• Depending on your server models, your server supports the following drive types:
– NVMe SSD
– SAS/SATA SSD
– SAS/SATA HDD
For a list of supported drives, see:
https://static.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/index.shtml
• The drive bays are numbered to indicate the installation order (starting from number “0”). Follow the
installation order when you install a drive. See “Front view” on page 21.
• You can mix drives of different types, different sizes, and different capacities in one system, but not in one
RAID array. The following order is recommended when installing the drives:
– Drive type priority: NVMe SSD, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS HDD, SATA HDD
– Drive size priority: 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch
– Drive capacity priority: the lowest capacity first
• The drives in a single RAID array must be the same type, same size, and with the same capacity.
• Some server models support NVMe drives and the bays for installing NVMe drives vary by model:
Server models
Bays for installing NVMe drives
Server models with a 2.5-inch AnyBay backplane
installed
Up to four NVMe drives in the bays 4–7
Server models with two 2.5-inch AnyBay backplanes
installed
Up to eight NVMe drives in the bays 4–7 and bays 12–
15
Server models with two 2.5-inch NVMe backplanes
installed
Up to 16 NVMe drives in the bays 0–15
Server models with three 2.5-inch AnyBay backplanes
installed
Up to twelve NVMe drives in the bays 4–7, bays 12–15,
and bays 20–23
Server models with three 2.5-inch NVMe backplanes
installed
Up to 24 NVMe drives in the bays 0–23
Server models with a 3.5-inch AnyBay backplane
installed
Up to four NVMe drives in the bays 8–11
Before installing a hot-swap drive:
1. Determine the available drive bays based on the drive bay labels.
Important: Ensure that you install the correct type of drives into corresponding drive bays. Drive type
information is available on the bottom of the front side of a drive.
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