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Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive
Note:YoucaninstallSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)harddiskdrives,SerialAttached
SCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface),andsolid-state
drivesintothesameserver.
–Uptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSATAharddiskdrives,SASharddiskdrives,orsolid-statedrives
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSATAharddiskdrives,SASharddiskdrives,orsolid-statedrives
–Uptosixteen2.5-inchhot-swapSATAharddiskdrivesorSASharddiskdrives.Ifyouinstall2.5-inch
solid-statedrivesandharddiskdrivesintothesameserver,youcaninstalluptotwo2.5-inch
solid-statedrivesforthisconfiguration.
–SupportPCIExpresssolid-statedrives
Thefollowingservermodelsalsoareavailable:
–Servermodelswithoutharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrives
–Servermodelswithoutharddiskdrives,solid-statedrives,backplanes,RAIDcards,andrelatedcables
•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels
Externaldrives
IfyourserverhasaHostBusAdapterinstalled,anexternaltapedrivecanbeconnectedtostoredataon
tapes.Toconnectanexternaltapedrive,see“Connectinganexternaltapedrive”onpage139.
Expansionslots
•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard
•ThreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1
•ThreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly2
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27
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Input/Output(I/O)features
•Oneserialconnectorontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•ThreeRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel
•Twovideographicsarray(VGA)connectors(oneonthefrontpanelandtheotherontherearpanel)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicsin“Locations”onpage15
.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheThinkServerManagementModule(TMM),whichalsoisknownasthe
BaseboardManagementController(BMC)chip,isinstalledonthesystemboardtosupportVGAconnectors
forconnectingvideodevices
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