IBM BladeCenter HS23 13
Supports SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs
Supports connectivity to the EXP2500 series and EXP3000 storage expansion enclosures
Support connectivity to the tape drives and external storage systems
Table 9 lists the hard drive options that are available for internal storage.
Table 9. Disk drive options for internal disk storage
Part number Description Maximum quantity supported
SAS HDDs
90Y8926 IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 2
90Y8877 IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 2
81Y9670 IBM 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" Slim-HS HDD 2
90Y8872 IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 2
81Y9650 IBM 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" Slim-HS HDD 2
NL SAS HDDs
90Y8953 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 2
81Y9690 IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5'' SFF Slim-HS HDD 2
SATA HDDs
81Y9722 IBM 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5'' SFF Slim-HS HDD 2
81Y9726 IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5'' SFF Slim-HS HDD 2
81Y9730 IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5'' SFF Slim-HS HDD 2
SATA SSDs
43W7718 IBM 200GB SATA 2.5'' SFF Slim-HS SSD 2
90Y8648 IBM 128GB SATA 2.5'' SFF HS SSD 2
90Y8643 IBM 256GB SATA 2.5'' SFF HS SSD 2
Internal tape drives
The server does not support an internal tape drive. However, it can be attached to external tape drives
using SAS or Fibre Channel connectivity (Table 25).
Optical drives
The server does not support an optical drive option. However, it does interface to the optical drive installed
in the BladeCenter chassis media tray if one is installed there.