Internal Disk Storage Options - IBM System x3500 M4 Product Manual

Internal disk storage options

The IBM System x3500 M4 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
8x 3.5" Simple Swap SATA hard drive bays (only available in CTO)
8x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA hard drive bays
8x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays + 8x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays (only
available in CTO, requires two RAID controllers)
8x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
16x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
24x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
32x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
Figure 5 shows these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Backplanes
Standard models of x3500 M4 ship with eight (all models except C4x) 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap
drive bays. Model C4x ships with eight 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays. The following table
shows internal storage expansion options available for the x3500 M4 server.
Table 6. Internal storage expansion options
Part Name
number
94Y5978 Additional 8 x 2.5" Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Upgrade Kit for 16 or 24 HDDs (shown in Figure 5
as an Upgrade 1 used in configurations 4, 5, and 6)
81Y7010 Additional 8 x 2.5" Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Upgrade Kit for 32 HDDs (shown in Figure 5 as an
Upgrade 2 used in configuration 6)
IBM System x3500 M4
Maximum
quantity
supported
2
1
12