Internal storage
The RS140 server supports the following internal storage configurations:
Two 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) SAS/SATA NHS drive bays
Four 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) SAS/SATA NHS drive bays
The following figure shows the drive bays configurations.
Figure 4. Drive bay configurations
Controllers for internal storage
The following table lists the internal RAID controllers, HBAs, and the additional options that are used for the
internal disk storage of the RS140 server.
Table 6. Controllers for internal storage
Description Part number Maximum
supported
ThinkServer RAID 100 Controller None# 1
ThinkServer RAID 500 Adapter II 0A89464 1
ThinkServer RAID 500 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID 0A89407 1*
ThinkServer RAID 700 Adapter II 0A89463 1
ThinkServer RAID 700 Battery 67Y2647 1†
ThinkServer 8885e PCIe 12Gb SAS Adapter by PMC 4XB0G88714 1
# RAID 100 is an onboard hardware-assist RAID controller.
* RAID 5 upgrade key for RAID 500 Adapter (0A89464).
† Battery backup upgrade for RAID 700 Adapter (0A89463).
ThinkServer RAID 100 is an onboard RAID controller that does not consume a PCIe slot. The RAID 500, RAID
700, and 8885e adapters are supported in the PCIe expansion slot.
Important: RAID 100 is not supported by virtualization hypervisors, including VMware vSphere (ESXi), Linux
KVM, Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V.