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Standard models of x3400 M3 ship with either four 3.5" SS SATA HHD bays (configuration 1 in Figure 5),
four 3.5" HS SAS/SATA HDD bays (also configuration 1), or eight 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drive
bays (configuration 3). The following table shows internal storage expansion options available for the
x3400 M3 server.
Table 6. Internal storage expansion options
Part
number
Feature
code
Name Maximum
supported
69Y0894 1731 Additional 4x 3.5-inch LFF hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD upgrade kit
(used in configuration 2 in Figure 5)
1
69Y0895 1725 Additional 8x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap SAS/SATA HDD upgrade kit
(includes a 6 Gbps SAS expander) (used in configuration 4, as shown in Figure
5)
1
These options are used in the following ways:
69Y0894 upgrades models with four 3.5" hot-swap HDD bays to eight 3.5" hot-swap HDD bays

(configuration 2 in Figure 5). Disk backplanes are directly connected to the ports on the RAID
controller. If this option is used, then only one UltraSlim optical drive can be installed. Internal tapes
are not supported in this configuration.
69Y0895 upgrades models with eight 2.5" hot-swap HDD bays to 16x 2.5" hot-swap HDD bays

(configuration 4 in Figure 5). This option includes a SAS expander card that fits into a regular PCI-E
slot, decreasing the number of available slots by one. The RAID controller occupies a separate PCI-E
slot. Two PCI-E slots are occupied by storage cards in this configuration. Disk backplanes are
connected to the SAS expander, and the SAS expander is connected to the RAID controller.
The following table lists the RAID controllers and additional options used for internal disk storage of the
x3400 M3 server.
Table 7. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximu
m
support
ed
Standard models
where used
49Y4731 9742 ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller V2 1 A4x, B4x, C2x, 56x, 24x, 34x,
42x, 52x
81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller 1 -
46M0832 9749 ServeRAID M1000 Series Advance Feature
Key
1 -
46M0831 0095 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller 1 58x, D2x, 54x, 62x, 72x
46M0917 5744 ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Kit 1 -
46M0930 5106 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature
Key
1† -
81Y4426 A10C ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance
Accelerator Key
1† -
46M0916 3877 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller 1 F2x
46M0829 0093 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller 2* 74x
† Only one key is supported in each controller, either the Advance Feature Key or the Performance Accelerator Key.
* Two M5015 RAID controllers are only supported via CTO in a sixteen 2.5" HDD bays configuration.