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# of 5.25" bays total / available 1 / 1 (optional optical drive with SATA interface)
Maximum HDD/SSD capacity
2.5-inch SAS
4.8TB (8 x 600GB) hot-swap
2.5-inch SATA
4.0TB (8 x 500GB) hot-swap
1.8-inch SSD
3.2TB (16 x 200GB) hot-
swap
Internal HDD/SSD capacities
supported
2.5-inch SAS
160, 500GB — 7.2K RPMs;
146.8, 300, 600GB — 10K
RPMs;
73.4, 146.8GB — 15K RPMs
2.5-inch SATA
160, 500GB — 7.2K RPMs
1.8-inch SSD
50, 200GB
HDD / SSD capacity standard
1.8-inch SSD
3.2TB (16 x 200GB)—4Fx, 5Gx, D1x/D2x,
H1x
2.5-inch SAS/SATA
4TB (8 x 500GB)—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
640GB High IOPS MS Class SSD PCIe Adapter (via CTO)
16 x 200GB SSD
(D1x/D2x)
# of drives standard
None (all other
models)
8 x 600GB 2.5-inch
SAS + 1 x 320GB
High-IOPS SSD
Adapter (H1x)
8 x 600GB 2.5-inch
SAS + 1 x 640GB
High-IOPS SSD
Adapter (H2x)
16 x 600GB 2.5-inch
SAS + 2 x 640GB
High-IOPS SSD
Adapter (H3x)
# of optical drives standard None (optional optical drive in dedicated 5.25" UltraBay)
Embedded USB Flash Key
available
Optional
Drive technology Hot-swap SAS/SATA/SSD
External disk drives supported Yes, via optional ServeRAID-M5025 and Fibre Channel adapters
External disk storage devices
supported
System Storage EXP810, EXP3512, EXP3524 expansion units, DS4200, DS4700, DS4800,
DS5100, DS5300, DS8100, DS8300, N3300, N3600, N3700, N5200, N5300, N5500, N5600,
N6040, N6060, N6070, N7600, N7700, N7800, N7900 storage subsystems, plus XIV and
Storwize V7000
Backup drives supported
160/320/500 GB RDX Removable Cartridge Backup Ssytem (internal/external)
HH LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive
HH LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive
HH LTO Gen 5 SAS Tape Drive (internal/external)
DDS-6 USB Tape Drive
System Storage TS2230/TS2240/TS2250/TS2350 Tape Drive
System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader
System Storage TS3100/TS3200/TS3500 Tape Library
System Storage TS3310 Modular Tape Library
Integrated RAID controller / cache ServeRAID-BR10i V2 (x8 PCIe, RAID-0/1/1E)
ServeRAID-M1015
(x8 PCIe, no cache,
RAID-0/1/10)
ServeRAID-B5015
(x8 PCIe, no cache,
RAID-5)
Optional RAID controllers
supported
6Gbps SSD Host
Bus Adapter (x8
PCIe, no cache, no
RAID)
ServeRAID-M5014
(x8 PCIe, 256MB
cache, RAID-
0/1/10/5/6; optional
RAID-50/60, battery
backup, and SED)
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 14 / 10 (H3x) 7 / 7 (ARx)
7 / 6 (all other
models)
7 / 5 (H1x/H2x)
# of PCIe physical x16/electrical
x16 Gen 2 slots (16GBps)
1 full-height/full-length per chassis/node
# of PCIe physical x8/electrical x8 2 full-height/full-length / 3 full-height/half-length per chassis/node