Drives For Internal Storage - Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 Product Manual

The following table lists supported drive bay configurations, drive types, and RAID controllers.
Table 9. Drive bay configurations, drive types, and storage controllers
Drive bays
Front drives (HDDs and SSDs)
8x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA (PCIe RAID)
8x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA (AnyRAID)
12x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA
10x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA + 2x 2.5-in. AnyBay
4x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA
Rear drives (HDDs and SSDs)
2x 2.5-in. SATA
M.2 storage module
2x M.2 SSDs
* Supports SATA HDDs and SSDs only; up to 6 drives in a RAID array, and the remaining drives operate in JBOD mode.
† Requires the AnyBay Enablement Kit (4XF0G88927).
# Requires the Rear Backplane Kit (4XF0G45877); supported in 3.5" chassis only; not supported with the M.2 drives.
§ Requires the M.2 Enablement Kit to Motherboard (4XF0G45892); not supported with the rear drives or in the 2.5" chassis.
‡ Requires the M.2 Enablement Kit for 3.5" Chassis (4XF0G45890); not supported with the rear drives or in the 2.5" chassis.
** Requires the 2.5" Chassis M.2 Enablement Kit to RAID720ix (4XF0G45889); not supported with the rear drives.

Drives for internal storage

The RD550 server supports the internal drive options that are listed in the following tables.
Table 10. Internal drive options: 3.5-inch drives
Description
3.5-inch hot-swap HDDs (2.5-inch HDDs in 3.5-inch drive trays) - 12 Gbps SAS
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 300GB 10K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 300GB 15K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 450GB 15K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 600GB 10K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 600GB 15K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 900GB 10K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 1.2TB 10K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 1.8TB 10K Enterprise SAS 12Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
3.5-inch hot-swap HDDs (2.5-inch HDDs in 3.5-inch drive trays) - 6 Gbps SAS
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 300GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 600GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
ThinkServer Gen 5 2.5" 900GB 10K Enterprise SAS 6Gbps HS HDD in 3.5" tray
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No Yes* No Yes Yes No
Yes* No Yes No No
No No No No No
No No No No No
Yes* No Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No No No No
Yes§ No Yes‡ No No
Part number
4XB0G88733
4XB0G88740
4XB0G88744
4XB0G88761
4XB0G88746
4XB0G88762
4XB0G88763
4XB0G88738
4XB0G88728
4XB0G88729
4XB0G88742
No No
Yes Yes No
No Yes No
No Yes Yes†
Yes No
No Yes# No
Yes‡ Yes** No
Maximum
supported
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
15