The following table lists supported combinations of the storage controllers and drive types for the
System x3250 M6 drive bay configurations.
Table 14. Storage controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays
Drive bays
Storage
Controller
Drive type
SAS
HDD
NL SAS
HDD
NL SATA
HDD
SATA
SSD
SAS/SATA hot-swap
4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap
C110
No
No
No
No
M1210
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
M1215, M5210, N2215
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap
C110
No
No
No
No
M1210
No
No
No
No
M1215, M5210, N2215
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap
C110
No
No
No
No
M1210
No
Yes
Yes
No
M1215, M5210, N2215
No
Yes
Yes
No
SATA Simple Swap
4x 2.5-inch SATA Simple Swap
C110
No
No
Yes
No
M1210
No
No
Yes
No
M1215, M5210, N2215
No
No
Yes
No
8x 2.5-inch SATA Simple Swap
C110
No
No
No
No
M1210
No
No
No
No
M1215, M5210, N2215
No
No
Yes
No
4x 3.5-inch SATA Simple Swap
C110
No
No
Yes
No
M1210
No
No
Yes
No
M1215, M5210, N2215
No
No
Yes
No
Drives for internal storage
The following tables list currently available drive options for internal storage of the x3250 M6 server.
Table 15. Internal drive options: 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Description
Part number
Feature
code
Maximum
supported
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 12 Gbps SAS
300GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG685
AT89
8
300GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG660
AT84
8
600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG690
AT8A
8
600GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG665
AT85
8
900GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG695
AT8B
8
900GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
01GV035
AVKU
8
1.2TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
00WG700
AT8C
8
1.8TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
00NA271
ASBM
8
Lenovo System x3250 M6 (Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6, Core i3, Pentium/Celeron G Series Processors)
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