Server User Manual

Features
Thistopicprovidesgeneralinformationabouttheserverfeaturesforavarietyofmodels.Dependingonyour
specicmodel,somefeaturesmightvaryorunavailable.Forinformationaboutyourspecicmodel,usethe
SetupUtilityprogram.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage53
.
Microprocessor
OneortwoIntel
®
Xeon
®
quad-core,hexa-core,orocta-coremicroprocessors(internalcachesizevaries
bymodel)
ForalistoftheThinkServermicroprocessoroptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Memory
Yourserverhas20memoryslots.Formoreinformation,see“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage80
.
Powersupply
Oneortwo800-watthot-swapredundantpowersupplies(Universalinputandcompliantwith80PLUSGold)
Systemfans
Yourserversupportssixhot-swapsystemfanswithredundancy,whichmeansthatvesystemfanscan
provideadequatecoolingwhiletheextraoneservesasaredundantsystemfan.Thisdesignhelpsyouto
avoidsignicantcoolingproblemswhenasystemfanfailsandyoucanreplaceahot-swapsystemfan
withoutturningofftheserver.
Internaldrives
Internaldrivesaredevicesthatyourserverusestoreadandstoredata.Theinternaldrivessupported
byyourservervarybymodel.
•Harddiskdrive
–Uptoeight3.5-inchhot-swapSerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)orSerialAttachedSCSI
(SAS)harddiskdrives(SCSIistheacronymforSmallComputerSystemInterface)
–Uptoeight2.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives
–Upto162.5-inchhot-swapSASharddiskdrivesorSATAsolid-statedrives
Note:Theterm“2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives”or“2.5-inchharddiskdrives”hereinafterreferstoall
thesupportedtypesof2.5-inchharddiskdrives,includingthesolid-statedrives.
•Opticaldrive
–OneslimSATAopticaldriveinsomemodels
Expansionslots
•Tworisercardassemblyslotsonthesystemboard
•TwoPCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1
•ThreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly2
Fordetailedinformation,see“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage25
.
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