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The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller supports connectivity to the IBM System Storage external

expansion enclosures that are listed in the following table. Up to nine expansion enclosures can be

daisy-chained per one M5120 external port. For better performance, distribute expansion enclosures

evenly across both M5120 ports.

Table 22. IBM System Storage external expansion enclosures

Part number Description Maximum quantity

supported per one M5120

172701X IBM System Storage EXP3000

174712X IBM System Storage EXP2512 Express 18

174724X IBM System Storage EXP2524 Express 9

The external SAS cables that are listed in the following table support connectivity between external

expansion enclosures and the ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller.

Table 23. External SAS cables for external storage expansion enclosures

Part number Description Maximum quantity

supported per one enclosure

39R6531 IBM 3 m SAS Cable 1

39R6529 IBM 1 m SAS Cable 1

The following table lists the drives that are supported by EXP2512 external expansion enclosures.

Table 24. Drive options for EXP2512 external expansion enclosures

Part number Description Maximum quantity supported

per one enclosure

3.5" NL SAS HS HDDs

49Y1903 1TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12

49Y1902 2TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12

90Y8720 3TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12

46W0975 4TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD 12

3.5" SAS HS HDDs

49Y1899 300GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12

49Y1900 450GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12

49Y1901 600GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 3.5" HDD 12

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General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware