Internal Disk Storage Options - IBM System x3690 X5 At-A-Glance Reference Manual

Internal disk storage options

IBM System x3690 X5 server supports internally up to 16 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, or up to 24
1.8-inch solid state drives (SSDs). The number of drives that can be inserted depends on the backplanes
that are installed. Backplane options are listed in the following table. The backplanes that are standard in
each model are listed in Table 2. Only certain combinations of backplanes are supported; see the
Installation and User's Guide
Table 7. Drive backplane options
Part number Name
60Y0339 IBM 4x 2.5" HS SAS HDD Backplane
Supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap drives.
60Y0381 IBM 8x 2.5" HS SAS HDD Backplane
Supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap drives.
60Y0360 IBM eXFlash 8x 1.8" HS SAS SSD Backplane
Supports up to eight 1.8-inch hot-swap SSDs.
The following table lists the hard drive options available for internal storage.
Table 8. Disk drive options for internal disk storage
Part number Description
2.5-inch SATA hot-swap HDDs
- IBM 500GB 7200 SATA 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
43W7714 IBM 50GB SATA 2.5" SFF Slim-HS High IOPS SSD
2.5-inch SAS hot-swap HDDs
42D0632 IBM 146GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
42D0637 IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
42D0672 IBM 73GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
42D0677 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
42D0707 IBM 500GB 7200 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
44W2264 IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS SED
44W2294 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS SED
49Y2003 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF Slim-HS HDD
1.8-inch solid state drives (SSDs)
43W7726 IBM 50 GB SATA 1.8-inch MLC SSD
43W7746 IBM 200 GB SATA 1.8-inch MLC SSD
IBM System x3690 X5
for information.
Maximum quantity
supported
4
2
4
Maximum quantity
supported
1
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
24
24
10