IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

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5. From the Advanced Controller Management menu, select the Manage MegaRAID
Advanced Software Options as seen in Figure 5-24.
Figure 5-24 Manage MegaRAID Advanced Software Options
6. Ensure that the MegaRAID Advanced Software Option is activated. Exit this menu by
pressing the Esc key and return back to the Main Menu in Figure 5-21 on page 152.
7. From this menu, select Drive Management. Ensure that your disks are in an
Unconfigured Good state as seen in Figure 5-25.
Figure 5-25 Drive Management panel
8. Select each drive individually. From here you can find a drive and initialize a drive from the
menu as seen in Figure 5-26.
Figure 5-26 Drive operation selection

IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

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