Internal Storage Drives - Lenovo ThinkStation P2 Tower Hardware Maintenance Manual

Internal storage drives

Internal storage drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to
your computer to increase storage capacity and enable your computer to read other types of media.
Description
Item
Slim-optical-drive cage*
1
Flex bay
2
2.5-inch secondary storage
3
drive cage*
4 SD-card slot
5 M.2 solid-state drive slots
Function
You can install a slim optical drive in this cage.
Note: The flex bay must be used together with the slim-optical-drive
cage.
You can install one of the following devices in the flex bay:
• 3.5-inch secondary storage drive cage
• 3.5-inch front-access storage enclosure
In the 3.5-inch secondary storage drive cage or the 3.5-inch font-
access storage enclosure, you can install the following storage drives:
• 3.5-inch storage drive
• 2.5-inch storage drive with a storage drive converter
You can install a 2.5-inch storage drive in this cage when the flex bay is
occupied.
You can install a supported media card into the SD-card slot.
Up to two M.2 solid-state drives are installed in selected models.
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