IBM System x3100 M4 Type 2582 Problem Determination And Service Guide

Table 12. 3TB HDD OS support list
OS Support limitation Support status
Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit
uEFI
Support
Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit
legacy
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with limitation
Windows 2008 SP2 64bit
uEFI
Support
Windows 2008 SP2 64bit
legacy
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with limitation
Windows 2008 SP2 32bit
legacy
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with limitation
RHEL 6.1 64bit uEFI Support
RHEL 6.1 64bit legacy Support
RHEL 6.1 32bit legacy Support
RHEL 5.6 64bit legacy RHEL
5.6 32bit legacy
Do not support, partition not
allowed
Do not support
RHEL 5.6 64bit legacy RHEL
5.6 32bit legacy
Do not support, partition not
allowed
Do not support
SLES11 SP1 64bit uEFI Support
SLES11 SP1 64bit legacy Support
SLES11 SP1 32bit legacy Support
SLES10 SP4 64bit legacy Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with limitation
SLES10 SP4 32bit legacy Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with limitation
Note: 3TB hard disk drives are not supported in OS 4690.
Table 13. ServeRAID support limitation on 3TB HDD
ServeRAID adapter Support limitation Comment
ServeRAID M5014 Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support
ServeRAID M1015 Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support
ServeRAID-BR10il Virtual disk only supports up
to 8TB.
LSI chip limitation. Support
with limitaton.
ServeRAID H1110 Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support
ServeRAID C100 Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support
Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive
This procedure applies only to the 5U server model with hot-swap power supplies
(Model name: 2582-F4x).
To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive on the 5U server model with hot-swap power
supplies (Model name: 2582-F4x), complete the following steps.
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IBM System x3100 M4 Type 2582 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C202
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Pentium
Memory	Up to 32GB DDR3
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5"
Power Supply	350W
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1
Expansion Slots	1 PCI
USB Ports	6 x USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear)
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server