IBM System x3690 X5
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The following memory protection technologies are supported:
ECC
ChipKill
Memory Mirroring
Memory Sparing
Redundant Bit Steering (MAX5 or servers with E7 processors only, x4 DIMMs only)
Internal disk storage options
IBM System x3690 X5 server supports internally up to 16 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, or up to 24
1.8-inch solid state drives (SSDs). The number of drives that can be inserted depends on the backplanes
that are installed. Backplane options are listed in the following table. The backplanes that are standard in
each model are listed in Table 2. Only certain combinations of backplanes are supported; see the
Installation and User's Guide
for information.
Table 7. Drive backplane options
Part
number
Feature
code
Name
Maximum
supported
60Y0339
9287
IBM 4x 2.5" HS SAS HDD Backplane
Supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap drives.
4*
60Y0381
1790
IBM 8x 2.5" HS SAS HDD Backplane
Supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap drives.
2
60Y0360
9281
IBM eXFlash 8x 1.8" HS SAS SSD Backplane
Supports up to eight 1.8-inch hot-swap SSDs.
3
* Only two 4x 2.5" are supported when building an initial configuration using one of the configurators, however the
server does support four 4x 2.5" backplanes if installed after an initial configuration.
