Internal Backup Units - IBM System x3500 M3 Product Manual

Internal backup units

The server supports the SATA, USB, and SAS internal tape drive and RDX options listed in the following
table. These internal drives are installed in the 5.25" HH bays in the server. However, not all
configurations offer 5.25" HH bays as shown in Figure 5.
The configuration rules are:
A maximum of two SATA tape drives or one SAS tape drive or one USB tape drive is supported. You
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can mix tape drives if needed up to a total of two.
The SAS tape drive requires a SAS HBA to be installed in the server.
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The USB tape and RDX drive are connected to the dedicated USB tape drive connector on the system

board.
If two internal tape drives are installed, then the maximum number of optical drives is limited to one.
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Configurations with eight 3.5" HDD bay configurations do not support tape drives (Figure 5).
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Configurations with twenty-four 2.5" HDD bays support either one internal tape drive or one internal
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optical drive, but not both (Figure 5).
Table 9. Internal backup units
Part Feature
number code
46C5399 5711
39M5636 5395
43W8478 5393
44E8895 5397
00D2786 A2VE
00D2787 A2VF
00D2788 A2VG
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Backup units category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=tape
IBM System x3500 M3
Description
IBM DDS Generation 5 USB Tape Drive
IBM DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive
IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive
IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive
IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 320GB Cartridge
IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 500GB Cartridge
IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 1TB Cartridge
Maximum
supported
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20