Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V2 - Page 12

Table 1. Specifications (continued)
Specification
Description
Drive bays (varies by
model)
Drive bays and drives supported by your server vary by model.
• Storage drive bays:
– Server models with 3.5-inch simple-swap drive bays
– Supports up to twelve SATA drives
– Server models with 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
– Supports up to sixteen SAS/SATA drives
– Supports up to eight SAS/SATA drives and eight NVMe drives
– Server models with 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
– Supports up to thirty-two SAS/SATA drives
– Supports up to sixteen SAS/SATA drives and sixteen NVMe drives
• Optical drive bays
– Two optical drive bays
– Supports up to one tape drive (RDX or LTO) and one optical disk drive
Notes:
• The server supports the installation of 2.5-inch SSDs in a 3.5 inch disk bay through
the use of a conversion kit. See “Install a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive bay” on
page 108 for details.
• When GPUs are installed, only two backplanes or backplates are supported and no
optical drive or tape drive can be installed.
M.2 drive Supports up to two M.2 drives:
• 42 mm (2242)
• 60 mm (2260)
• 80 mm (2280)
• 110 mm (22110)
Expansion slots
Nine PCIe expansion slots are available:
• Slot 1: PCIe4 x16, 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 2: PCIe4 x8 (open end), 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 3: PCIe4 x16, 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 4: PCIe4 x8 (open end), 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 5: PCIe4 x16, 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 6: PCIe4 x8 (open end), 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 7: PCIe4 x16, 75W, Full-height, half-length
• Slot 8: PCIe3 x8 (open end), 75W, Full-height, half-length (requires additional cable
connection, see “PCIe slot 8 cable routing” on page 52)
• Slot 9: PCIe4 x8 (open end), 75W, Full-height, half-length
Notes: When Slot 8 is used:
• Up to 6 NVMe drives can be supported in 3.5-inch configurations with two NVMe/
AnyBay backplanes.
• Up to 14 NVMe drives can be supported in 2.5-inch configurations with two NVMe/
AnyBay backplanes.
• 3.5-inch configurations with two NVMe/AnyBay backplanes and no NVMe Retimer
Adapter or one NVMe Retimer Adapter is not supported.
• 2.5-inch configurations with two NVMe/AnyBay backplanes and two NVMe Retimer
Adapters or three NVMe Retimer Adapters are not supported.
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