Internal Backup Units; Optical Drives; I/O Expansion Options; Network Adapters - IBM System x3650 M4 BD Product Manual

Internal backup units

The x3650 M4 BD server does not support internal tape drive options or other internal backup units.
However, it can be attached to the external tape drives by using USB or SAS connectivity (see Table 25).

Optical drives

The x3650 M4 BD server does not support an internal optical drive.

I/O expansion options

The x3650 M4 BD server supports up to three PCIe slots with different riser cards installed into two riser
sockets on the system board (one riser socket supports the installation of one riser card).
The slot form factors with 1U risers (models with the rear HDD cage assembly) are as follows:
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8-wired), optional PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16-wired); full-height (also supports low profile
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adapters with the 3U bracket), half-length
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8-wired); low-profile, half-length (not present if an optional x16-wired slot 1 riser
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is used)
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8-wired); dedicated slot for ServeRAID adapter
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The following table lists the I/O riser card options.
Table 11. I/O riser card options
Part Feature Description
number code
1U Riser 1 option (supplies slots 1 and 2)
00AL182 A4T8 1U Riser Card, One PCIe x16 slot
00AL181 A4T6 1U Riser Card, Two PCIe x8 slots
1U Riser 2 option (supplies slot 3)
00AL183 A4T7 1U Riser Card, One PCIe x8 slot (For Slotless RAID only)

Network adapters

The x3650 M4 BD supports three integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports. Integrated NIC has the following
features:
An Intel I350-AM4 chip
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Three Gigabit Ethernet ports
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NIC Teaming (load balancing and failover)
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IBM System x3650 M4 BD Product Guide
Maximum Standard models
supported where used
1 -
1 A2x, A4x, B2x,
C2x, C4x, D2x,
F2x, F4x, G2x
1 A2x, A4x, B2x,
C2x, C4x, D2x,
F2x, F4x, G2x
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