Dell EMC PowerEdge R240 - Storage; Supported drives; Storage controller specifications; Optical Drives

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Storage
The PowerEdge R240 supports the following drive congurations:
• 2 x 3.5-inch cabled HDD conguration
• 4 x 3.5-inch cabled HDD conguration
• 4 x 3.5-inch hot-plug HDD conguration
• 4 x 2.5-inch (in 3.5-inch carrier) hot-plug HDD conguration
Supported drives
The PowerEdge R240 system supports SAS, SATA, Nearline SAS drives and SSD drives.
NOTE: SSD drives only available in the hot-plug congurations
Table 4. Supported Drives
x2 cabled chassis x4 cabled chassis x4 hot plug hard drive
Hard drive form factor 3.5-inch only 3.5-inch only 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch only
Hard drive type SATA, Nearline SAS SATA, Nearline SAS SATA, Nearline SAS, SAS, SSD
NOTE: Both 6Gbps and 12Gbps drives are supported by the PowerEdge R240
Storage controller specications
The PowerEdge R240 system supports:
• Internal storage controller cards: PERC H330, H730P, S140, HBA330 and Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) modules.
• External storage controller cards: 12 Gbps SAS HBA.
Optical Drives
The PowerEdge R240 supports one of the following internal optical drive options:
• DVD-ROM
• DVD+ROM
Tape Drives
Due to its dense form factor, the PowerEdge R240 does not support internal tape drives. However, here is a list of supported
external tape backup devices:
Supported external tape drives:
• External LTO-6 SAS tape drives
• External LTO-7 SAS tape drives
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