Product guide

IBM NeXtScale nx360 M5 18
Mixing hot-swap (front) and simple-swap (internal) HDDs: Only 2.5-inch simple-swap drives are
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supported in combination with 2.5-inch hot-swap drives. The 1.8-inch and 3.5-inch internal drives are
not supported when 2.5-inch hot-swap drives are installed.
Table 12. Disk drive options for internal disk storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
3.5-inch simple-swap SATA HDDs
00AD010 A487 IBM 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale System 1
00AD020 A489 IBM 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale System 1
00AD025 A4GC IBM 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale System 1
3.5-inch simple-swap SATA HDDs - 512e format
00FN123 A5VV IBM 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale System 1
00FN138 A5VW IBM 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale System 1
00FN153 A5VX IBM 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale System 1
00FN168 A5VY IBM 5TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale System 1
00FN183 A5VZ IBM 6TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale System 1
2.5-inch simple-swap SAS HDDs
00AD055 A48D IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" HDD for NeXtScale System 2
00AJ290 A5NG IBM 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5'' HDD for NeXtScale System 2
00FN040 A5NC IBM 1.2TB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" HDD for NeXtScale System 2
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs
00AJ096 A4TL IBM 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD 2
00AJ136 A4TW IBM 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" G3HS HDD 2
00AJ126 A4TS IBM 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD 2
00AJ146 A4TP IBM 1.2TB 10K 6Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD 2
1.8-inch simple-swap Enterprise Value SSDs
00AJ040 A4KV S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x 4
00AJ050 A4KX S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for IBM System x 4