Backplanes and enablement kits
Standard models of x3650 M3 ship with four (model A2x) or eight (all models except A2x) SAS/SATA 2.5" SFF hot-swap hard drive bays. The following table shows internal storage expansion options available for x3650 M3 server.
Table 7. Internal storage expansion options
Part | Feature | Name | Maximum |
number | code | | supported |
| | | |
69Y4236 | 4174 | IBM System x3650 M3 Hot-Swap SAS/SATA 4 Pac HDD Upgrade Option | 1 |
| | | |
59Y3825 | 1747 | Hot-swap SAS SATA 8 Pack HDD Enablement Option (with 6 Gb/sec | 1 |
| | expander) | |
| | | |
69Y5034 | 5720 | Hot-swap SAS SATA 8 Pack HDD Enablement Kit (with two ServeRAID M5015 | 1 |
| | adapters) | |
| | | |
59Y3806 | 4181 | IBM System x3650 M3 Tape Enablement Kit | 1 |
| | | |
These options have the following descriptions:
69Y4236 upgrades models with four hot-swap HDD bays to eight hot-swap HDD bays. This option requires a ServeRAID M1015, M5014, or M5015.
59Y3825 upgrades models with eight hot-swap HDD bays to 16 hot-swap HDD bays. This option includes a SAS expander card that fits into a dedicated RAID slot, and RAID controller occupies one of the four PCIe slots, limiting the number of available slots to three.
69Y5034 upgrades models with eight hot-swap HDD bays to 16 hot-swap HDD bays. This option includes two ServeRAID M5015 RAID controllers (without batteries). The number of available PCIe slots is three.
59Y3806 upgrades models with eight hot-swap HDD bays to eight hot-swap HDD bays plus an internal tape drive (DDS5, DDS6, or RDX). This includes the riser card with USB and SAS tape connectors, replacing the standard SAS RAID riser card.
