Lenovo ThinkServer - Features

Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive
–Fivetoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttached
SCSI(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchhot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives
–Uptofour3.5-inchnon-hot-swapSATAharddiskdrives
Note:ForservermodelswithmorethanfourharddiskdrivesormodelsthatuseSASharddiskdrives,
theremustbearequiredRAIDcardinstalled.See“RAIDcard”onpage33
.
•Opticaldrive
–Uptotwo5.25-inchSATAopticaldrives(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/CD-RWRambo8)
–Theloweropticaldrivebayisinstalledwitha5.25-inchSATAopticaldrive(DVD-ROMorDVDBurner/
CD-RWRambo8).TheupperopticaldrivebayisforaRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)Universal
SerialBus(USB)drivebundle.
Forthelocationinformationabouttheinternaldrivesordrivebays,see“Servercomponents”onpage
25
.ForinformationabouttheRDXUSBdrivebundleandinstructionsonhowtoinstallit,refertothe
documentationthatcomeswiththeRDXUSBdrivebundle.Inyourserver,theP6powerconnectorofthe
powersupplyisfortheRDXUSBdrivebundle.YoucanpurchasethisoptiondirectlyfromLenovo.The
optionnameisLenovoRemovableDiskTechnology(RDX)USBDriveBundle.TheRDXtechnologycombines
thecharacteristicsoftapebackupwithdiskstoragetohelpyouprotectandarchivedata.
Expansionslots
Theserverhasfourexpansionslotsonthesystemboard.Fordetailedinformation,see“Systemboard
components”onpage42.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•OneVideoGraphicsArray(VGA)DB-15connectorontherearpanel
•SixUSB2.0connectors(twoonthefrontpanelandfourontherearpanel)
•TwoRJ-45Ethernetconnectorsontherearpanel
•Twoserialconnectors(onefully-functionalserialconnectorontherearpanelandoneinternalserial
connectoronthesystemboardforoptionaluse)
Forthelocationinformationabouttheconnectors,refertotherelatedtopicin“Locations”onpage13
.
Videosubsystem
AnintegratedgraphicscontrollerintheBaseboardManagementController(BMC)chiponthesystemboard
tosupportaVGADB-15connectorontherearpanelforconnectingvideodevices
Ethernetconnectivity
TheservercomeswithanintegratedIntelGigabitEthernetcontrolleraswellasanEthernetphysicallayer
(PHY)oftheOpenSystemsInterconnectionmodel(OSImodel).Theyprovidetheserverwiththeability
tosupporttwoEthernetconnectorsontherearpanelwith10Mbps,100Mbps,or1000Mbpsnetwork
connectivity.Formoreinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage19
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