IBM Express x3500 M4 7383K5G Information Guide
Product codes
7383K5G
IBM System x3500 M4
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Internal disk storage options
The IBM System x3500 M4 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
8x 3.5" Simple Swap SATA hard drive bays (only available in CTO)
8x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA hard drive bays
8x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA drive bays + 8x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays (only
available in CTO, requires two RAID controllers)
8x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
8x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
16x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
24x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
32x 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays
Figure 5 shows these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Backplanes
Standard models of x3500 M4 ship with eight (all models except C4x) 2.5" Slim-SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap
drive bays. Model C4x ships with eight 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays. The following table
shows internal storage expansion options available for the x3500 M4 server.
drive bays. Model C4x ships with eight 3.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive bays. The following table
shows internal storage expansion options available for the x3500 M4 server.
Table 7. Internal storage expansion options
Part number
Feature
code
code
Name
Maximum quantity
supported
supported
94Y5978
A1WZ
Additional 8 x 2.5” Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Upgrade Kit for 16 or 24
HDDs
(shown in Figure 5 as an Upgrade 1 used in configurations 4, 5,
and 6)
HDDs
(shown in Figure 5 as an Upgrade 1 used in configurations 4, 5,
and 6)
2
81Y7010
A1FW
Additional 8 x 2.5" Hot-Swap SAS/SATA Upgrade Kit for 32 HDDs
(shown in Figure 5 as an Upgrade 2 used in configuration 6)
(shown in Figure 5 as an Upgrade 2 used in configuration 6)
1