Controllers For Internal Storage - IBM System x3630 M4 Product Manual

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal disk storage
of the x3630 M4 server.
Table 8. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part Feature Description
number code
None# A2VA ServeRAID C105 for IBM System x
90Y4349§ A2V7 8-pack SATA Enabler for IBM System x
81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4448 A1MZ ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4542 A1X1 ServeRAID M1100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4481 A347 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4544 A1X2 ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4484 A1J3 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4487 A1J4 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4559 A1WY ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4508 A22E ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit
81Y4546 A1X3 ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
90Y4273 A2MC ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance Accelerator for IBM
System x
90Y4318 A2MD ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching Enabler for IBM
System x
46M0912 3876 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA
46C8988 A3MW N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x
# The ServeRAID C105 is an onboard software RAID controller.
§ An FoD upgrade for ServeRAID C105 that supports eight SATA HDDs.
* 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), Performance Accelerator (90Y4273), and Caching
Enabler (90Y4318) require RAID 5 Upgrade with caches (81Y4484, 81Y4487, or 81Y4559).
The internal hardware RAID controller is installed into a dedicated PCIe slot (slot 3 for models with 14
drive bays or slot 5 for models with up to 12 drive bays). See Table 12 and Table 13 (PCI riser card
options) for more details.
IBM System x3630 M4 (E5-2400)
Maximum Standard models
supported where used
1 A2x, A4x, B2x
1 A4x, B2x
1 -
1 B4x, C2x
1 -
1 C4x, C6x, D2x,
F2x, F4x, G2x,
H2x, J2x
1 -
1 C4x, C6x, D2x
1 F2x, F4x
1 G2x, H2x, J2x
1* -
1† -
1† -
1† -
1 -
1 -
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