IBM x3650 M3 Product Manual

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IBM System x3650 M3 34Table 21. Hard drive options for external expansion enclosures (Part 2)Part number Description Maximum quantity supportedper one enclosureEXP2524 Hot-Swap SAS 2.5" Hard Drives49Y1896 146 GB 15K 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 2449Y1895 300 GB 10K 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 2481Y9596 600 GB 10K 6 Gb SAS 2.5” HDD 2449Y1898 500 GB 7,200 RPM 6 Gb SAS NL 2.5” HDD 24EXP2524 Hot-Swap SAS 2.5" Solid State Drives81Y9956 200GB 2.5" SAS SSD 2481Y9960 400GB 2.5" SAS SSD 24The RAID controllers listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures.Table 22. RAID controllers for external storage expansion enclosuresPart number Description Maximum quantitysupported46M0830 ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller 446M0930 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key† 1 per one M502581Y4426 ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key† 1 per one M5025† Only one key is supported in each controller, either the Advance Feature Key or the Performance Accelerator Key.The ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:Two Mini-SAS external connectorsSupports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature KeyPerformance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key6 Gbps throughput per portPCI Express 2.0 x8 host interfaceBased on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller512 MB of onboard cacheIntelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retentionSupports connectivity to the EXP3000, EXP2512, and EXP2524 storage expansion enclosuresFor more information, see the IBM Redbooks Product GuideServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller forIBM System x: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0739.html?Open