The x3850 X6 server supports 1.8-inch solid-state drives and 2.5-inch SSDs and HDDs. Drives are
installed in the Storage Book. The x3850 X6 has one Storage Book. The Storage Book supports the
following configurations:
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
4x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays + 8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
8x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
16x 1.8-inch hot-swap SSD bays
4x 2.5-inch PCIe NVMe SSDs
2x 2.5-inch PCIe NVMe SSDs + 8x 1.8-inch HDD hot-swap drives
2x 2.5-inch PCIe NVMe SSDs + 4x 2.5-inch HDD hot-swap drives
The following figure shows these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Backplanes
Lenovo System x3850 X6 (6241)
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