Lenovo thinkserver rd550 Product Manual page 6

Components Specification
Drive bays
Drive types 2.5-inch drives:
3.5-inch drives:
M.2 Read-Optimized SSDs up to 120 GB.
SD Cards up to 32 GB.
Intermix of SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs is supported within a system, but not within a
RAID array.
Maximum internal Up to 36 TB with 4x 8 TB 3.5-inch NL SATA HDDs and 2x 2 TB 2.5-inch NL SATA HDDs.
storage
RAID support
Optical drive bays
Tape drive bays None.
Network interfaces One (3.5-inch drive bay models) or two (2.5-inch drive bay models) AnyFabric slots for
optional AnyFabric adapters:
I/O expansion slots 2.5-inch drive bay models:
3.5-inch drive bay models:
Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v3)
12x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap front drive bays; or
4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap front drive bays and optional 2x 2.5-inch SATA hot-
swap rear drive bays.
SAS HDDs up to 1.8 TB
Nearline (NL) SATA HDDs up to 2 TB
SAS SSDs up to 800 GB
SATA SSDs up to 1.6 TB
PCIe 3.0 SSDs up to 1.6 TB
SAS HDDs up to 1.8 TB
NL SAS HDDs up to 8 TB
NL SATA HDDs up to 8 TB
SAS SSDs up to 800 GB
SATA SSDs up to 1.6 TB
6 Gbps SATA: RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5 with RAID 110i.
6 Gbps SAS/SATA: RAID 0, 1, and 10 with RAID 510i. Optional RAID 5 and 50
upgrade is available.
12 Gbps SAS/6 Gbps SATA: RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 50 with RAID 720i or 720ix.
Optional (for 720i) or mandatory (for 720ix) cache memory upgrades are available: 1
GB non-backed; 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB flash-backed. Cache upgrades include RAID 6
and 60 support. Flash backup upgrades include FastPath and CacheCade Pro 2.0
features.
2.5-inch models: None; support for an external optical drive.
3.5-inch models: One; support for DVD-ROM or DVD-RW.
Dual-port 10 GbE RJ-45
Dual-port 10 GbE SFP+
Quad-port 10 GbE SFP+
Quad-port GbE RJ-45
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile, half-length
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x8; low profile, half-length
Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile, half-length (requires the second CPU)
Slot 1: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile, half-length
Slot 2: PCIe 3.0 x16; low profile, half-length (requires the second CPU)
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