Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupportedby
yourservervarybymodel.SomeservermodelssupportAnyBay.TheAnyBaytechnologyenablesyou
tousethebayforanydrivetechnology(SATA/SAS/PCIe).APCIeinterposercardandapass-through
boardmustbeinstalledtosupportAnyBay.Formoreinformation,see“PCIeinterposercardandPCIe
pass-throughboard”onpage38
.
•Storagedrives:
–Hot-swapSATA/SASharddiskdrive(HDD)
–Hot-swapSATA/SASsolid-statedrive(SSD)
–Easy-swapPCIeSSD(supportedonlybyAnyBaydrivebays)
•Opticaldrive:slimSATAopticaldrive(availableonsomemodels)
•Tapedrive(availableonesomemodels)
Forinformationaboutdriveandbackplaneconfigurations,see“Backplane”onpage39.
Notes:
•Acronymsandabbreviationsforyourreference:
SATA:SerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment
SAS:SerialAttachedSCSI(SCSI:SmallComputerSystemInterface)
PCIe:PeripheralComponentInterconnectExpress
•YoucaninstallSATA/SASHDDs,SATA/SASSSDs,andPCIeSSDs(ifsupported)intothesameserver.
•Thefollowingservermodelsalsoareavailable:
ServermodelswithoutHDDsorSSDs
ServermodelswithoutHDDs,SSDs,backplanes,AnyRAIDadapters,andrelatedcables
Expansionslots
•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard
•ThreePCIeslotsonsystemboard
•ThreeortwoPCIeslotsontherisercard
•OneAnyFabricslotintherearoftheserver
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27
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