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The following table lists supported combinations of the storage controllers and drive types for the
System x3650 M5 drive bay configurations.
Table 13. Storage controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays
Drive bay configuration
Storage
Controller
Drive type
SAS
HDD
NL SAS
HDD NL SATA
HDD SAS
SED SAS
SSD SATA
SSD PCIe
SSD
Front drive bays
8/16/24x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (front)
M1215 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes No
M5210 Yes Yes Yes Yes** Yes Yes No
N2215 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
8/12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (front) M1215 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
M5210 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
N2215 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
4/8x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe
non-hot-swap (front) PCIe SSD
Extender No No No No No No Yes
Rear drive bays
2/4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (rear; independent RAID)
M1215 Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes No
2x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (rear; cascaded RAID)# M1215 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
M5210 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
N2215 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
2x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (rear; independent RAID) M1215 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
# 3.5" rear drives support cascaded connections only to the SAS expander on the 12-drive backplane (12x 3.5" drive bay models).
* SEDs are supported with the RAID 5 FoD upgrade (00AE930).
** SEDs are supported with the RAID 5 FoD upgrade (47C8708) or any cache upgrade (47C8656, 47C8660, 47C8664, 47C8668).
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