Figure 5. Internal drive bays
The System x3500 M5 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
Configurations with 2.5-inch hot-swap drives:
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (1 RAID adapter)
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (1 RAID adapter)
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (2 RAID adapters)
24x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (1 RAID adapter)
24x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (2 RAID adapters)
32x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (1 RAID adapter)
32x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (2 RAID adapters)
Configurations with 3.5-inch hot-swap drives:
6x 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (1 RAID adapter)
12x 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives (2 RAID adapters)
Configurations with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hot-swap drives: 6x 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
16x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives (2 RAID adapters)
Configurations with 3.5-inch simple-swap drives:
6x 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (6 Gb SATA onboard connectors)
6x 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drives (1 adapter)
Note: A configuration of 12 simple-swap drives is not supported.
The following drive type mixing rules apply:
Hot-swap SATA HDDs and hot-swap SAS HDDs can be intermixed on the same backplane , but
cannot be intermixed in the same RAID array.
Hot-swap SATA HDDs and hot-swap SAS HDDs can be intermixed with SSDs on the same
backplane, but SAS nor SATA HDDs can be configured with SSDs within the same RAID array.
Backplanes
The following table lists the available backplanes for the x3500 M5. Standard models ship with one 8x 2.5-
inch hot-swap backplane or one 6x 3.5-inch hot-swap backplane, as listed.
Table 8. Internal storage backplane (configure to order)
Feature
code
Name
Models
where used
Maximum
supported
A5D4
System x3500 M5 2.5-inch Hot Swap SAS:
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Connect to 1 adapter (2 ports) or 2 adapters (1 port each)
Supported by M5210, M1215, or N2215
All other
standard
models
2
Lenovo System x3500 M5
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