IBM System x3200 M2

The IBM System x3200 M2 is an affordable, single-socket tower server that offers more performance, configuration flexibility and availability features than many other servers in its class.
Ideal applications include: retail, distributed applications, e-mail and collaboration, network infrastructure and file and print.
ProcessorIntel® Xeon® (quad-core or dual-core)
Maximum processors1
Maximum memoryUp to 8GB double data rate (DDR) II 667MHz or 800MHz
Maximum hard drives : 8

IBM System x3100 M3

The IBM System x3200 M2 is an affordable, single-socket tower server that offers more performance, configuration flexibility and availability features than many other servers in its class.
Ideal applications include: retail, distributed applications, e-mail and collaboration, network infrastructure and file and print.
ProcessorIntel® Xeon® (quad-core or dual-core)
Maximum processors1
Maximum memoryUp to 8GB double data rate (DDR) II 667MHz or 800MHz
Maximum hard drives

IBM Intelligent Cluster

HighlightsLeading-edge technology with flexibility of choice
High performance
Energy and space efficient
Easily deployed, operated and maintained.
Leading-edge technology with flexibility of choiceIBM Intelligent Cluster integrated solutions are built on the highly innovative IBM System x rack, BladeCenter and iDataPlex servers. Whether you are building a small departmental cluster or a super computer, IBM’s broad portfolio of server solutions can be optimised to meet client-specific requirements.

High performance is paramountHPC workloads will benefit by up to twice the performance. Our integrated cluster solutions offer significant price/performance advantages for many high-performance workloads by harnessing the advantages of highly innovative servers. By design, a range of application environments will benefit, including those optimised for industrial design and manufacturing, financial services, life sciences, government and education.

Energy and space efficientIntelligent Cluster solutions that integrate BladeCenter or iDataPlex servers can reduce power and cooling costs by up to 50 percent, while maximising performance density, which is critical for HPC workloads.

Easily deployed, operated and maintainedIntelligent Cluster integrated HPC solutions include servers, storage and industry-leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) interconnects that are factory-integrated, fully tested and delivered to your door, ready to plug into your data centre, all with a single point of contact (SPOC) for support.

IBM New Server Information

BANGALORE: IBM on Monday launched globally its next generation Power server, the server that caters to that intermediary (Unix) segment between the powerful mainframe computers and the lower end X86 based servers, and on which a lot of corporate India’s applications run.
Called Power7, the server is said to be a big leap over Power6 that came in 2007. Alok Ohrie, director for the systems and technology group in IBM India, claimed it would be a game changer especially for India, which is a strong Unix market.
Power 7 is said to have four times the processing capability of P6, as also of competing platforms from Oracle/Sun and HP/Intel, and 2 to 3 times the energy efficiency of P6.
“What that means is, you can process and analyse millions of more transactions in the same time as previous generations of systems did, and it therefore significantly improves a company’s decision making capability,” Ohrie said.
The Power range caters to small and large enterprises, but Ohrie expects companies in banking and finance, telecom and public sector to be among the early adopters of P7.
“These are the fastest growing segments of industry, and their computing capacities are peaking. In telecom, for instance, once number portability comes in, it will become critical for operators to analyse and understand customers better in order to retain them. And that will require a lot more processing power,” he said.
Higher processing power often comes at a higher cost because of either more power consumption or because of bigger chips or systems that take up more space (adding to real estate cost). But in the case of P7, IBM claims the design is such that neither rises significantly, and hence the total cost of operation actually comes down substantially in comparison to older Unix systems.
The P7 launch is said to have been advanced, and, according to an analyst writing in the industry publication The Register, IBM “wanted to get out in front of a whole lot of processor and systems launches that are expected between now and the summer”.
He goes on to write: “The machines announced today are clearly aimed at blunting the attack of midrange X64, Itanium (from Intel-HP ), and Sparc (Sun) servers as well as some bigger boxes that are going to start creeping up into the power class of the current top-end Power6-based Power 595 machine.”
In India, IBM was No.1 in the non-x 86 Unix server market with a 38.87% market share in terms of factory revenue for the first half of 2009, according to research firm IDC. The marketshare has grown compared to that in the previous two years. With P7, IBM may be able to further consolidate that position.

IBM launches powerful new server

IBM on Monday launched globally its next generation Power server, the server that caters to that intermediary (Unix) segment between the powerful mainframe computers and the lower end X86 based servers, and on which a lot of corporate India’s applications run.

Called Power7, the server is said to be a big leap over Power6 that came in 2007. Alok Ohrie, director for the systems and technology group in IBM India, claimed it would be a game changer especially for India, which is a strong Unix market. Power7 is said to have four times the processing capability of P6, as also of competing platforms from Oracle/Sun and HP/Intel, and 2 to 3 times the energy efficiency of P6. “What that means is, you can process and analyse millions of more transactions in the same time as previous generations of systems did, and it therefore significantly improves a company’s decision making capability,” Ohrie said. The Power range caters to small and large enterprises, but Ohrie expects companies in banking and finance, telecom and public sector to be among the early adopters of P7. “These are the fastest growing segments of industry, and their computing capacities are peaking. In telecom, for instance, once number portability comes in, it will become critical for operators to analyse and understand customers better in order to retain them. And that will require a lot more processing power,” he said.

Higher processing power often comes at a higher cost because of either more power consumption or because of bigger chips or systems that take up more space (adding to real estate cost). But in the case of P7, IBM claims the design is such that neither rises significantly, and hence the total cost of operation actually comes down substantially in comparison to older Unix systems.

The P7 launch is said to have been advanced, and, according to an analyst writing in the industry publication The Register, IBM “wanted to get out in front of a whole lot of processor and systems launches that are expected between now and the summer”. He goes on to write: “The machines announced today are clearly aimed at blunting the attack of midrange X64, Itanium (from Intel-HP), and Sparc (Sun) servers as well as some bigger boxes that are going to start creeping up into the power class of the current top-end Power6-based Power 595 machine.”

In India, IBM was No.1 in the non-x86 Unix server market with a 38.87% market share in terms of factory revenue for the first half of 2009, according to research firm IDC. The marketshare has grown compared to that in the previous two years. With P7, IBM may be able to further consolidate that position.

P7’s India connections
IBM’s Systems & Technology Lab in India is said to have made significant contributions to the P7 programme, developing and enabling key hardware and software functions. “Major contributions were in terms of hardware design and verification of various components of P7 processor, platform bring-up, enabling soft functions through Power Firmware, AIX and Linux, hardware systems test and platform management,” IBM said. Another India connection is that the programme is led by Satya Sharma, an IBM Fellow and the CTO for the Power systems division. Sharma is said to have started his career in India. IBM Fellow is the Big Blue’s highest technical honour and Fellows are selected for sustained and distinguished technical achievements in engineering, programming and technology

Server-side scripting

Server-side scripting is a web server technology in which a user's request is fulfilled by running a script directly on the web server to generate dynamic web pages. It is usually used to provide interactive web sites that interface to databases or other data stores. This is different from client-side scripting where scripts are run by the viewing web browser, usually in JavaScript. The primary advantage to server-side scripting is the ability to highly customize the response based on the user's requirements, access rights, or queries into data stores.

When the server serves data in a commonly used manner, for example according to the HTTP or FTP protocols, users may have their choice of a number of client programs (most modern web browsers can request and receive data using both of those protocols). In the case of more specialized applications, programmers may write their own server, client, and communications protocol, that can only be used with one another.

Programs that run on a user's local computer without ever sending or receiving data over a network are not considered clients, and so the operations of such programs would not be considered client-side operations.

Mainframe Computer

mainframe
A very large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds, or even thousands, of users simultaneously. In the hierarchy that starts with a simple microprocessor (in watches, for example) at the bottom and moves to supercomputers at the top, mainframes are just below supercomputers. In some ways, mainframes are more powerful than supercomputers because they support more simultaneous programs. But supercomputers can execute a single program faster than a mainframe. The distinction between small mainframes and minicomputers is vague, depending really on how the manufacturer wants to market its machines

The long wait is over. On July 22, IBM announced the next generation of mainframe processors. IBM officially calls the new processor the zEnterprise 196, or z196, machine type 2817. The new machine boasts the usual increases in size and performance as well as something new.

ZEnterprise processor details
A zEnterprise 196 cabinet can hold four books, each book containing six quad-core processors and up to 786 GB of memory with four levels of cache. The biggest and baddest zEnterprise sports 96 cores, of which 80 are available to the customer.

As with all the previous generations, the z Enterprise 196 is faster. IBM says the microprocessors run at 5.2 GHz as opposed to the z10's 4.4 GHz. This translates to a 40% capacity boost over a z10 with the same number of engines, while a fully loaded z196 contains 60% more capacity than a fully tricked-out z10. Your mileage, of course, will vary.

It sounds like some of the internal pipelining was also changed, as the data sheet claims there are new instruction execution sequences for better performance. For the application folks, IBM has compilers with optimization options for the new hardware, some of them presumably taking advantage o

CPU Shroud Assembly for Dell PowerEdge SC1420 Server

Highlights
•This product will ship with the following component parts:
Component Part Number Description
0N399 GRMT,MTG,RBR,FAN,TSMT
P2780 FAN,92X38MM,12V,HISPD,TEJAS
W1702 SHRD,PLSTC,FAN,TMD,SECONDARY
Overview
The various components of a computer system such as the chipset, the graphics card and the hard drive can produce a large amount of heat while operating. This large amount of heat may be harmful for the proper functioning of the system. The heat sinks and the fans are responsible for dissipating this heat and maintaining the safe temperature limits.
The most important factor which determines the selection of Heatsink Assembly is the processor type and its speed. Different processors have different operating temperatures. Higher the speed of the processor, the better the heat sink and fan need to be. Similarly, the type of processor also determines what heat sink would go with it. The chassis type is also important as it defines the housing of the heat sink assembly and compatibility with the system.
In order to buy the right heat sink / fan for your system, we recommend that you use the Service Tag look up feature in the Parts For Your Dell™ tool. This will allow us to identify the processor type and speed of your system and select compatible Heat Sink products for it.
Please note that some of our replacement products are provided as kits or assemblies. These kits may contain additional parts required for installation; these parts will be listed separately as 'Component Parts' in the Highlights section of this page. In case a product is not sold as a kit or assembly, it may require complementary parts for ease of installation.
Please note that this replacement product is refurbished. Dell provides a warranty of 90 days on all refurbished products

CPU Shroud Assembly for Dell PowerEdge SC1420 Server

Highlights
•This product will ship with the following component parts:
Component Part Number Description
0N399 GRMT,MTG,RBR,FAN,TSMT
P2780 FAN,92X38MM,12V,HISPD,TEJAS
W1702 SHRD,PLSTC,FAN,TMD,SECONDARY
Overview
The various components of a computer system such as the chipset, the graphics card and the hard drive can produce a large amount of heat while operating. This large amount of heat may be harmful for the proper functioning of the system. The heat sinks and the fans are responsible for dissipating this heat and maintaining the safe temperature limits.
The most important factor which determines the selection of Heatsink Assembly is the processor type and its speed. Different processors have different operating temperatures. Higher the speed of the processor, the better the heat sink and fan need to be. Similarly, the type of processor also determines what heat sink would go with it. The chassis type is also important as it defines the housing of the heat sink assembly and compatibility with the system.
In order to buy the right heat sink / fan for your system, we recommend that you use the Service Tag look up feature in the Parts For Your Dell™ tool. This will allow us to identify the processor type and speed of your system and select compatible Heat Sink products for it.
Please note that some of our replacement products are provided as kits or assemblies. These kits may contain additional parts required for installation; these parts will be listed separately as 'Component Parts' in the Highlights section of this page. In case a product is not sold as a kit or assembly, it may require complementary parts for ease of installation.
Please note that this replacement product is refurbished. Dell provides a warranty of 90 days on all refurbished products

CPU Shroud Assembly for Dell PowerEdge SC1420 Server

Highlights
•This product will ship with the following component parts:
Component Part Number Description
0N399 GRMT,MTG,RBR,FAN,TSMT
P2780 FAN,92X38MM,12V,HISPD,TEJAS
W1702 SHRD,PLSTC,FAN,TMD,SECONDARY
Overview
The various components of a computer system such as the chipset, the graphics card and the hard drive can produce a large amount of heat while operating. This large amount of heat may be harmful for the proper functioning of the system. The heat sinks and the fans are responsible for dissipating this heat and maintaining the safe temperature limits.
The most important factor which determines the selection of Heatsink Assembly is the processor type and its speed. Different processors have different operating temperatures. Higher the speed of the processor, the better the heat sink and fan need to be. Similarly, the type of processor also determines what heat sink would go with it. The chassis type is also important as it defines the housing of the heat sink assembly and compatibility with the system.
In order to buy the right heat sink / fan for your system, we recommend that you use the Service Tag look up feature in the Parts For Your Dell™ tool. This will allow us to identify the processor type and speed of your system and select compatible Heat Sink products for it.
Please note that some of our replacement products are provided as kits or assemblies. These kits may contain additional parts required for installation; these parts will be listed separately as 'Component Parts' in the Highlights section of this page. In case a product is not sold as a kit or assembly, it may require complementary parts for ease of installation.
Please note that this replacement product is refurbished. Dell provides a warranty of 90 days on all refurbished products

Assembling a computer from components

Assembling the 2005.05.14 standard workstation
The instructions below are for the 2004.10.10 standard workstation.
The 2005.05.14 standard workstation has the following changes:
The UATA hard drive (and cable) have been replaced by a SATA hard drive (cable included with the motherboard). Effects on assembly: the hard drive uses a different cable from the one shown below, and plugs into a different spot on the motherboard.
The Zalman fan has been replaced by a three-speed Antec fan with a 4-pin power connector. Effects on assembly: the fan plugs into main power instead of the motherboard; the power-supply fan plugs into the motherboard.
The video card and DVD-ROM drive are different. Effects on assembly: none, but slightly different pictures.
The 2005.08.23 standard workstation has more changes. There turns out to be a serious bug in the motherboard BIOS in the 2005.08.23 workstation, and fixing that bug requires the following extra steps once the computer has beeped:
On a working computer, download the file A8V-ASUS-0213.ROM from the Asus A8V download page. This file has MD5 checksum 9c44e207cb3e37a6dc797aa6e1b99f5e.
On a working computer, rename the file as A8VB.ROM and burn that file to a CD.
On the standard workstation, as soon as the initial boot screen appears, press Alt-F2 to enter the BIOS EZ Flash utility, and then insert the CD. The EZ Flash utility will read A8VB.ROM from CD, erase the system's BIOS, and copy A8VB.ROM to the system's BIOS; don't turn the computer off while this is happening!
After reboot, don't worry about the bad-checksum message; simply press F2 to continue.
Other changes in the 2005.08.23 standard workstation are not reflected here yet.
Assembling the 2004.10.10 standard workstation
The 2004.10.10 standard workstation is a very nice x86 (Intel-compatible) computer: solid, extremely fast, and reasonably inexpensive. I have a separate page explaining how to buy the components of the standard workstation. This page explains how to assemble those components into a working computer.
Some of these instructions, and most of the pictures, are specific to the 2004.10.10 standard workstation. If you're using any different components, you'll have to figure out appropriate modifications to the instructions.
Unpack the computer case. Discard its plastic wrap. Put on an antistatic wrist strap, and attach it to ground (for example, to the screw on a typical light-switch plate).
Unscrew the big screws on the back of the case. Pull on the side latch to open the case. Take the power cord and the brown box out of the case. Open the brown box to find a bag of screws and brass standoffs:

Plug the USB cable into the motherboard

Plug the reset-switch, power-switch, HDD-LED, speaker, and power-LED connectors into the motherboard, all labels facing upwards:

Plug the USB cable into the motherboard:

Don't worry about the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) cable. Don't worry about the power-supply fan cable. (I didn't realize, when I was selecting components for the standard workstation, that there were only two fan connectors on the motherboard. The next version of the standard workstation will have either a $2 3-pin-to-4-pin converter or a 4-pin case fan.)

Starting now, be very careful not to touch anything inside the case. Power will be flowing into the computer in a moment; if you touch something inside the case, you can electrocute yourself!

Take off the antistatic wrist strap. Turn the case's rear power switch off (0). Plug power into the case. Turn the power switch on (1). Watch the CPU fan, and press the front power button on the case. If the CPU fan doesn't start spinning, turn power off immediately; you have a problem. If the computer doesn't beep within thirty seconds, turn power off; you have a problem. If the CPU fan starts spinning and the computer beeps, turn power off; you have a working computer. Put the side of the case back on.

At this point you can install FreeBSD or Linux on the computer.