Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 Product Manual page 20

2x 900mm SAS/SATA cables
2x 720mm SAS/SATA cables
8x 1-bay fillers
The 2.5" AnyBay 8-Bay BP Kit, 7C57A03999, contains the following items:
1x 8-bay AnyBay backplane (4 SAS/SATA connectors, 4 AnyBay connectors)
1x backplane power cable
1x 900mm SAS/SATA cable
1x 720mm SAS/SATA cable
4x 750mm NVMe cables for use with NVMe Switch Adapter
2x 900mm NVMe cables for use with onboard NVMe ports
In addition to the backplane kits, you will need a RAID adapter or HBA, and for some upgrades you may
also need an NVMe adapter. Upgrades needed are listed in the following two tables. Upgrading from an 8-
port SAS/SATA adapter to a 16-port SAS/SATA adapter is supported, however that requires removing the
existing 8-port adapter.
Tip: The adapters are described in the
The following table lists the available upgrades for SR860 servers with a single SAS/SATA backplane (See
Configuration 1 above).
Table 9. Upgrades for servers with one 8-bay SAS/SATA backplane
Target configuration
Servers with two processors
16x bays (all SAS/SATA) with
2x 8-port adapters (Config 3A)
16x bays (4x AnyBay) with
2x 8-port adapters, 1x NVMe adapter (Config
4A)
16x bays (all SAS/SATA) with
1x 16-port adapter (Config 3B)
16x bays (4x AnyBay) with
1x 16-port adapter, 1x NVMe adapter (Config
4B)
Servers with four processors
16x bays (all SAS/SATA) with
2x 8-port adapters (Config 3A)
16x bays (4x AnyBay) with
2x 8-port adapters (Config 4C)
16x bays (all SAS/SATA) with
1x 16-port adapter (Config 3B)
16x bays (4x AnyBay) with
1x 16-port adapter (Config 4D)
The following table lists the available upgrades for SR860 servers with a single SAS/SATA backplane (See
Configuration 2 above).
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 Server
Controllers for internal storage
Remove
existing
8-port adapter Components to add
No 1x SAS/SATA backplane
1x 8-port adapter
No 1x AnyBay backplane
1x 8-port adapter, 1x NVMe adapter
Yes 1x SAS/SATA backplane
1x 16-port adapter
Yes 1x AnyBay backplane
1x 16-port adapter, 1x NVMe adapter
No 1x SAS/SATA backplane
1x 8-port adapter
No 1x AnyBay backplane
1x 8-port adapter, cables to onboard NVMe
ports
Yes 1x SAS/SATA backplane
1x 16-port adapter
Yes 1x AnyBay backplane
1x 16-port adapter, cables to onboard NVMe
ports
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