IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

Chapter 3. Product information 77
Figure 3-20 shows the location of SAS backplanes in the Storage Book as well as the RAID
controllers that connect to the backplanes.
Figure 3-20 SAS backplanes location in the Storage Book
Table 3-9 shows the two backplanes.
Table 3-9 Internal storage expansion options
Table 3-10 shows the required SAS backplanes for all combinations of hard drives supported
by the X6 Storage Book.
Table 3-10 Drive and backplane combinations per Storage Book
Part
number
Feature
code
Name and description Maximum
supported
x3850 X6
Maximum
supported
x3950 X6
44X4104 A4A6 IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane 2 4
44X4106 A4A7 IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane 2 4
Drive bay
combination
Backplanes required Controllers
needed
4x 2.5-inch bays 򐂰 1x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104 1
8x 2.5-inch bays 򐂰 2x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104 1 or 2
4x 2.5-inch bays +
8x 1.8-inch bays
򐂰 1x IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4104
򐂰 1x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106
2
8x 1.8-inch bays 򐂰 1x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106 1
16x 1.8-inch bays 򐂰 2x IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane, 44X4106 2
SAS backplanes
RAID adapter (two
slots for two

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