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Notes:
–SATAistheacronymforSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment.
–SASstandsforSerialAttachedSCSI(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface).
–YoucaninstallSATAharddiskdrives,SASharddiskdrives,andsolid-statedrivesintothesameserver.
•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels
•Tapedrive
–Oneinternaltapedriveinsomemodels
Expansionslots
•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard
•OnePCIExpress(PCIe)slotonsystemboard
•ThreeortwoPCIeslotsontherisercard
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage23
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Input/Output(I/O)features
•Ontherearpanel:
–Onevideographicsarray(VGA)connector
–Oneserialconnector
–TwoUSB3.0connectors
–ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectors
•Onthefrontpanel:
–OneVGAconnector
–TwoUSB2.0connectors
Tolocatetheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage15
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Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerisavailableinyourservertosupporttheVGAconnectorsforconnecting
videodevices.TheintegratedgraphicscontrollerislocatedintheBaseboardManagementController
(BMC)chiponthesystemboard.
•Integratedgraphicscontroller:On-boardASPEEDAST2400
•16MBofvideomemorycache
Ethernetconnectivity
TherearethreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10megabitspersecond(Mbps),100
Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetworkconnectivity.OneoftheEthernetconnectorsisforsystemmanagement.To
locatetheEthernetconnectors,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage23
.
YoucaninstallanEthernetcardtoenablemoreEthernetconnectors.However,youmustinstalladevice
drivertoenabletheoperatingsystemtorecognizetheEthernetconnectors.Thedevicedriversareavailable
fordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
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