Controllers For Internal Storage - IBM x3650 M3 Product Manual

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the RAID controllers and additional options used for internal disk storage of x3650
M3 server.
Table 8. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part Feature Description
number code
46M0969* 3889 ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller
49Y4731 9742 ServeRAID BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2
81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x
46M0831 0095 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
46M0916 3877 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller
46M0829 0093 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
90Y4304 A2NF ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x
46M0830 0094 ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller
43W4296* 3571 ServeRAID MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
46M0832 9749 ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature Key
46M0930 5106 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key
46M0917 5744 ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Kit
68Y7396 5862 ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Remote Mount Cable
81Y4426 A10C ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
* Withdrawn from marketing
** When this RAID controller is ordered separately, then the maximum quantity supported is one. When this RAID
controller is ordered as a part of the 69Y5034 upgrade (see Table 6), then the maximum quantity supported is two.
† Only one key is supported in each controller, either the Advance Feature Key or the Performance Accelerator Key.
When the maximum number of HDD bays is eight, the RAID controller occupies a dedicated PCIe slot on
x3650 M3 and does not consume the regular PCIe slot. When 16 HDD bay configurations are used, the
number of available regular PCIe slots is three.
The ServeRAID BR10il v2 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
One Mini-SAS internal connector
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E
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3 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI 1064E controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x4 host interface
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Stripe size: 64 KB (fixed)
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IBM System x3650 M3
Maximum Standard models
supported where used
1 -
1 A2x, 12x
1 -
1 B2x, C2x, D2x, H2x,
N2x, 22x, 32x, D4x
1 F2x, G2x, 52x, 54x,
62x
1 or 2** J2x, L2x, M2x, JSx,
H4x, J4x, J6x, JCx,
L4x, 72x, 82x
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1† -
1 J2x, L2x, M2x, JSx,
H4x, J4x, J6x, JCx,
L4x, 72x, 82x
1 -
1† -
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