IBM System x3950 X6
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Internal storage
The server supports 1.8-inch solid-state drives in the IBM eXFlash SSD units and 2.5-inch SSDs and
HDDs. Drives are installed in the Storage Book. The x3950 X6 has two Storage Books. The Storage Book
supports the following configurations:
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
The following figure shows these configurations.
Figure 6. Internal drive configurations
Backplanes
All standard models ship with four 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap hard disk drive bays. The following table
shows the internal storage expansion options that are available.
Table 8. Internal storage expansion options
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum supported
x3950 X6
44X4104
A4A6
IBM 4x 2.5" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane
4
44X4106
A4A7
IBM 8x 1.8" HS 12Gb SAS HDD Backplane
4
