Table 19 Supported drive options
Ten drive appliances
Up to ten 2.5 inch, hot swappable SAS, SAS/SATA SSD,
or Nearline SAS hard drives.
Ports and connectors specifications
The VxRail E Series appliance supports USB ports, NIC ports, VGA ports, serial
connector, and an IDSDM card that supports two internal dual SD module.
USB ports
The following table provides more information about the USB specifications:
The table below shows the USB specifications for the VxRail E Series appliance:
Table 20 USB specifications
Appliance
Front panel
Back panel
Internal
Ten hard drive
appliances
Two 4-pin, USB 2.0-
compliant port
Two 9-pin, USB 3.0-
compliant ports
One 9-pin, USB 3.0-
compliant ports
One 5-pin micro USB
2.0 management port
N/A
N/A
Note
The micro USB 2.0-compliant port on the front panel can only be used as an iDRAC
Direct or a management port.
NIC ports
The VxRail E Series appliance supports four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports
on the back panel, which is available in one of the following NIC configurations:
l
Four RJ-45 ports that support 100 M, 1 G and 10 Gbps
l
Four SFP+ ports that support 10 Gbps
Serial port
The serial connector connects a serial device to the appliance. The VxRail E Series
appliance supports one serial connector on the back panel, which is a 9-pin connector,
Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant.
VGA ports
The Video Graphic Array (VGA) port enables you to connect the appliance to a VGA
display. The VxRail E Series appliance supports one 15-pin VGA port on the front and
back of appliance.
Video specifications
The VxRail E Series appliance supports integrated VGA controller with 4 MB SPI
capacity.
Technical specifications
Ports and connectors specifications
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