IBM System x3100 M5 Product Guide 13
The following table lists the supported 2.5-inch drive options. Hot-swap SATA HDDs and hot-swap SAS
HDDs can be intermixed, but not in the same array. Hot-swap HDDs cannot be intermixed with
simple-swap HDDs.
Table 7. 2.5-inch hot-swap disk drive options
Part number Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
2.5-inch 10K SAS HDDs
81Y9650 A282 IBM 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF HS HDD 8
90Y8872 A2XD IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 8
90Y8877 A2XC IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 8
2.5-inch 15K SAS HDDs
81Y9670 A283 IBM 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G2HS HDD 8
90Y8926 A2XB IBM 146GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 8
2.5-inch SAS self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
81Y9662 A3EG IBM 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS SED 8
90Y8908 A3EF IBM 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS SED 8
2.5-inch NL SAS HDDs
81Y9690 A1P3 IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" SFF HS HDD 8
90Y8953 A2XE IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 2.5" SFF G2HS HDD 8
2.5-inch NL SATA HDDs
81Y9730 A1AV IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD 8
81Y9726 A1NZ IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD 8
81Y9722 A1NX IBM 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD 8
2.5-inch Enterprise Value SSDs
90Y8643 A2U3 IBM 256GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD 8
90Y8648 A2U4 IBM 128GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD 8
49Y5839 A3AS IBM 64GB SATA 2.5" MLC HS Enterprise Value SSD 8