IBM System x3250 M5 User Manual

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Internal storage
The x3250 M5 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
Four 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
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Eight 2.5-inch SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
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Four 2.5-inch SFF SAS/SATA simple-swap drive bays
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Eight 2.5-inch SFF SAS/SATA simple-swap drive bays
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Four 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
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Four 3.5-inch LFF SATA simple-swap drive bays
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Standard models ship with four 2.5-inch SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap, eight 2.5-inch SFF SAS/SATA
hot-swap, four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap, or four 3.5-inch SATA simple-swap drive bays. The
following table shows the internal storage upgrade and expansion options available for the x3250 M5
server.
Table 6. Internal storage expansion options
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
46W6577 A4GV 2.5" Simple Swap HDD Hardware RAID upgrade kit 1
46W6576 A4GW 3.5" Simple Swap HDD Hardware RAID upgrade kit 1
00AL348 A4VN x3250 M5 HS 2.5" HDD 4 to 8 Upgrade Kit 1
Option 46W6577 upgrades custom (CTO or special bid) models with four 2.5-inch SFF simple-swap drive
bays and ServeRAID C100 to hardware RAID models with four or eight SFF simple-swap drive bays. In
addition, a supported hardware RAID controller (H1110 or M1115) or host bus adapter (HBA) (N2115) is
required (not included in the upgrade, it must be purchased separately; see Table 8 for specifics).
Option 46W6576 upgrades standard or custom (CTO or special bid) models with four 3.5-inch LFF
simple-swap drive bays and ServeRAID C100 to hardware RAID models. In addition, a supported
hardware RAID controller (H1110 or M1115) or HBA (N2115) is required (not included in the upgrade, it
must be purchased separately).
Option 00AL348 upgrades standard (see Table 2) or custom (CTO or special bid) models with four
2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays and hardware RAID controller (M1115) or HBA (N2115) to eight
2.5-inch SFF hot-swap drive bays.
H1110 support: Models with four 2.5-inch drive bays and H1110 controller cannot be upgraded to eight
drive bays.
An optical drive can be installed internally in models with 2.5-inch hot-swap or simple-swap drive bays (no
optical drive support in models with 3.5-inch drive bays).

IBM System x3250 M5 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	System x3250 M5
Category	Server
Language	English