Internal Disk Storage Options - IBM System x3650 M4 Product Manual

Internal disk storage options

IBM System x3650 M4 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
Sixteen 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
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Eight 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
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Six 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA hard drive bays
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Six 3.5" Simple Swap SATA hard drive bays (only available in CTO)
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Figure 5 shows the first three of these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Backplanes and enablement kits
Standard models (all models except C4x) ship with eight 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive
bays. Model C4x ships with six 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays. The following table shows the
internal storage expansion options that are available for x3650 M4 server.
Table 6. Internal storage expansion options
Part Name
number
69Y5319 x3650 M4 Plus 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit with Expander
69Y5320 x3650 M4 Tape Enablement Kit
These options have the following descriptions:
69Y5319 upgrades models with eight hot-swap HDD bays to 16 hot-swap HDD bays. This option
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includes a SAS expander card that is mounted on an HDD backplane, and it does not consume a
PCIe slot.
69Y5320 upgrades any six, eight, or 16 bay model with an internal tape drive (DDS5, DDS6, or RDX).
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This option includes two USB cables (one for DDS tape and one for RDX tape). The tape drive is
ordered separately.
IBM System x3650 M4
Maximum
quantity
supported
1
1
12