This two-page data sheet describes the features, functions and benefits of the IBM System x3200 M3, a single-socket tower server that offers performance to help cost-sensitive organizations take on the challenges of IT with emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability.

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IBM System x3200 M3
Security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability –
delivered at the right price
The IBM System x3200 M3 offers enhanced performance to help you
Highlights take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on
security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability – delivered at the right
● Boost productivity with new high- price in a single-socket tower server.
performance capabilities, vast memory
and expanded storage capacity
High-performance capabilities
● Save on energy costs with integrated
power management tools The x3200 M3 supports the latest Intel® Xeon® quad-core and
Celeron®, Pentium® and Core™ i3 dual-core processors for exceptional
● Improve manageability and security
performance. Because your organisation must manage growing
with powerful built-in features.
volumes of data while maintaining high performance, the x3200 M3
offers vast memory capacity and disk storage.
Efficient power management
To enable energy savings, the x3200 M3 provides high-efficiency
power supplies (model dependent) and support for IBM Systems
Director Active Energy Manager, an energy usage monitoring tool.
Superior manageability and security
Managing your IT environment and addressing security concerns don’t
have to be difficult, resource-intensive tasks. The x3200 M3 offers
enhanced manageability and security to help you streamline processes
with features such as the Integrated Management Module (IMM) and
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2.
Select configurations of the x3200 M3 are part of the IBM Express
Advantage Portfolio, designed and priced to meet the needs of mid-
sized businesses. Easy to manage, Express models/configurations vary
by country.

2. System x3200 M3 at a glance
Processor (Central Processing Intel Xeon 3400 Series (quad-core) up to
Unit (CPU) GHz/Level 3 3.06 GHz/8 MB/1333 MHz or Intel Celeron,
(L3) cache/front-side bus Pentium or Core i3 (dual-core) up to
MHz max) 3.20 GHz/4 MB/1333 MHz
IBM United Kingdom Limited
Number of processors One/one PO Box 41
(std/max) North Harbour
Portsmouth
Memory (max) Up to 32 GB Double Data Rate 3 Hampshire
(DDR-3) 1066/1333 MHz Error Checking PO6 3AU
and Correction (ECC) memory, 1, 2 and United Kingdom
4 GB Unregistered Dual Inline Memory
IBM Ireland Limited
Modules (UDIMMs); 1, 2, 4 and 8 GB
Oldbrook House
Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs)
24-32 Pembroke Road
Expansion slots Two PCIe x8 Gen2, one PCIe x4, two PCI Dublin 4
(32-bit/33 MHz), one dedicated PCIe x4 for IBM Ireland Limited registered in Ireland under company
Redundant Array of Independent Disk number 16226.
(RAID)-0, -1 controller
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Disk bays (total/hot-swap) Four 3.5" simple-swap or hot-swap Serial
Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IBM, the IBM logo, ibm.com, Express Advantage,
hard disk drives (HDDs). Eight 2.5" hot-swap IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager and System x
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) HDDs (special are trademarks or registered trademarks of International
bid only) Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other
countries, or both. If these and other IBM trademarked
Maximum internal storage Up to 8.0 TeraByte (TB) SAS or SATA HDDs terms are marked on their first occurrence in this
information with a trademark symbol (® or ™), these symbols
Network interface Dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) indicate U.S. registered or common law trademarks owned
by IBM at the time this information was published. Such
Power supply (std/max) 401 W fixed one/one or 430 W hot-swap
trademarks may also be registered or common law
redundant two/two
trademarks in other countries.
Hot-swap components Four 3.5" SATA/SAS HDDs, eight 2.5" SAS A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the
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RAID support Hot-swap hardware RAID-0, -1 (standard),
simple-swap hardware RAID-0, -1 (optional); Intel, Celeron, Core, Xeon and Pentium are trademarks or
upgrade to RAID-5 optional registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries
in the United States and other countries.
Ports Seven Universal Serial Bus (USB)
(two front/four rear/one internal), Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the
two Ethernet, one serial and video United States, other countries, or both.
Systems management IMM with IPMI 2.0 and Serial over LAN, Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft
IBM Systems Director, IBM ServerGuide, Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
optional Virtual Media Key for remote
Other company, product and service names may be
presence, TPM 1.2
trademarks, or service marks of others.
Operating systems Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 STD,
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