Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 User Manual And Hardware Maintenance Manual page 21

– One slim SATA optical drive in some models
External drives
Your server supports external tape drives that enable you to store data in tapes. To install an external tape
drive, see "Installing an external tape drive" on page 161.
Expansion slot
• Two riser card assembly slots on the system board
• Two Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express card slots on the riser card assembly 1
• Three PCI Express card slots on the riser card assembly 2
For detailed information, see "Rear view of the server" on page 29.
Input/Output (I/O) features
• One serial connector on the rear panel
• One Video Graphics Array (VGA) connector on the front panel in some models and one VGA connector
on the rear panel
• Six USB 2.0 connectors (two on the front panel and four on the rear panel)
• Three RJ-45 Ethernet connectors on the rear panel (Ethernet connector 0 is for system management)
For the location information about the connectors, refer to the related topics in "Locations" on page 14.
Video subsystem
An integrated graphics controller in the ThinkServer Management Module (TMM), which also is known
as the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) chip, on the system board to support VGA connectors
for connecting video devices
Ethernet connectivity
There are three RJ-45 Ethernet connectors on the rear panel with 10 megabits per second (Mbps), 100
Mbps, or 1000 Mbps network connectivity. The Ethernet connector 0 is for system management by default.
However, you also can set the Ethernet connector 1 or 2 for system management use in the Setup Utility
program. See "Setting the mode of the Ethernet connectors" on page 71.
For more information, see "Rear view of the server" on page 29.
Reliability, availability, and serviceability
Reliability, availability, and serviceability (hereinafter referred to as RAS) are three important server design
features. The RAS features help you to ensure the integrity of the data stored on the server, the availability of
the server when you need it, and the ease with which you can diagnose and correct problems.
Your server has the following RAS features:
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