Controllers For Internal Storage - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 Product Manual

The following tables list supported internal storage configurations with the SAS/SATA backplanes.
Table 15. Internal drive bay configurations
Drive bay configuration
12x 3.5" chassis (Feature code AV0Q)
8x 3.5-in. SATA Simple Swap
8x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap
12x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap
16x 2.5" chassis (Feature code AV0R)
8x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap
16x 2.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap
* The numbers in brackets (x or x+y) specify the quantity of drive bays connected to each of the controllers.
** A combination of any two of the RAID 530-8i, RAID 730-8i, and RAID 930-8i controllers is supported
Configuration note: Models without any drive bays are based on the 16x 2.5" chassis (feature code AV0R),
and they support adding drive bays by using the 2.5" 8-drive backplane kit (7XH7A06254).

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the storage controllers and options for internal storage of the SR550 server.
Table 16. RAID controllers and HBAs for internal storage
Description
6 Gbps SATA controllers
Onboard AHCI (non-RAID) / Intel RSTe (RAID)
12 Gb SAS/SATA RAID controllers
ThinkSystem RAID 530-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter
ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 1GB Cache PCIe 12Gb Adapter
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Backplane
kit type
and
quantity
Storage controller type and quantity*
0 0 0 Onboard AHCI (non-RAID) / Intel RSTe (RAID) (8)
0 1 0 1x RAID 530/730/930-8i (8)
1x 430-8i HBA (8)
0 0 1 1x RAID 930-16i (12)
1x 430-16i HBA (12)
1 0 0 1x RAID 530/730/930-8i (8)
1x 430-8i HBA (8)
2 0 0 1x RAID 930-16i (16)
1x 430-16i HBA (16)
2x RAID 530/730/930-8i (8+8)**
2x 430-8i HBA (8+8)
1x RAID 530/730/930-8i + 1x 430-8i HBA (8+8)
Part
number
Onboard*
7Y37A01082 AUNG
7Y37A01083 AUNH
Feature Maximum I/O slots
code supported supported
Onboard* 1 -
2 4, 1, 2
2** 4, 1, 2
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