IBM BladeCenter HX5 Product Manual

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IBM BladeCenter HX5 17Internal disk storage optionsThe storage system on the HX5 blade is based on the use of the optional SSD Expansion Card for IBMBladeCenter HX5, which contains an LSI 1064E SAS Controller and two 1.8-inch micro SATA driveconnectors. The SSD Expansion Card allows the attachment of two 1.8-inch solid state drives (SSDs). Iftwo SSDs are installed, the HX5 supports RAID-0 or RAID-1 capability. The SSD Expansion Card isinstalled in a dedicated slot (Figure 2) and does not block either the CFFh or the CIOv slot.Installation of the SSDs in the HX5 requires the SSD Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter HX5, as listedin the following table. Only one SSD Expansion Card is needed for either one or two SSDs.Table 10. SSD Expansion CardPart number FeaturecodeName Maximumsupported46M6908 5765 SSD Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter HX5 1The following tables list the hard drive options available for internal storage.Table 11. Disk drive options for internal disk storage for machine type 7873 (Intel Xeon E7 seriesprocessors)Part number FeaturecodeDescription Maximumsupported43W7726 5428 IBM 50GB SATA 1.8" MLC SSD 243W7746 5420 IBM 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC SSD 200W1120 A3HQ IBM 100GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD 249Y6119 A3AN IBM 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD 249Y6124 A3AP IBM 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD 2Internal backup unitsThe server does not support an internal tape drive option.Optical drivesThe server does not support an optical drive option. However, it does interface to the optical driveinstalled in the BladeCenter chassis media tray if one is installed there.