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IBM System x Tower Servers

IBM System x and BladeCenter servers help to deliver a dynamic infrastructure that provides leadership quality and service that you can trust, as well as:

  • Reduces operating costs with higher performance, energy efficiency, simplified management, virtualization and increased utilization
  • Manages present and future risk in challenging economic conditions with best-in-class RAS and future-proof IT
  • Improves service with an end-to-end approach to systems management.

The new generation of System x and BladeCenter servers delivers business value and reduces costs for clients through industry-leading scalability, virtualization and management capabilities.

IBM System x3200 M3

The IBM System x3200 M3 offers enhanced features and performance to help you take on the dynamic challenges of running IT with an emphasis on security, simplicity, efficiency and reliability – delivered at the right price in a single-socket tower server

  • Processor

    Intel® Xeon® 3400 Series (quad-core) up to 3.06 GHz or Intel® Celeron®, Pentium® or Core™ i3 (dual-core) up to 3.20 GHz
  • Maximum processors

    One
  • Maximum memory

    Double Data Rate 3 (DDR-3) Error Checking and Correction (ECC) memory, up to 1333 MHz; up to 32 GB max
  • Maximum hard drives

    Eight (support for special bid through sales configuration tool only)

IBM System x3400 M3

The x3400 M3 is a high-performance, cost-efficient tower server with large processing capacity and flexible configurations designed for demanding applications in growing businesses

  • Processor

    Four-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 with 12 MB optimised cache standard or six-core Intel® Xeon® 5600 with 12 MB optimised cache (configure to order only)
  • Maximum processors

    Two
  • Maximum memory

    16 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots max, 128 GB with Double Data Rate (DDR)-3 1333 MHz RDIMMs or 48 GB with DDR-3 1333 MHz UDIMMs
  • Maximum hard drives

    Eight 3.5" or 16 2.5" (configure to order only). Standard with four 3.5", eight 2.5" or 16 2.5"

IBM System x3500 M3

The x3500 M3 delivers extreme scalability of storage and memory while leveraging the high processing speed of the latest Intel® Xeon® processors for your critical business applications

Business use: Ideal uses include your custom business applications, distributed branch applications, file sharing, email and collaboration, web services, departmental database, small-scale virtualisation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM)

  • Processor

    Six-core Intel® Xeon® up to two X5690 3.46 GHz or four-core Intel® Xeon® X5687 3.60 GHz with 12 MB of cache per processor socket
  • Maximum processors

    Two
  • Maximum hard drives

    24 2.5" or eight 3.5" (configure to order only). Standard with eight 2.5" or 16 2.5""
  • Maximum memory

    16 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) slots maximum, 192 GB with Double Data Rate 3 (DDR-3) 1333 MHz Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or 48 GB with DDR-3 1333 MHz Unregistered DIMMs (UDIMMs)

For more information on IBM servers, speak to a specialist from our Server team on 0121 683 9566.

This information was last updated on 05/10/2011