External Disk Storage Expansion - IBM x3690 X5 Product Manual

External disk storage expansion

The external SAS disk storage expansion enclosures listed in the following table are available.
Table 19. External SAS storage expansion enclosures
Part number Description
172701X IBM System Storage® EXP3000
174712X IBM System Storage EXP2512 Express
174724X IBM System Storage EXP2524 Express
The hard disk drives listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures.
Table 20. Hard drive options for external expansion enclosures
Part number Description
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
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
IBM System x3690 X5
Maximum quantity
supported per one M5025
18 (9 per port)
18 (9 per port)
9 (9 per port)
Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
1
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
27