IBM System x3650 M4 HD User Manual

IBM System x3650 M4 HD 16
Table 8. Internal storage expansion options (Part 2)
Configuration Name and description
CTO Option C, feature A4M7
x3650 M4 HD 3 x 8 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit
Maximizes the performance of the RAID
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subsystem.
Three 8-bay backplanes.
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One backplane connects to M5210e.
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One backplane connects to an M5210 or
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N2215 adapter.
Adapters are not part of feature A4M7.
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CTO Option D, feature A4M5
x3650 M4 HD Plus 16 x 1.8" SSD Assembly Kit
Best use case for storage tiering.
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Two 8-bay 2.5-inch backplanes with M5210e.
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Two 8-bay 1.8-inch backplanes.
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Each 1.8-in backplane connects to an M5210
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or N2215 adapter.
Adapters are not part of feature A4M5.
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x3650 M4 HD Rear 2 HDD Kit, feature A3NQ
Add-on for Option A, B or C; not supported by
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D.
Two drives are installed in place of PCIe slots 1
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and 2.
ServeRAID H1110 is installed in slot 3.
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CTO only.
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The adapter is separate from feature A3NQ.
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The following figure shows the inside of the server with the x3650 M4 HD Plus 8 x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly
Kit with Expander installed (option 46W4204 or feature code A4M4). You can see the three backplanes,
two of which have SAS expanders.
Figure 6. x3650 M4 HD Plus 8 x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit with Expander installed in the server

IBM System x3650 M4 HD Specifications

General

Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Form Factor	2U rack
Chipset	Intel C600 series
Expansion Slots	Up to six PCIe 3.0 slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 product family
Memory	Up to 768 GB
Storage	Hot-swap SAS/SATA/SSD
Storage Capacity	Up to 16 TB
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Power Supply	Dual 750W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Network Interface	Four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware