Product guide

System x3650 M5 17
Internal storage
The System x3650 M5 server supports the following configurations:
8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay storage dense server models that can be upgraded to 26
1.
(24 on the front; 2 on the rear) 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 18 (16 on the front;
2.
2 on the rear) 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
8x 2.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 16x 2.5-inch SATA
3.
Simple Swap drive bays
8x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 10 (8 on the front; 2
4.
on the rear) 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays or 8x 3.5-inch plus 2x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap drive bays (for a total of 10 drive bays)
8x 3.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models
5.
12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 14 (12 on the
6.
front; 2 on the rear) 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays plus 2x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap
drive bays (for a total of 16 drive bays)
Figure 5 shows the front drive configurations.
Figure 5. Internal front drive configurations