Technical details
| Type |
Bezel panel |
| Number of hard drives supported |
4 |
| Hard drive interface |
Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) |
| Hot-Plug support |
Y |
4x 2.5" HS SAS HDD backplane - supports up to eight 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap drives
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.