Internal Storage - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530 Product Manual

Internal storage

The SR530 server supports the following internal drive bay configurations:
1. 4 LFF SATA Simple Swap drive bays
2. 4 LFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
3. 8 SFF SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
In addition, the SR530 server models can be configured with one or two internal M.2 SATA SSDs. The server
also supports configurations without drive bays.
The following figure shows the internal drive bay configurations.
Figure 6. Internal drive bay configurations
The following table lists the internal storage options for the SR530 server.
Table 14. Internal storage options
Description
Factory-installed backplane kits
ThinkSystem SR530/SR630 4x3.5" SATA/SAS Backplane
ThinkSystem SR530/SR630 8x2.5" SATA/SAS Backplane
Backplane kit field upgrade options
ThinkSystem SR530/SR630 2.5" SATA/SAS 8-Bay Backplane Kit
M.2 enablement kits
ThinkSystem M.2 Enablement Kit
ThinkSystem M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit
* These backplane kits can be factory-installed in standard or custom (CTO or Special Bid) models, and they might not have an
option part number assigned.
** Field upgrade only; used for upgrading models without any drive bays to 8x 2.5" SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays.
M.2 Enablement Kit configuration notes:
The M.2 Enablement Kit (7Y37A01092) supports one M.2 SATA SSD which is connected to the SATA
port on the Intel Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
The M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit (7Y37A01093) is connected to the Intel PCH via the PCIe link,
and the kit supports two M.2 SATA SSDs that can be configured in a RAID-1 or RAID-0 drive group, or
they can operate as two separate drives.
Lenovo ThinkSystem SR530 Server
Part Feature
number code
None* AUW8
None* AUWB
7XH7A05896 None**
7Y37A01092 AUMU
7Y37A01093 AUMV
Maximum
supported
1
1
1
1
1
22