Integrated Virtualization; Internal Tape Drives; Optical Drives - Lenovo ThinkSystem SN550 Product Manual

Table 23. 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSDs
Part number Feature Description
2.5-inch SSDs - NVMe - Enterprise Performance (10+ DWPD)
7XB7A05923 AWG6
7XB7A05922 AWG7
2.5-inch SSDs - NVMe - Enterprise Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)
7N47A00095 AUUY
7N47A00096 AUMF
2.5-inch SSDs - NVMe - Enterprise Entry (<3 DWPD)
7N47A00984 AUV0
7N47A00985 AUUU
Note: NVMe PCIe SSDs support informed hot removal and hot insertion, provided the operating
system supports PCIe SSD hot-swap.

Integrated virtualization

The server supports booting from a hypervisor installed on an M.2 solid-state drive. See the
section for details and the list of available options.
VMware ESXi is available as a factory installed option for M.2 drives. Feature codes are listed below.
Table 24. VMware factory installed features
Part number
CTO only
CTO only
Alternatively, you can download supported VMware vSphere hypervisor images from the following web
page and load it on the M.2 drives using the instructions provided:
http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/solutions/alliances/vmware/#tab-VMware-tab-main-2

Internal tape drives

The server does not support an internal tape drive. However, it can be attached to external tape drives by
using Fibre Channel connectivity.

Optical drives

Lenovo ThinkSystem SN550 Server
ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 800GB Performance NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot
Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 1.6TB Performance NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot
Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 960GB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot
Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 PX04PMB 1.92TB Mainstream NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot
Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 PM963 1.92TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
ThinkSystem U.2 PM963 3.84TB Entry NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Hot Swap SSD
Feature Description
code
AXFT VMware ESXi 6.5 (factory installed)
AXFS VMware ESXi 6.0 U3 (factory installed)
Maximum
supported
2
2
2
2
2
2
M.2 drives
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