IBM BladeCenter HS23E
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Table 23 lists the hard disk drives supported by the EXP2524 external expansion enclosures.
Table 23. Drive options for the EXP2524 external expansion enclosures
Part
number
Description
Maximum quantity supported per
one enclosure*
2.5" NL SAS HS HDDs
49Y1898
500GB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
24
81Y9952
1TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
24
2.5" SAS HS HDDs
49Y1896
146GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
81Y9944
300GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
00W1595
600GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
46W0970
900GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
46W0980
1.2TB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
2.5" SAS HS SSDs
49Y6072
200GB 6Gb SAS 2.5" SSD
24
49Y6077
400GB 6Gb SAS 2.5" SSD
24
* Although the maximum number of drives supported by EXP2524 is 24, the ServeRAID H1135 Controller supports
up to 14 drives in a RAID configuration, including up to two hot-spare drives. The blade server hosts two internal
drives, therefore limiting the number of drives in one EXP2524 to 12.
External disk storage systems
Table 24 lists the external storage systems that are supported by HS23E and that can be ordered through
the System x sales channel. The HS23E blade might support other IBM disk systems that are not listed in
this table. For further information, refer to the IBM System Storage® Interoperability Center at:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
Table 24. External disk storage systems
Part number
Description
1746A2D
IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Dual Controller Storage System
1746A2S
IBM System Storage DS3512 Express Single Controller Storage System
1746A4D
IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Dual Controller Storage System
1746A4S
IBM System Storage DS3524 Express Single Controller Storage System
181494H
IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 94
181498H
IBM System Storage DS3950 Model 98
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the System Storage category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=externalstorage
