3.5-inch
SAS/SATA
hot-swap
4
1x M1215; or
1x M5210; or
1x N2215
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" HS HDD Kit (FC A5A4)
3.5-inch
SATA
Simple
Swap
4
Integrated
8-port
6 Gbps SATA
(no RAID
support)
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid (FC A5A5)
1x M1215; or
1x M5210; or
1x N2215
Factory installed:
1x System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID (FC A5A8)
Drive bay
type
Drive
bay
qty
Storage controller
Drive kits required
Controllers for internal storage
The following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal storage of the
x3550 M5 server. The internal storage controllers are installed into a dedicated PCIe slot 4.
Table 9. RAID controllers and HBAs for internal storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported
Standard models
where used
12 Gb SAS/SATA controllers
46C9110
A3YZ
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
1
62x, D2x, F2x,
G2x, H2x, J2x,
L2x, M2x, N2x,
P2x, Q2x
46C9114
A45W
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
1
A2x, B2x, C2x,
C4x
47C8675
A3YY
N2215 SAS/SATA HBA
1
-
Hardware upgrades for the M5210 (per one controller)
47C8656
A3Z0
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
-
47C8660
A3Z1
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
D2x, F2x, G2x,
H2x
47C8664
A3Z2
ServeRAID M5200 Series 2GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
62x, J2x, N2x,
P2x, Q2x
47C8668
A3Z3
ServeRAID M5200 Series 4GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
-
Features on Demand upgrades for the M5210 (per one server)**
47C8708
A3Z6
ServeRAID M5200 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
-
47C8706
A3Z5
ServeRAID M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
1*
-
47C8710
A3Z7
ServeRAID M5200 Series Performance Accelerator
1*
-
47C8712
A3Z8
ServeRAID M5200 Series SSD Caching Enabler
1*
-
Features on Demand upgrades for the M1215 (per one server)**
00AE930
A5H5
ServeRAID M1200 Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
1
-
* Requires cache memory upgrade (47C8656, 47C8660, 47C8664, or 47C8668).
** ServeRAID Feature on Demand upgrades are system-wide. One FoD upgrade part number will enable the feature on all
ServeRAID M5200 Series adapters (M5210, M5210e, M5225) installed in the server.
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