45E2371 IBM 4006 300GB 15K FC Hard Drive for ENX4000 2863 004

45E2371 IBM 4006 300GB 15K FC Hard Drive for ENX4000 2863 004

IBM-validated enterprise hard drive for IBM System x (pre-2014) / Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and IBM Storwize / DS storage arrays.

Specifications

• Part Number: 45E2371
• Brand: IBM
• Capacity: 300 GB
• Rotational Speed: 15,000 RPM (15K)
• Interface: Fibre Channel (FC)
• Form Factor: SFF 2.5" / LFF 3.5" — see item_group
• Sector Size: Enterprise hard drive (hot-swap)
• Carrier: IBM Simple-Swap (SS) or Hot-Swap (HS) tray included

Compatibility

IBM drives are tray-keyed to System x chassis generation. Post-2014 Lenovo-branded equivalents use the same tray family. Verify chassis-gen + interface + form factor before order.

• System x x3550/x3650 M2/M3/M4/M5 (SFF 2.5"): SAS/SATA 2.5" carrier — 8-bay or 16-bay backplane
• System x x3550/x3650 M3/M4/M5 (LFF 3.5"): SAS/SATA 3.5" carrier — 12-bay LFF dense or 4/6/8-bay
• System x x3850 X5/X6 / x3950 X6 (SFF): 4-socket / 8-socket scale-up — 2.5" front-mount
• Flex System x240 M4/M5 (compute node): 2.5" SFF carrier (limited bays)
• IBM Storwize V5000/V7000 / DS5000/DS8000 (storage arrays): matching array SBB carrier (separate PN)
• Legacy SCSI HDD: U160/U320 parallel SCSI — IBM pSeries / System p / xSeries pre-M2

Use Cases

Primary storage tier for legacy System x deployments, DB2 / Oracle databases, WebSphere middleware, mainframe-adjacent z/VM hosting, file servers, backup targets, archival. 7.2K NL-SAS for capacity workloads; 10K/15K for high-IOPS database / WebSphere tier.

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