External Disk Storage Systems - IBM System x3750 M4 Product Manual

The external SAS cables listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures
and RAID controllers.
Table 21. External SAS cables for external storage expansion enclosures
Part number
39R6531
39R6529
*The EXP3000 and EX2500 series can be chained with each other. In such a case, one cable is used to connect first
EXP25xx or EXP3000 to the RAID controller, and every consecutive EXP unit is connected to the previous one by
one cable.

External disk storage systems

The following table lists the external storage systems that are supported by x3750 M4 and can be ordered
through the System x sales channel. The server might support other IBM disk systems that are not listed
in this table. See the IBM System Storage Interoperability Center for further information, found at the
following address:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
Table 22. External disk storage systems
Part number Description
1746A2D IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Dual Controller Storage System
1746A2S IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Single Controller Storage System
1746A4D IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Dual Controller Storage System
1746A4S IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Single Controller Storage System
181494H IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 94
181498H IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 98
181492H IBM System Storage EXP395 Expansion Unit
1746A2E IBM System Storage EXP3512 Express Storage™ Expansion Unit
1746A4E IBM System Storage EXP3524 Express Storage Expansion Unit
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the System Storage category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=externalstorage
IBM System x3750 M4
Description
IBM 3 m SAS Cable
IBM 1 m SAS Cable
Maximum quantity
supported per enclosure*
1
1
31