Optical Drives - Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 Product Manual

Internal backup units
The server supports the internal backup unit options that are listed in the following table.
Table 30. Internal backup units
Part number Feature code Description
Drives
7T27A01502 AVF2
7T27A01503 AVF5
7T27A01501 AVF6
LTO Media
7TP7A01604 AVF4
7TP7A01606 AVF7
RDX Media
7TP7A01601 AVF8
7TP7A01602 AVF1
7TP7A01603 AVF0
7TP7A04318 AXD1
The RDX drive is attached via the USB 3.0 port on the system board.
The use of an LTO tape drive requires a SAS HBA, either the 430-8i or 430-16i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA.
For more information about RDX drive and LTO tape drives, see the Backup Units page on the Lenovo
Press site: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/backup

Optical drives

The ST550 supports the optical drive options listed in the following table.
Table 31. Optical drives
Part number Feature code
Internal optical drives
7XA7A01204 AVEZ
7XA7A01202 AVEY
External optical drives
7XA7A05926 AVV8
The internal optical drives in the table can be installed in any open 5.25-inch drive bay.
The Half High SATA DVD-ROM drive supports the following media and speeds for reading:
CD-ROM 48X
CD-DA (DAE) 48X
CD-R 48X
CD-RW 40X
DVD-ROM (single layer) 16X
DVD-ROM (dual layer) 12X
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST550 Server
ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Gen6 SAS Tape Drive 1
ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Gen7 SAS Tape Drive 1
ThinkSystem Internal RDX USB 3.0 Dock
ThinkSystem LTO Gen6 2.5TB Tape
ThinkSystem LTO Gen7 6TB Tape
ThinkSystem RDX 500GB Cartridge
ThinkSystem RDX 1TB Cartridge
ThinkSystem RDX 2TB Cartridge
ThinkSystem RDX 4TB Cartridge
Description
ThinkSystem Half High SATA DVD-ROM Optical Disk Drive
ThinkSystem Half High SATA DVD-RW Optical Disk Drive
ThinkSystem External USB DVD RW Optical Disk Drive
Maximum supported
1
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Maximum
supported
2
2
2
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