The hard disk drives listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures.
Table 18. Hard drive options for external expansion enclosures
Part number
Description
EXP3000 Hot-Swap SATA 3.5" hard drives
43W7630
IBM 1 TB 7200 Dual Port SATA 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD
49Y1940
IBM 2 TB 7200 Dual Port SATA 3.5'' Hot-Swap HDD
EXP3000 Hot-Swap SAS 3.5" hard drives
44W2234
IBM 300 GB 15 K 6 Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD
44W2239
IBM 450 GB 15 K 6 Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD
44W2244
IBM 600 GB 15 K 6 Gbps SAS 3.5" Hot-Swap HDD
EXP2512 Hot-Swap SAS 3.5" hard drives
49Y1899
300 GB 15 K 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
49Y1900
450 GB 15 K 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
49Y1901
600 GB 15 K 6 Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
49Y1903
1 TB 7,200 RPM 6 Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
49Y1902
2 TB 7,200 RPM 6 Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
EXP2524 Hot-Swap SAS 2.5" hard drives
49Y1896
146 GB 15 K 6 Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
49Y1895
300 GB 10 K 6 Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
81Y9596
600 GB 10 K 6 Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
49Y1898
500 GB 7,200 RPM 6 Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
IBM System x3400 M3
Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
24
24
24
24
31