IBM System x3630 M4 Product Manual

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IBM System x3630 M4 (E5-2400) 17Controllers for internal storageThe following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal disk storageof the x3630 M4 server.Table 8. RAID controllers for internal storagePartnumberFeaturecodeDescription MaximumsupportedStandard modelswhere usedNone# A2VA ServeRAID C105 for IBM System x 1 A2x, A4x, B2x90Y4349§ A2V7 8-pack SATA Enabler for IBM System x 1 A4x, B2x81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller 1 -81Y4448 A1MZ ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller 1 B4x, C2x81Y4542 A1X1 ServeRAID M1100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -81Y4481 A347 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller 1 C4x, C6x, D2x,F2x, F4x, G2x,H2x, J2x81Y4544 A1X2 ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -81Y4484 A1J3 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 C4x, C6x, D2x81Y4487 A1J4 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 F2x, F4x81Y4559 A1WY ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 G2x, H2x, J2x81Y4508 A22E ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit 1* -81Y4546 A1X3 ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade 1† -90Y4273 A2MC ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance Accelerator for IBMSystem x1† -90Y4318 A2MD ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching Enabler for IBMSystem x1† -46M0912 3876 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA 1 -46C8988 A3MW N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x 1 -# 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 512MBCache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4484).† The ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade (81Y4546), Performance Accelerator (90Y4273), and CachingEnabler (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 14drive bays or slot 5 for models with up to 12 drive bays). See Table 12 and Table 13 (PCI riser cardoptions) for more details.