IBM System x3500 M3 20
Internal backup units
The server supports the SATA, USB, and SAS internal tape drive and RDX options listed in the following
table. These internal drives are installed in the 5.25" HH bays in the server. However, not all
configurations offer 5.25" HH bays as shown in Figure 5.
The configuration rules are:
A maximum of two SATA tape drives or one SAS tape drive or one USB tape drive is supported. You
can mix tape drives if needed up to a total of two.
The SAS tape drive requires a SAS HBA to be installed in the server.
The USB tape and RDX drive are connected to the dedicated USB tape drive connector on the system
board.
If two internal tape drives are installed, then the maximum number of optical drives is limited to one.
Configurations with eight 3.5" HDD bay configurations do not support tape drives (Figure 5).
Configurations with twenty-four 2.5" HDD bays support either one internal tape drive or one internal
optical drive, but not both (Figure 5).
Table 9. Internal backup units
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
46C5399 5711 IBM DDS Generation 5 USB Tape Drive 1
39M5636 5395 IBM DDS Generation 6 USB Tape Drive 1
43W8478 5393 IBM Half High LTO Gen 3 SAS Tape Drive 1
44E8895 5397 IBM Half High LTO Gen 4 SAS Tape Drive 1
00D2786 A2VE IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 320GB Cartridge 1
00D2787 A2VF IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 500GB Cartridge 1
00D2788 A2VG IBM RDX Internal USB 3.0 Dock with 1TB Cartridge 1
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the Backup units category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=tape
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