IBM System x3250 M5 User Manual

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The following table (Parts 1 and 2) lists drive types and internal drive bay configurations that are
supported by the internal RAID controllers and HBAs (SAS HDDs include both SAS and near-line (NL)
SAS HDDs, and SATA HDDs include both SATA and NL SATA HDDs).
Table 8. RAID controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays (Part 1: Fixed power supply unit (PSU)
models)
RAID
controller
(Models with
fixed power
supply)
Drive type 4x 2.5-in.
hot-swap
8x 2.5-in.
hot-swap
4x 2.5-in.
simple-swap
8x 2.5-in.
simple-swap
4x 3.5-in.
hot-swap
4x 3.5-in.
simple-swap
SAS HDD No support No support No support No support No support No support
SATA HDD No support No support Yes No support No support Yes
ServeRAID
C100
SATA SSD No support No support No support No support No support No support
SAS HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
SATA HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
ServeRAID
H1110
SATA SSD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support
SAS HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
SATA HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
ServeRAID
M1115
SATA SSD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support
SAS HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
SATA HDD Yes No support Yes No support Yes Yes
N2115 HBA
SATA SSD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support

IBM System x3250 M5 Specifications

General

Form Factor	1U rack
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series
Memory	Up to 32 GB UDIMM
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5"
Power Supply	350W
Network Interface	Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
Storage Bays	4 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5"
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10, 5
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware