virtual floppy and optical
are being serviced.
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For terms and conditions or copies of the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, call 800-772-2227 in the U.S. In Canada call 800-
426-2255. Telephone support may be subject to additional charges. For warranties including onsite labor, a technician is sent after
IBM attempts to resolve the problem remotely. International warranty service is available in any country in which this product is
sold.
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This may result in much higher data transfer rates.
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ntelligent Power Capability powers individual processor elements on and off as needed, to
reduce power draw.
Execute Disable Bit functionality can help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow
attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
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DR II ECC Memory
The x3350 ships with two DIMMs and supports up to 8GB of memory in 4 DIMM sockets. It uses
PC2-5300 double data rate II (DDR II) memory (operating at 667MHz) for fast access, and ECC
memory protection, for potentially higher system availability than non-ECC memory can provide.
The system requires either two or four DIMMs and operates in two-way interleaved mode, for
higher performance than noninterleaved mode. Additional memory is available in kits consisting
of two 512MB, 1GB, or 2GB DIMMs.
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igh-Performance Adapter Slots
The x3350 provides two x8 (“by 8”) 4GBps PCI-E (PCI Express) adapter slots standard. Each is
capable of supporting physical x1/x4/x8 adapters at their rated speeds. Both slots are half-
length/full-height.
PCI Express is a high-performance, low-latency, next-generation serial I/O bus that is rapidly
replacing the older parallel PCI and PCI-X buses. A x8 PCI-E adapter offers approximately four
times the maximum throughput of a 133MHz PCI-X adapter4. (A x1 adapter offers throughput
similar to a 66MHz PCI-X slot.)
Because the SAS/SATA, dual Gigabit Ethernet, BMC and video controllers are integrated onto
the system board, the two adapter slots are both available, which offers a wide degree of latitude
in expansion options.
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arge HDD Storage Capacity
The x3350 offers a choice of disk storage, supporting up to two (3.5-inch) or four (2.5-inch) hotswap high-performance SAS drives, or two (3.5-inch) hot-swap5 or simple-swap SATA II
drives:
3.5-inch SAS
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0,000 RPMs —73.4, 146.8 or 300GB (600GB maximum)
• 15,000 RPMs —73.4 or 146.8GB (293.6GB)
2.5-inch SAS
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0,000 RPMs —73.4 or 146.8GB (587.2GB)
3.5-inch SATA
• 7
,200 RPMs —160, 250, 500, or 750GB (1.5TB)
Notes: 2-5-inch drives not only require less space than 3.5-inch drives, they weigh less, consume
half the power, produce less noise, seek faster, and offer increased reliability. Simple-swap SATA
drives are not hot-swappable (the system must first be powered off); however, no tools or
jumpers are required for installation and removal, allowing for faster, simpler servicing than fixed
drives. The hot-swap SAS drives use the Converged Tray for interchangeability with other IBM
System x™ systems. If you need more storage space, terabyte capacities are possible with
external direct-attach, NAS and SAN solutions. The x3350 does not support mixing SAS and
SATA drives, or 10K and 15K RPM drives in the same system.
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rive Bays
The x3350 contains either three or five drive bays in all, depending on the model. Some models
offer two 3.5-inch bays that support hot-swap SAS or SATA II6 or simple-swap SATA II drives.
This enables up to two slimline (1.0") drives to be installed, totaling up to 600GB (SAS) or 1.5TB
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Actual throughput will depend on the adapter vendor’s implementation.
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Hot-swap SATA drives are supported in special bid or CTO systems only.
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Hot-swap SATA drives are supported in special bid or CTO systems only.
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(SATA).
Other models feature four 2.5-inch bays that support hot-swap SAS drives totaling up to
587.2GB.
Hot-swap drives may be inserted or removed through the front of the server without powering off
the system. Simple-swap drives can be inserted or removed through the front of the server
without tools as well; however, the system power must first be turned off.
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Light Path Diagnostics
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For additional storage, a direct-attach, iSCSI or FC SAN external expansion option can be added,
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sing an optional controller.
A 24X/24X/24X/10X7 speed (ultraslim, 0.5”/12.7mm) CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo drive with an
IDE interface ships standard in all x3350 servers. No diskette drive is supplied; an external USB
floppy drive may be used, if needed.
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isk Controllers
All hot-swap x3350 models include an integrated LSI 1064E Serial-Attach SCSI (SAS)
controller. This controller supports up to four internal 2.5-inch SAS LVD (low-voltage differential)
drives, or two 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives. Simple-swap SATA models have a separate
controller, which supports up to two internal SATA drives. (The LSI RAID controller is available
as an option for the simple-swap models.)
The integrated LSI RAID controller offers hardware RAID-0/1 support for the hot-swap drives,
without consuming a valuable adapter slot. The controller provides data transfer speeds of up to
300MB per second (3Gbps)8 in each direction (full-duplex) to SAS drives, for an aggregate
speed of 600MBps, nearly double that of Ultra320 SCSI’s 320MBps (half-duplex) bandwidth. The
serial design of the SAS bus allows maximum performance to be maintained as additional drives
are added.
SATA II drives also operate at a data transfer speed of up to 300MB per second (but in half-
duplex mode). The SATA 3Gbps controller integrated in the simple-swap SATA models
supports up to two internal SATA II drives, with maximum data transfer rates of up to 300MB
(half-duplex) per second. This is throughput is similar to that of Ultra320 SCSI.
The optional ServeRAID-MR10i full-height/half-length PCI-E x8 controller supports up to four
internal SAS or SATA HDDs. It provides RAID-0/1/10/5/69 support and 256MB of optional
onboard write-back cache (with battery backup).
For external storage, the Se
four IBM System Storage EXP3000 SAS expansion units (48 HDDs total). It provides RAID-
0/1/10/5/50/6/60 support and 256MB of onboard cache.
Additional external SAS/SATA storage is available using the optional IBM HBA SAS controller, or
one of several supported iSCSI or FC SAN HBAs.
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ual Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
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e x3350 includes two integrated Broadcom 5722 Gigabit Ethernet controllers for up to 10X
higher maximum throughput than a 10/100 Ethernet controller. Both support load balancing and
failover.
Both controllers support highly secure remote power management using IPMI 2.0, plus Wake on
LAN® and PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) flash interface. Optional PCI adapters offering
failover and load balancing between adapters are available for added throughput and increased
system availability.
rveRAID-MR10M PCI-E x8 controller enables connection to up to
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Variable read rate. Actual playback speed varies and is often less than the maximum possible.
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Data transfer rates depend on many factors and are often less than the maximum possible.
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RAID-5 and RAID-6 require three or four HDD, respectively; therefore they are available only on models with 2.5-inch HDDs.
ot-Swap/Redundant Components
System availability is maximized through the extensive use of hot-swap and redundant
components, including:
• Hot-swap, redundant hard disk drives (with RAID-1/10 protection standard and four other
RAID levels optional)
• Hot-swap, redundant power supplies (optional)
• Hot-swap, redundant cooling fans (standard)
Light path diagnostics enables a technician to quickly identify and locate a failed or failing system
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omponent, such as a specific fan or memory DIMM. This enables quick replacement of the
component, which helps increase server uptime and lower operating costs.
The front of the server has an LED indicator light to show possible component failures. If the front
LED indicates an error condition, by pressing a button on the front of the server an LED panel will
pop out and drop down for easy viewing without the need to open the server cover or remove the
server from the rack. The light path diagnostics panel tells the servicer which component requires
attention. In addition, many components have their own identifying LEDs. For example, each of
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