IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

76 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
The Storage Book supports up to eight drives (2.5-inch format) or up to 16 1.8-inch solid-state
drives (using two 8-bay eXFlash units) in the following combinations:
򐂰 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
򐂰 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
򐂰 4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays + 8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
򐂰 8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
򐂰 16x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
Figure 3-19 shows all available combinations of drives in the Storage Book:
Figure 3-19 Storage Book population capabilities
3.10.2 Backplanes
The drives in each Storage Book are connected by backplanes and there are two types of
backplanes:
򐂰 Backplane to connect four 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
򐂰 Backplane to connect eight 1.8-inch hot-swap SSDs (IBM eXFlash SSD unit)
Each Storage Book can house two backplanes. All standard models ship with one backplane
with four 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays.
2.5" HDD 3
2.5" HDD 2
2.5" HDD 1
2.5" HDD 0
2.5" HDD 7
2.5" HDD 6
2.5" HDD 5
2.5" HDD 4
Blank
2.5" HDD 3
2.5" HDD 2
2.5" HDD 1
2.5" HDD 0
Blank
1.8" SSD 7
1.8" SSD 6
1.8" SSD 5
1.8" SSD 4
1.8" SSD 3
1.8" SSD 2
1.8" SSD 1
1.8" SSD 0
1.8" SSD 15
1.8" SSD 14
1.8" SSD 13
1.8" SSD 12
1.8" SSD 11
1.8" SSD 10
1.8" SSD 9
1.8" SSD 8
1.8" SSD 7
1.8" SSD 6
1.8" SSD 5
1.8" SSD 4
1.8" SSD 3
1.8" SSD 2
1.8" SSD 1
1.8" SSD 0
2.5" HDD 3
2.5" HDD 2
2.5" HDD 1
2.5" HDD 0
1.8" SSD 15
1.8" SSD 14
1.8" SSD 13
1.8" SSD 12
1.8" SSD 11
1.8" SSD 10
1.8" SSD 9
1.8" SSD 8
May Reverse Backplanes Order

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