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Table 4-14 lists the adapters that are supported for each drive configuration. SAS
HDDs are supported when ServeRAID H1110 or ServeRAID M1115 are
included.
Table 4-14 Drive type and RAID adapter support.
Drive type
Without Storage Native Expansion Tray attached (one controller)
1.8-inch SS SATA SSD
2.5-inch SS SATA HDD
2.5-inch SS SAS HDD
3.5-inch SS SATA HDD
With Storage Native Expansion Tray attached (adds 7x 3.5-inch bays) (two controllers)
1.8-inch SS SATA SSD
2.5-inch SS SATA HDD
3.5-inch SS SATA HDD
With Storage Native Expansion Tray attached (adds 7x 3.5-inch bays) (one controller)
3.5-inch SS SATA HDD
a. The two controllers must be: (1) either onboard SATA or ServeRAID C100 for internal drive(s), and
(2) N2115 or ServeRAID M115 for drives in the storage tray
b. Requires the 3.5-inch RAID cage (feature A4GE, option 00Y8615)
Software RAID or no RAID
Quantity
of drives
supported
On board
(max)
SATA
4
No
2
No
2
No
1
Yes
4 + 7
No
2 + 7
No
1 + 7
Yes
b
8
No
Chapter 4. IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 compute node
Hardware RAID using
ServeRAID
N2115
With
C100
HBA
H1110
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
ServeRAID adapter
With
M1115
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
a
Yes
Yes
Yes
b
No
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