Datasheet

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16
Internal HDD/SSD capacities
supported
2.5-inch SAS
500GB — 7.2K RPMs;
146.8, 300GB — 10K
RPMs;
73.4, 146.8GB — 15K
RPMs
2.5-inch SATA
160, 500GB — 7.2K RPMs
1.8-inch SSD
50GB (200GB when
available)
HDD / SSD capacity standard
1.8-inch SSD
800GB (16 x 50GB)—4Fx, 5Gx
2.5-inch SAS/SATA
None—all other models
Additional Internal SSD storage
via PCIe adapter
160GB High IOPS SS Class SSD PCIe Adapter
320GB High IOPS SD Class SSD PCIe Adapter
320GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter
# of HDDs standard None
# of optical drives standard None (optional optical drive in dedicated 5.25" UltraBay)
Embedded USB Flash Key
available
Optional
Disk drive technology Hot-swap SAS/SATA
External disk drives supported Yes, via optional adapter
External disk storage devices
supported
System Storage DS4200, DS4700, DS4800, DS5100, DS5300, DS8100, DS8300, N3300,
N3600, N3700, N5200, N5300, N5500, N5600, N6040, N6060, N6070, N7600, N7700,
N7800, N7900 storage subsystems
Integrated RAID controller / cache ServeRAID-BR10i V2 (x8 PCIe, RAID-0/1/1E)
Optional RAID controllers
supported
ServeRAID-M1015 (x8
PCIe, no cache, RAID-
0/1/10)
ServeRAID-M5015 (x8
PCIe, 512MB cache, battery
backup, RAID-0/1/10/5/6;
optional RAID-50/60 and
SED)
ServeRAID-M5025 (x8
PCIe, 512MB cache, battery
backup, RAID-0/1/10/5/6;
optional RAID-50/60 and
SED; support for multiple
external IBM System
Storage expansion units
# of adapter slots total / available 7 / 7 (ARx) 7 / 6 (all other models)
# of PCIe physical x16/electrical
x16 Gen 2 slots (16GBps)
1 full-height/full-length per chassis/node
# of PCIe physical x8/electrical x8
Gen 2 slots (8GBps)
2 full-height/full-length / 3 full-height/half-length per chassis/node
# of PCIe physical x8/electrical x4
Gen 2 slots (4GBps)
1 full-height/full-length per chassis/node
# of video ports 1
Video controller
Matrox G200eV graphic controller integrated in IMM
(optional nVIDIA 3D DCV graphics card supported)
Video memory 16MB DDR2 SDRAM standard (shared with IMM)
Maximum video resolution at 32-
bit color
1024x768 resolution (analog), with a color depth of 32 bits at 100Hz;
1280x1024 resolution (digital), with a color depth of 32 bits at 75Hz
10 Gigabit Virtual Fabric Adapter Dual-port Emulex NIC integrated (all models except ARx) per chassis/node
Gigabit Ethernet controller Dual-port Broadcom BCM5709C
Network acceleration TOE (1Gb and 10Gb)
Failover / load-balancing-capable Yes / Yes
# of Gigabit Ethernet ports 2 (rear)
# of serial ports 1 (rear)
# of USB 2.0 ports
8 (2 front, 4 rear) ports, plus 2 internal USB connectors for hypervisor