IBM X3950 M2, X3850 M2 Disk drive technology, Integrated disk controller Eight-port LSI 1078 SAS

Combining high-performance architecture with high-performance Xeon processors

	x3850 M2 / x3950 M2 Specifications
# of drive bays total / available		5 / 4
# of HDD drive bays total / available		4 / 4 2.5-inch
# of 5.25" bays total / available		1 / 0 (CD-RW/DVD installed)
Maximum HDD capacity		2.5-inch SAS
		587.2B (4 x 146.8GB) hot-swap SAS
		2.5-inch SAS
Internal HDD capacities supported		73.4, 146.8GB — 10K RPMs;
		73.4GB — 15K RPMs
# of HDDs standard		None
# of optical drives standard		1 CD-RW/DVD Combo (24X/10X/24X/8X, in dedicated 5.25" UltraBay)
# of diskette drives standard		None (USB-attached)
Embedded USB Flash Key standard		4GB (preloaded with VMware ESXi 3.5 (3HX/3HY)
Disk drive technology		Hot-swap SAS
Integrated disk controller		Eight-port LSI 1078 SAS
# of disk drives supported per port		1
External disk drives supported		Yes, via external 4-port SAS connector
standard
External disk storage devices		System Storage DS4100, DS4200, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700, DS4800,
		DS6800, DS8100, DS8300, N3700, N5200, N5300, N5500, N5600, N7600, and N7800
supported
		storage subsystems
Integrated RAID controller / cache		LSI 1078 (no cache) standard—internal SAS
Optional RAID controllers supported		ServeRAID-MR10k(256MB)—internal/external SAS
# of adapter slots total / available		7 / 7
# of PCIe physical x8/electrical x8		7 full-height/half-length (including 2 Active PCIe hot-plug slots)
slots (4GBps)
# of PCI-X slots		None
# of legacy PCI slots		None
# of video ports		1
Video controller		ATI Radeon ES1000
Video memory		16MB SDRAM
Maximum video resolution at 32-bit		1024 x 758 x 32-bit color at 85Hz
color
Gigabit Ethernet controller		Dual-port Broadcom BCM5709C
TOE acceleration		Yes
Failover / load-balancing-capable		Yes / Yes
# of Gigabit Ethernet ports		2 (rear)
# of RS485 ports		None
# of serial ports		1 (rear)
# of parallel ports		None (USB-attached)
# of mouse ports		None (USB-attached)

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