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x3850 M2 / x3950 M2 Specifications
# of drive bays total / available
# of HDD drive bays total / available
# of 5.25" bays total / available
1 / 0 (CD-RW/DVD installed)
2.5-inch SAS
587.2B (4 x 146.8GB) hot-swap SAS
Internal HDD capacities supported
2.5-inch SAS
73.4, 146.8GB — 10K RPMs;
73.4GB — 15K RPMs
# of optical drives standard
1 CD-RW/DVD Combo (24X/10X/24X/8X, in dedicated 5.25" UltraBay)
# of diskette drives standard
Embedded USB Flash Key standard
4GB (preloaded with VMware ESXi 3.5 (3HX/3HY)
Integrated disk controller
# of disk drives supported per port
External disk drives supported
standard
Yes, via external 4-port SAS connector
External disk storage devices
supported
System Storage DS4100, DS4200, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700, DS4800,
DS6800, DS8100, DS8300, N3700, N5200, N5300, N5500, N5600, N7600, and N7800
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
# of PCIe physical x8/electrical x8
slots (4GBps)
7 full-height/half-length (including 2 Active PCIe hot-plug slots)
Maximum video resolution at 32-bit
color
1024 x 758 x 32-bit color at 85Hz
Gigabit Ethernet controller
Dual-port Broadcom BCM5709C
Failover / load-balancing-capable
# of Gigabit Ethernet ports