Table 22. Drive options for EXP2512 external expansion enclosures
Part number
Description
Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
3.5" NL SAS HS HDDs
00NC555
2TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
12
00NC557
3TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
12
00NC559
4TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 3.5" HDD
12
The following table lists the hard disk drives that are supported by EXP2524 external expansion enclosures.
Table 23. Drive options for EXP2524 external expansion enclosures
Part number
Description
Maximum quantity supported
per one enclosure
2.5" NL SAS HS HDDs
00NC571
1TB 7,200 rpm 6Gb SAS NL 2.5" HDD
24
2.5" SAS HS HDDs
00NC561
146GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
00NC563
300GB 15,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
00NC565
600GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
00NC567
900GB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
00NC569
1.2TB 10,000 rpm 6Gb SAS 2.5" HDD
24
2.5" SAS HS SSDs
00NC573
200GB 6Gb SAS 2.5" SSD
24
00NC575
400GB 6Gb SAS 2.5" SSD
24
The RAID controllers listed in the following table are supported with the EXP2512 and EXP2524 external
expansion enclosures.
Table 24. RAID controllers for external storage expansion enclosures
Part number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported
46M0830
0094
ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller
2
46M0930
5106
ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key†
1 per one M5025
81Y4426
A10C
ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key†
1 per one M5025
† Only one key is supported in each controller, either the Advance Feature Key or the Performance
Accelerator Key.
The ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS external connectors
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
6 Gbps throughput per port
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
System x3850 X5 (7143)
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