{"id":197,"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-x3250_m3\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:05:01","slug":"landings-ibm_servers-x3250_m3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/ibm_servers\/x3250_m3.php","title":{"rendered":"xSeries x3250 M3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"isn-lp-hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"isn-lp-hero__img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/ibm_servers\/x3250_m3_m4.png\" alt=\"IBM x3250 M3 Server\"><\/p>\n<ul class=\"isn-lp-hero__points\">\n<li>Disk Drives<\/li>\n<li>Power Supplies<\/li>\n<li>Memory<\/li>\n<li>CPUs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"isn-lp-body\">\n<div class=\"isn-lp-main\">\n<h3>IBM x3250 M3 Accessories<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Max Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Max # CPUs &amp; Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Storage Bays (Front)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4251 (M3)<\/td>\n<td>32GB (Registered \/ Buffered) or 16GB (Unbuffered) via 6 DIMM Slots<\/td>\n<td>1x Xeon X3460 2.8GHz Quad Core (1156 Socket)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p>2x Simple-Swap SATA (LFF)<br \/>\n 2x Hot-Swap SATA \/ SAS (LFF)<br \/>\n 4x Hot-Swap SAS \/ SATA (SFF) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4252 (M3)<\/td>\n<td>32GB (Registered \/ Buffered) or 16GB (Unbuffered) via 6 DIMM Slots<\/td>\n<td>1x Xeon X3460 2.8GHz Quad Core (1156 Socket)<\/td>\n<td>2x Simple-Swap SATA (LFF)<br \/>\n2x Hot-Swap SATA \/ SAS (LFF)<br \/>\n4x Hot-Swap SAS \/ SATA (SFF) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4261 (M3)<\/td>\n<td>32GB (Registered \/ Buffered) or 16GB (Unbuffered) via 6 DIMM Slots<\/td>\n<td>1x Xeon X3460 2.8GHz Quad Core (1156 Socket)<\/td>\n<td>2x Simple-Swap SATA (LFF)<br \/>\n 2x Hot-Swap SATA \/ SAS (LFF)<br \/>\n 4x Hot-Swap SAS \/ SATA (SFF) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>*Do not mix unbuffered (unregistered) and buffered (Registered) DIMMS!<\/td>\n<td>*These represent the FASTEST CPU upgrade options. Contact us for other CPU upgrade options.<\/td>\n<td>*Do not intermix drive tray types. Intermixing SAS \/ SATA drives depends on the ServeRAID controller.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/ibm_servers\/drives\/x3250_m3_drives.php\">Order x3250 M3 Server Disk Drives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MSA2000\" height=\"25\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/wrench_icon_small.png\" width=\"25\"\/><br \/>\nx3250 M4 Documentation<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/landings\/ibm_servers\/drives\/x3250_m3_drives.php\">Order x3250 M3 Server Disk Drives<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MSA2000\" height=\"25\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/images\/acrobat.png\" width=\"25\"\/><br \/>\nx3250 M4 Documentation<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/x3250_m3_installation_guide.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Installation &amp; User Guide<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/servermanuals\/x3250_m3_maintenance_guide.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maintenance &amp; Troubleshooting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>EMC Proven Professional | Microsoft MCTS | Cisco CCNA | NetApp NCDA Certified<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disk Drives Power Supplies Memory CPUs IBM x3250 M3 Accessories FC Max Memory Max # CPUs &amp; Speed Storage Bays (Front) 4251 (M3) 32GB (Registered \/ Buffered) or 16GB (Unbuffered) via 6 DIMM Slots 1x Xeon X3460 2.8GHz Quad Core (1156 Socket) 2x Simple-Swap SATA (LFF) 2x Hot-Swap SATA \/ SAS (LFF) 4x Hot-Swap SAS [&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-197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197","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=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istoragenetworks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}