Section 3 - Thinkstation P520 - Lenovo ThinkStation P920 Manual

Section 3 – ThinkStation P520
Level of Support Summary
Maximum Number of Drives
Connection Method
Drive Locations
Hardware Required
Drive Type Supported
(6Gb/s)
RAID Level Support
Drive Data Rate
Drive Bay Configuration
SATA HDD cable(s) should equal the quantity of HDD's/SSD's in the HDD bays and FLEX bays.
2
2-drop HDD Power cable for the HDD's/SSD's in the HDD bays comes standard.
3
4-drop HDD Power cable for the HDD's/SSD's in the HDD bays gets derived when more than two
4
drives are selected.
4
Manual plug for data and power using standard cabling
methods.
BCA is not supported.
4 Drives install into HDD Bays via FLEX Tray.
2
SATA HDD cable(s)
SATA HDD Power cable(s)
SATA HDD Power cable(s)
3.5" SATA HDD (7200rpm)
2.5" SATA SSD
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10
Maximum drive data rate is 6Gb/s.
0,1 drives → 1 SATA + 1 dual drop power
2 drives → 2 SATA + 1 dual drop power
3 drives → 3 SATA + 1 quad drop power + 1 cage/tray kit
4 drives → 4 SATA + 1 quad drop power + 1 cage/tray kit
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