IBM System x3650 M4 User Manual

IBM System x3650 M4 28
Use the following table to determine what backplane kits you need.
Table 8. Drive combinations
Drive combination Configure these kits Controllers
needed
Hot-swap drives - 6 Gb
6x 3.5-inch hot-swap
drives
x3650 M4 3.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JV (standard in

model C4x, or CTO)
Onboard
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives
x3650 M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JX (standard in

all models except C4x)
Onboard
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives with a SAS
expander
x3650 M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JX (standard in

all models except C4x and C5x)
x3650 M4 Plus 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit with Expander, part

69Y5319, feature A1JY
Onboard
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives without a SAS
expander
x3650 M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JX (standard in

all models except C4x and C5x)
x3650 M4 Plus 8 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Option Kit, part 00D9490,

feature A39W
Onboard +
1x adapter
8x 2.5-inch drives +
16x 1.8-inch drives
x3650 M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JX (standard in

all models except C4x and C5x)
x3650 M4 8 2.5" Plus 16 1.8" SSD Assembly Option Kit, part

00D9493, feature A39Z
Onboard +
2x adapters
16x 1.8-inch drives
(CTO only)
x3650 M4 Hot-Swap 16/32 HDD Assembly Kit, feature A39X

2x adapters
32x 1.8-inch drives
(CTO only)
x3650 M4 Hot-Swap 16/32 HDD Assembly Kit, feature A39X

x3650 M4 16 Plus 16 1.8" SSD Assembly Option Kit, part 00D9492,

feature A39Y
4x adapters
Hot-swap drives - 12 Gb
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives
x3650M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit for 12Gb RAID, feature

A460 (CTO only)
1x 12 Gb
adapter
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap
drives with a SAS
expander
x3650M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit for 12Gb RAID, feature

A460 (CTO only)
x3650M4 16x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit with Expander for 12Gb

RAID, part number 00Y7627
1x 12 Gb
adapter
8x 2.5-inch 6 Gb drives
+
8x 2.5-inch 12 Gb drives
x3650 M4 8x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JX (standard in

all models except C4x and C5x)
x3650M4 16x 2.5" HS HDD Assembly Kit for 12Gb RAID, part

number 00Y7626
Onboard +
1x 12 Gb
adapter
Simple-swap drives
6x 3.5-inch simple-swap
drives (CTO only)
x3650 M4 3.5" SS HDD Assembly Kit, feature A1JW (CTO only)

Onboard
8x 2.5-inch simple-swap
drives (CTO only)
x3650 M4 2.5" Simple Swap Kit, feature A3A0 (CTO only)

Onboard
Tape drive option
Add an internal tape
drive to any of the above
x3650 M4 Tape Enablement Kit, part 69Y5320, feature A1L6

None

IBM System x3650 M4 Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U Rack
Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 series
Memory	Up to 768GB DDR3
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5-inch or 6 x 3.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Power Supply	Redundant hot-swap 550W, 750W, or 900W
Network Interface	Quad-port 1 GbE
Chipset	Intel C600
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50, 60
Expansion Slots	Up to 6 PCIe slots
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware