Internal Storage - Lenovo System x3550 M5 Product Manual

Internal storage

The System x3550 M5 server supports the following internal drive bay configurations:
1. 4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 8x 2.5-inch
SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
2. 10x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 12x 2.5-inch
SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays (10x front drive bays and 2x rear drive bays)
3. 4x 2.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 8x 2.5-inch SATA
Simple Swap drive bays
4. 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models
5. 4x 3.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models
The following figure shows some of these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Note: Four- and eight-drive bay models of the x3550 M5 support an optional internal optical drive.
The following table shows the internal storage options available for the x3550 M5 server.
Table 7. Internal storage options
Part Feature Description
number code
Base drive kits
None* A59W System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" HS HDD Kit
None* A5A4 System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" HS HDD Kit
None* A5A0 System x3550 M5 10x 2.5" HS HDD Kit
None* A59Y System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid
None* A5A5 System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, Non-Raid
None* A5A6 System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID
None* A5A8 System x3550 M5 4x 3.5" SS HDD Kit, HW RAID
Upgrade drive kits (require the base drive kit)
00KA058 A5A2 System x3550 M5 2x 2.5" HS HDD Rear Kit
00KA055 A59X System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" HS HDD Kit PLUS
00KA056 A59Z System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, Non-Raid
00KA060 A5A7 System x3550 M5 4x 2.5" SS HDD Kit PLUS, HW RAID
* Available in standard or CTO models, or both.
Lenovo System x3550 M5 (E5-2600 v3)
Maximum Standard models
supported where used
1 62x, C2x, D2x, F2x,
H2x, J2x, L2x, M2x,
N2x, P2x, Q2x
1 C4x
1 G2x
1 -
1 -
1 A2x
1 B2x
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
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