I/O Expansion Options - IBM System x3500 M4 Product Manual

Half-High SATA DVD-ROM supports the following media and speeds for reading:
CD-ROM 48X
CD-DA (DAE) 40X
CD-R 48X
CD-RW 40X
DVD-ROM (single layer) 16X
DVD-ROM (dual layer) 12X
DVD-R (4.7 GB) 16X
DVD-R DL 12X
DVD+R 16X
DVD+R DL 12X
DVD-RW (4.7 GB) 12X
DVD+RW 12X
DVD-RAM (4.7/9.4 GB) 6X
Half-High SATA multiburner supports the same media and speeds for reading as HH DVD-ROM. In
addition, this drive supports the following media and speeds for writing:
CD-R 24X
CD-RW 4X
High Speed CD-RW 10X
Ultra Speed CD-RW 16X
DVD-R 8X
DVD-R DL 8X
DVD+R 8X
DVD+R DL 8X
DVD-RW 6X
DVD+RW 8X
DVD-RAM 3X

I/O expansion options

The server supports up to eight PCIe slots: six slots (1 to 6) when one CPU is installed or eight slots when
two CPUs are installed. These are the slot form factors:
Slot 1: PCIe x8 (x4 wired); full-height, half-length (supports optional PCI-X interposer card)
Slot 2: PCIe x8; full-height, half-length
Slot 3: PCIe x8; full-height, full-length
Slot 4: PCIe x8 (x4 wired); full-height, full-length
Slot 5: PCIe x16; full-height, full-length
Slot 6: PCIe x8 (x4 wired); full-height, full-length
Slot 7: PCIe x16; full-height, full-length (requires second processor)
Slot 8: PCIe x16; full-height, full-length (requires second processor)
All PCIe slots are PCI Express 3.0 slots except Slot 1, which is a PCI Express 2.0 slot. Slot 1 can be
converted to a PCI-X slot with the PCI-X Conversion Kit, which is described in the following table.
Table 11. PCI riser card options
Part number Description
81Y7012 PCI-X Interposer Conversion Kit
IBM System x3500 M4
Maximum quantity
supported
1
17