Product guide

System x3650 M5 22
Table 8. Internal storage configurations (FC=Feature Code, PN=Part Number, qty=quantity) (Part 3)
Drive bay type Drive
bay qty
Storage controller* Drive kits required
Rear drive bays
2.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (rear)
2 1x M1215
(2 drives)
Factory installed
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 2.5" HDD Kit
(Independent RAID) (FC A5GH)
Field upgrade for 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch HS drive bay
models:
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 2.5" HDD Kit (PN
00FK658)
1x RAID or HBA
(12+2 drives)**
Factory installed
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 3.5" HDD Kit
(Cascaded) (FC A5GL)
Field upgrade for 3.5-inch HS drive bay models:
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 3.5" HDD Kit (PN
00FK659)
3.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (rear)
2
1x M1215
(2 drives)
Factory installed
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 3.5" HDD Kit
(Independent RAID) (FC A5GK)
Field upgrade for 3.5-inch HS drive bay models:
1x System x3650 M5 Rear 2x 3.5" HDD Kit (PN
00FK659)
* In the Storage controller column, RAID or HBA means that any combination of the M1215, M5210, and N2215
storage controllers is supported up to a maximum quantity listed; the numbers in brackets (x+y+z) specify the
number of drives connected to each of the storage controllers.
** Two drives in the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit are connected to the SAS expander on the 12-drive backplane, that is,
to the same storage controller as 12 drives on the front.
The following additional rules apply to the storage configurations:
24x 2.5-inch drives are supported on storage dense models only (models without the System x3650
M5 2.5" ODD/LCD Light Path Bay, FC A5FY; the first configuration in Figure 5).
2x 2.5-inch rear drives are supported on 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bay models.
If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is installed and connected to a dedicated controller, the 2x
2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit cannot be installed.
2x 3.5-inch rear drives are supported on 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bay models only.
With 8x 3.5-inch HS drive bay models, the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is connected to a dedicated
M1215 controller, and the 2x 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit cannot be installed.
With 12x 3.5-inch HS drive bay models, the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit can be connected to a
dedicated M1215 controller or SAS expander on the 12-drive backplane. If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear
HDD Kit is connected to a dedicated M1215 controller, the 2x 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit cannot be
installed. If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is connected to a SAS expander, the 2x 2.5-inch Rear
HDD Kit can be installed.
Both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kits are not supported on Simple Swap models.