Regulatory compliance
The RS140 server conforms to the following regulations:
RoHS
FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
Canada ICES-003, Class A
EU Council Directive 2004/108/EC
European Standard EN55022, Class A
Korea Class A compliance
Taiwan Class A compliance
Japan VCCI, Class A
External drive enclosures
The RS140 server can be connected to the Lenovo Storage drive enclosures by using supported RAID
adapters and HBAs that are listed in the following table.
Table 17. RAID adapters and HBAs for external storage expansion
Description Part number Maximum
supported
ThinkServer 9280-8e 6Gb 8-port RAID adapter by LSI (2x external Mini-SAS SFF-
8088 connectors)
4XB0F28645 1
ThinkServer RAID 700 Battery (optional battery for 4XB0F28645) 67Y2647 1
ThinkServer 8885e PCIe 12Gb SAS Adapter by PMC (2x external Mini-SAS HD SFF-
8644 connectors)
4XB0G88714 1
The following table summarizes features of supported drive controllers.
Table 18. Drive controller features and specifications summary
Feature 9280-8e 8885e*
Part number 4XB0F28645 4XB0G88714
Form factor Low profile Low profile
Controller chip LSI SAS2108 PMC PM8063
Host interface PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface 6 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
Number of external ports 8 8
External port connectors 2x Mini-SAS (SFF-8088) 2x Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644)
Drive interface SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
Drive type HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
Maximum number of devices 240 256
Maximum number of expansion units 8x SA120 8x SA120
RAID levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 None
JBOD mode No Yes
Cache 512 MB 1,024 MB
Cache protection Optional battery
backup (67Y2647)
None
* In addition to eight external ports, the ThinkServer 8885e adapter has eight internal ports for internal storage connectivity (For
details, refer to the Controllers for internal storage section).