Configuration notes:
24x 2.5-inch drives are supported on storage dense models only (models without the System x3650 M5
2.5" ODD/LCD Light Path Bay, FC A5FY; the first configuration in Figure 5).
4x 2.5-inch rear drives are supported on 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bay models and 3.5-inch hot-swap and
Simple Swap drive bay models.
The following configuration rules apply to 3.5-inch drive bays models:
If no 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kits are installed, up to two 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kits can be installed.
If the 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit (Cascaded RAID) is installed, up to one 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit can
be installed.
If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit (Independent RAID) is installed, the 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kits
cannot be installed.
If the PCIe Riser 1 is installed, the 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is installed in place of the Riser 2. If the
PCIe Riser 2 is installed, the 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is installed in place of the Riser 1.
If the 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is installed in place of the Riser 2, the operating temperature is
limited to ASHRAE A2.
2x 3.5-inch rear drives are supported on 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bay models only.
With 8x 3.5-inch HS drive bay models, the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is connected to a dedicated
M1215 controller, and the 2x 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit cannot be installed.
With 12x 3.5-inch HS drive bay models, the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit can be connected to a
dedicated M1215 controller or SAS expander on the 12-drive backplane. If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear
HDD Kit is connected to a dedicated M1215 controller, the 2x 2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit cannot be
installed. If the 2x 3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is connected to a SAS expander, the 2x 2.5-inch Rear
HDD Kit can be installed.
3.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is not supported on Simple Swap models.
NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported on 8x or 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay models only.
For 16x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay configurations, the internal optical drive is not
supported in the configurations with NVMe PCIe SSDs.
If the NVMe PCIe SSD Upgrade Kit is used in the configurations with one processor, the 2.5-inch
Rear HDD Kit is not supported.
If the NVMe PCIe SSD Upgrade Kit is used in the configurations with two processors, up to one
2.5-inch Rear HDD Kit is supported.
The NVMe PCIe SSD Upgrade Kit is not supported in the configurations with two 2.5-inch Rear
HDD Kits.
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