Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX2550 M5, Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

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In the configuration with up to 24 HDD/SSD modules, PCIe SSDs can
be installed in the extension box, see
Figure 120 .
– Up to four PCIe SSDs can be installed, if one PCIe SSD backplane
and one Retimer controller is installed.
–
Up to eight PCIe SSDs can be installed, if two PCIe SSD backplanes
and two Retimer controllers are installed.
For information on RAID controllers controlling the HDD/SSD modules,
see
"Expansion cards and backup units" on page 323 .
For upgrading your system to other HDD/SSD configurations, see the following
table:
8x to 16x 2.5-inch HDD/SSD
configurations see "Upgrading from 8x to 16x 2.5-
inch HDD/SSD configurations" on
page 261
8x to 24x 2.5-inch HDD/SSD
configurations see "Upgrading from 8x to 16x 2.5-
inch HDD/SSD configurations" on
page 261
and "Installing a 8x 2.5-
inch HDD/SSD extension box" on
page 266
16x to 24x 2.5-inch HDD/SSD
configurations see "Installing a 8x 2.5-inch HDD/
SSD extension box" on page 266
Model overview
In the following sections the figures are shown for the TX2550 M5 rack
model.
The only difference to a TX2550 M5 floorstand model in horizontal
position: the accessible drive cage is turned around clockwise for
90 degrees.
Hard disk drive (HDD) / solid state disk (SSD)
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