{"id":190,"date":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.1.10\/wordpress\/index.php\/landings-ibm_servers-x3100_m3\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","slug":"landings-ibm_servers-x3100_m3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/ibm_servers\/x3100_m3.php","title":{"rendered":"IBM System X3100 M3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"isn-lp-hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"isn-lp-hero__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/ibm_servers\/x3100_m3_front.png\" alt=\"IBM x3100 M3 4253 Server\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"isn-lp-hero__points\">\n<li>Disk Drives<\/li>\n<li>Power Supplies<\/li>\n<li>RAID Controllers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"isn-lp-body\">\n<div class=\"isn-lp-main\">\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>The IBM X3100 (type 4253) was released as part of IBM&#8217;s M3 generation of servers. No M1 or M2 versions exist (though a newer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/ibm_servers\/x3100_m4.php\">M4<\/a> does exist.) The x3100 is an entry level tower server with only one CPU socket. The fastest supported CPU in the M3 is an Intel Xeon 2.66Ghz Quad Core X3450. Up to 16GB of PC3-10600 (UNBUFFERED \/ UNREGISTERED) RAM is supported via 4x 4GB DIMMS. <\/p>\n<p>(4) LFF Simple Swap SATA Disk Drives can be installed. Hot-Swap drives are NOT supported unless you attach an external JBOD. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>3.5&#8243; SATA (LFF) Simple Swap Tray<\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IBM x3100 M3 Simple Swap Tray\" height=\"150\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/ibm_servers\/ibm_simpleswap.jpg\" width=\"150\"\/><\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<td> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"isn-lp-side\">\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>x3100 HDD Options<\/h3>\n<h4>3.5&#8243; SATA Disk Drive Options<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/81Y9778\">3TB 7.2K 6Gb NL SATA SS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/42D0787\">2TB 7.2K NL SATA SS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/43W7622\">1TB 7.2K SATA SS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/39M4514\">500GB 7.2K SATA II SS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/rfq.php\">Request a quote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>x3100  Documents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/x3100_m3_manual.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Installation &amp; User Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/x3100_m3_troubleshooting.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maintenance &amp; Troubleshooting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"isn-lp-box\">\n<h3>x3100  CRU&#x27;s \/ FRU &#x27;s<\/h3>\n<h4>3.5&#8243; SATA Replacement FRU<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/81Y9779\">FRU 81Y9779<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/42D0788\">FRU 42D0788<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/43W7625\">FRU 43W7625<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/39M4517\">FRU 39M4517<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Need other IBM xSeries FRUs?<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/rfq.php\">Request a quote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disk Drives Power Supplies RAID Controllers Overview The IBM X3100 (type 4253) was released as part of IBM&#8217;s M3 generation of servers. No M1 or M2 versions exist (though a newer M4 does exist.) The x3100 is an entry level tower server with only one CPU socket. The fastest supported CPU in the M3 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}