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The Slim SATA DVD-RW Optical Disk Drive and the USB DVD Burner support the following types of media:

CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-R (dual-layer recording), DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R

(dual-layer recording), and DVD+RW.

The Slim SATA DVD-ROM Optical Disk Drive supports the following types of media: CD-R, CD-ROM, DVD-

R, DVD-R (dual-layer recording), DVD+R, DVD+R (dual-layer recording).

I/O expansion

The RD550 supports up to two AnyFabric slots and up to three PCIe slots with riser cards that are installed

into two riser sockets on the system planar (one riser socket supports installation of one riser card). The

slot form factors are as follows:

Up to five slots for 2.5-inch drive bay models:

AnyFabric slot 1 (PCIe 3.0 x8) (system planar)

AnyFabric slot 2 (PCIe 3.0 x8) (system planar)

PCIe slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (Riser card 1)

PCIe slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile (Riser card 1)

PCIe slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (Riser card 2; requires the second CPU to be installed)

Up to three slots 3.5-inch drive bays models:

AnyFabric slot (PCIe 3.0 x8) (system planar)

PCIe slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (Riser card 1)

PCIe slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile (Riser card 2; requires the second CPU to be installed)

The locations of the expansion slots are shown in the following figure.

Figure 9. Slot locations

The following table lists the available PCIe riser card options.

Table 15. PCIe riser card options

Description

Riser card slot 1

Lenovo ThinkServer 1U x8/x8 PCIe Riser Kit (for 2.5-inch drive bay models)

Lenovo ThinkServer 1U x16 PCIe Riser 2 Kit (for 3.5-inch drive bay models)

Riser card slot 2 (Requires the second CPU to be installed)

Lenovo ThinkServer 1U x16 PCIe Riser 1 Kit

Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v3)

Part number

Maximum

supported

4XF0G45880

4XF0G45878

4XF0G45879

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