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Table 20 lists the drives supported by EXP2512 external expansion enclosures.
Table 20. Drive options for EXP2512 external expansion enclosures
Part number Description
NL SAS 3.5" HDDs
49Y1903 1TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
49Y1902 2TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
90Y8720 3TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
SAS 3.5" HDDs
49Y1899 300GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
49Y1900 450GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
49Y1901 600GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD
Table 21 lists the hard disk drives supported by EXP2524 external expansion enclosures.
Table 21. Drive options for EXP2524 external expansion enclosures
Part number Description
NL SAS 2.5" HDDs
49Y1898 500GB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
81Y9952 1TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
SAS 2.5" HDDs
49Y1896 146GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
49Y1895 300GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
81Y9944 300GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
81Y9596 600GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
81Y9948 900GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
SAS 2.5" SSDs
81Y9956 200GB 2.5" SAS SSD
81Y9960 400GB 2.5" SAS SSD
* Note: While the maximum number of drives supported by EXP2524 is 24, the integrated LSI SAS2004 ROC
controller supports up to 14 drives in a RAID configuration. Blade server hosts two internal drives, therefore limiting
the number of drives in one EXP2524 to 12.
IBM BladeCenter HS23
Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
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Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure*
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