Table 12. Storage specifications(continued)
Storage type Interface type Capacity
3.5-inch, 7200 RPM, Enterprise hard
drive (optional)
SATA 3.0 Up to 8 TB
M.2 2230 SSD Gen 4 PCIe NVMe, Class 35 256 GB
M.2 2280 SSD Gen 4 PCIe NVMe, Class 40 Up to 4 TB
M.2 2280 SSD Self-Encrypting Gen 4 PCIe NVMe Up to 1 TB
Storage matrix
The following table lists the storage configurations that are supported on your Precision 3680 Tower.
Table 13. Storage matrix
Confi
gurati
on
group
Storage Boota
ble
Devic
e
1st
M.2
PCIe
NVMe
SSD
CPU
lane
2nd
M.2
PCIe
NVMe
SSD
PCH
lane
3rd
M.2
PCIe
NVMe
SSD
PCH
lane
CFI
only
3rd
NVMe
SSD
in
QX118
slim
line
slot
Ultra-
Speed
NVMe
SSD
Zoom
AIC
3.5-
inch
hard
drive
3.5-
inch
hard
drive
3.5-
inch
hard
drive
3.5-
inch
hard
drive
ODD
PCIe lane connection
and SSD location
PCH
Gen3
Slot 3
QX118/ODD Physical
Location
CPU
Gen4
Slot 1
PCH
Gen4
Slot 2
PCH
Gen3
Slot 3
5.25-
inch
front
bay
slimli
ne
PCH
Gen3
Slot 4
C1 Internal M.2 SSD Boot
(No SATA hard drive)
M.2
SSD
Y1
(boot)
Y2
(optio
nal)
Y3
(optio
nal)
N/A Y4
(optio
nal)
N/A N/A N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
C1 Internal M.2 SSD Boot
(No SATA hard drive)
M.2
SSD
Y
(boot)
RAID
0 or 1
RAID
0 or 1
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
C1 Internal M.2 SSD Boot
(No SATA hard drive)
M.2
SSD
Y
(boot)
RAID
0 or 5
RAID
0 or 5
RAID
0 or 5
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
C1 Internal M.2 SSD Boot
(No SATA hard drive)
M.2
SSD
Y
(boot)
RAID
0 or 5
RAID
0 or 5
RAID
0 or 5
N/A RAID
0 or 5
N/A N/A N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
C1 Internal M.2 SSD Boot
(No SATA hard drive)
M.2
SSD
Y1
(boot)
Y2
(optio
nal)
N/A Y3
(optio
nal)
Y4
(optio
nal)
N/A N/A N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
C2 Intern
al M.2
SSD
Boot
Option
al
SSDs
3.5-
inch
hard
drives
M.2
SSD
Y1
(boot)
Y2
(optio
nal)
Y3
(optio
nal)
N/A Y4
(optio
nal)
Y1 Bay
1
Y2
(optio
nal)
Bay 2
N/A N/A Y
(optio
nal)
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