Datasheet

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node 16
The 1.8-inch solid state drives supported with the ServeRAID M5115 controller are listed in the following
table.
Table 9. Supported 1.8-inch solid state drives
Part number Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
43W7746 5420 IBM 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC SSD 8
43W7726 5428 IBM 50GB SATA 1.8" MLC SSD 8
IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node
The x240 supports the attachment of the IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node. The IBM Flex
System Storage Expansion Node provides the ability to attach additional 12 hot-swap 2.5-inch HDDs or
SSDs locally to the attached compute node. The Storage Expansion Node provides storage capacity for
Network Attach Storage (NAS) workloads, providing flexible storage to match capacity, performance and
reliability needs.
The following figure shows the IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node attached to a compute node.
Figure 6. IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node (right) attached to a compute node (left)
The ordering information for the Storage Expansion Node is shown in the following table.
Table 10. Ordering part number and feature code
Part number Feature code Description Maximum
supported
68Y8588 A3JF IBM Flex System Storage Expansion Node 1