Controllers For Internal Storage - IBM System x3950 X6 Product Manual

The following table shows the backplanes that are required per Storage Book and the number of adapters
that are required.
Table 8. Drive combinations per Storage Book
Drive combination
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays +
8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
16x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the RAID controllers, HBAs, and additional hardware and feature upgrades that
are used for internal disk storage. The adapters are installed in slots in the Storage Book.
Table 9. RAID controllers and HBAs for internal storage
Part number Feature code
46C9110 A3YZ
47C8675 A3YY
Hardware upgrades for the ServeRAID M5210
47C8656 A3Z0
47C8660 A3Z1
47C8664 A3Z2
Features on Demand upgrades for the ServeRAID M5210
47C8708 A3Z6
47C8706 A3Z5
47C8710 A3Z7
47C8712 A3Z8
* These M5210 features upgrades require a cache memory upgrade (47C8656, 47C8660, or 47C8664).
IBM System x3950 X6
Backplanes required
1x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104
2x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104
1x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104
1x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106
1x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106
2x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106
Description
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
N2215 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series 2GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series Performance Accelerator
ServeRAID M5200 Series SSD Caching Enabler
Controllers
needed
1
1 or 2
2
1
2
Maximum Where
supported used
x3950 X6
4 All models
4 -
4 -
4 -
4 -
2 -
2* -
2* -
2* -
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