A highly-affordable, ultradense, uniprocessor server for edge-of-network and Web-based
computing in space-constrained environments
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performance adapters, such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel cards, none of which will run in
older legacy PCI slots.
• Standard ServeRAID C100 for IBM System x provides integrated RAID-0/1 on SATA
models for no additional cost.
• Optional integrated hardware RAID-0/1/10/5/6 support offers improved performance and/or
redundancy, but doesn’t consume a valuable adapter slot.
• Support for two simple-swap 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives or up to four hot swap (HS)
or simple-swap (SS) 2.5-inch SAS HDDs (SS via CTO only) offers high-performance and
large capacity with high availability. The SAS/SATA controller provides full-duplex data
transfers for SAS drives.
• Up to two 3.5-inch enterprise-class SATA II or up to four 2.5-inch SAS hard disk drives
(model-specific) offer terrific price/performance (incorporating up to 6Gbps throughput).
• The two integrated single-port Gigabit Ethernet controllers with IPMI 2.0 support provide
high-speed network communications.
• A high degree of device integration, including SATA, systems management, video, dual
Gigabit Ethernet, and optional RAID controllers, lowers costs and frees up valuable adapter
slots.
• Energy-efficient components, including DDR3 memory and power supplies, help keep your
energy bills down.
The x3250 M4 has the ability to grow with your application requirements, thanks to:
• A choice of one quad-core Xeon E3 processor with 2.2 to 3.5GHz clock rate, 8MB of L3
cache, and 1333MHz memory access, or a dual-core Core i3 processor with a 3.1 or
3.3GHz clock rate, 3MB of L3 cache, and 1333MHz memory access.
• A choice of 20 or 65W dual-core or 45-95W quad-core processors.
• Up to 32GB of high-speed DDR3 system memory.
• Two adapter slots: one PCIe x8, plus one PCIe x4 (used by the ServeRAID-BR10il v2
controller, if installed) in all models.
• The seven USB 2.0 ports (two front, four rear, one internal) are up to 40X faster
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than older
USB 1.1 ports. This provides speedy access to external HDDs (non-arrayed), optical drives,
tape drives, and other USB devices. The internal ports can be used for an optional USB key
with embedded hypervisor and an internal data backup device, such as a tape drive or RDX
Removable Disk Cartridge drive.
• Up to two internal 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA or four 2.5-inch hot swap or simple-swap
SAS HDDs (model dependant), can be installed. Support for up to four simple-swap 2.5-
inch SAS drives is available via CTO. This provides tremendous internal storage capability,
along with full data backup.
• Alternatively, external SAS, SATA, iSCSI or Fibre Channel-attached storage can be
attached using IBM System Storage
®
servers.
Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3250
M4:
• The x3250 M4 includes an Integrated Management Module version 2 (IMM2) to monitor
server availability, perform Predictive Failure Analysis, etc., and trigger IBM Systems
Director alerts.
• Integrated industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) next-generation
BIOS. New capabilities include:
– Human readable event logs; no more beep codes
– Complete setup solution by allowing adapter configuration function to be moved into
UEFI
– Complete out-of-band coverage by Advance Settings Utility to simplify remote setup
• Integrated IPMI 2.0 support alerts IBM Systems Director to anomalous environmental
factors, such as voltage and thermal conditions.
• The completely redesigned IBM Systems Director is included for proactive systems
management. IBM Systems Director comes with a portfolio of tools, including Service and
Support Manager, and others. In addition, IBM Systems Director offers extended systems
management tools for additional server management and increased availability. When a
problem is encountered, IBM Systems Director can issue administrator alerts via e-mail,
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