External Disk Storage Expansion - IBM System x3550 M4 Product Manual

External disk storage expansion

The server supports attachment to external storage expansion enclosures, such as the EXP2500 series,
by using either the ServeRAID M5120 (6 Gbps) or M5225 (12 Gbps) SAS/SATA Controller. The server
can also be attached to supported external storage systems, such as the IBM System Storage® DS3500
series, using the supported HBAs.
Table 22. RAID controllers and options for external disk storage expansion
Part number Feature
code
81Y4478** A1WX
00AE938‡ A5ND
Hardware upgrades for the M5120
81Y4508 A22E
81Y4484 A1J3
81Y4487 A1J4
81Y4559 A1WY
47C8670 A4G6
Feature on Demand upgrades for the M5120
81Y4544 A1X2
90Y4318 A2MD
90Y4273 A2MC
81Y4546 A1X3
Feature on Demand upgrades for the M5225
47C8706 A3Z5
47C8710 A3Z7
47C8712 A3Z8
‡ Only supported in systems with Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors
* The ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit (81Y4508) is only supported with ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4484).
† The ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade (81Y4546) requires 512 MB or 1 GB cache upgrades.
** The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller requires the x3550 M4 Thermal Solution Kit, 00Y7117 or the second
processor (with additional system fans).
IBM System x3550 M4
Description
ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller
ServeRAID M5225-2GB SAS/SATA Controller
ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Flash/RAID 5
Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 2GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
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ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching Enabler
ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Performance Key
ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade for IBM
Systems-FoD
ServeRAID M5200 Series Performance Accelerator
for IBM Systems-FoD
ServeRAID M5200 Series SSD Caching Enabler for
IBM Systems-FoD
Maximum Standard models
supported where used
2** -
1 -
1* -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
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1 -
1 -
1† -
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