Product guide

IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 14
Internal storage
The NeXtScale nx360 M5 server supports one of the following drives internally in the server:
One 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA drive
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Two 2.5-inch simple-swap HDDs or SSDs
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Four 1.8-inch simple-swap SSDs
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The following figure shows the three variations.
Figure 6. Drive bay options
These internal drives are installed in a drive cage. Ordering information for these drive cages are listed in
the following table.
Table 8. Internal drive cages for the drive bay in the nx360 M5
Part number Feature code Description Models
where used
00KA895 A5V3 nx360 M5 1.8" Rear Drive Cage -
00KA894 A5V2 nx360 M5 2.5" Rear Drive Cage 62x
00FL465 A5K1 nx360 M5 3.5" Rear Drive Cage 22x, 42x
In addition, if the internal drives are 2.5-inch drive bays, then the server also supports two additional
2.5-inch drive bays. These are front accessible and are hot-swap drive bays. These hot-swap drive bays
take the place of the full-height PCIe slot, as shown in the following figure.