Drive bay configurations and requirements
This topic describes the drive bay configurations supported by the server and the requirements for hardware
configurations.
Depending on models, the server supports:
• Up to twenty-four 2.5-inch or twelve 3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe front drives
• Up to eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe middle drives
• Up to eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA or two 7mm SAS/SATA rear drives
• Up to two M.2 SATA/NVMe drives
For a list of supported drives, see:
https://static.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/index.shtml
Drive bay combinations
The following table shows the supported drive bay combinations for the chassis with 3.5-inch/2.5-inch front
drive bays.
• "Supported drive bay combinations (Two processors installed)" on page 144
• "Supported drive bay combinations (One processor installed)" on page 146
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