Installing drives

The following notes describe the type of drives that the server supports and other information that you must consider when you install a drive. For a list of supported drives, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.

• The server can support up to eight 2.5-inch HDD or SSD drives, sixteen 1.8-inch SSD drives, or a combination of both 2.5-inch, and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives using the supported SAS/SATA drive backplane configurations. (see Supported drive backplane configurations for more information).
• The server supports the following type of drives:
  • 2.5-inch SAS hard disk drives or solid state drives
  • 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
  • 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe solid state drives
  • 1.8-inch SAS solid state drives
• You can mix 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS and SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap SATA solid-state drives, and 1.8-inch hot-swap SATA solid-state drives in the same server as long as you use the same type of drives within the same array.
• When mixing drive backplane configurations, you must install all 1.8-inch solid state drive backplanes above all 2.5-inch hard disk drive or 2.5-inch solid state drive backplanes. See Drive IDs for drive ID assignment information and Supported drive backplane configurations for information about the combination of supported drive backplane configurations.
• The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all bays and PCIe slots covered or occupied.
  Note

  When you install a drive, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay in the event that you later remove the device.