Product guide

System x3100 M5 12
The following table lists the supported 3.5-inch hard disk drive options.
For information about 512e Advanced Format drives, see the Lenovo Press paper, Advanced Format
HDD Technology Overview , available from:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5119.html?Open
Table 6. Simple-swap 3.5-inch SATA disk drive options
Part number Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
512e Advanced Format drives
00FN118 A5VE 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD 4
00FN133 A5VG 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD 4
512-byte sector drives
81Y9802 A22U 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD 4
81Y9806 A22X 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD 4
81Y9810 A22W 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD 4
81Y9814 A22V 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD 4
Models of the x3100 M5 using the standard tower chassis (and with hot-swap 430 W power supplies)
support either up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives or four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives, as shown in the
following figure.
Figure 7. Hot-swap drives that are supported in standard tower models with hot-swap power supplies
(front bezel removed) - 4x 3.5-inch (left) or 8x 2.5-inch (right)