External drive enclosures
The server supports attachment to external drive enclosures using a RAID controller with external ports or
a SAS host bus adapter. Adapters supported by the server are listed in the
SAS adapters for external
storage
section.
The following table lists the 6 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures that are offered by Lenovo that can be
used with the server for storage expansion.
Table 31. E1012 and E1024 external drive enclosure models
Part
number
Description
64111B1
Lenovo Storage E1012 LFF Disk Expansion Single SAS IO Module, Rail Kit, 9x5 NBD
64111B2
Lenovo Storage E1012 LFF Disk Expansion Dual SAS IO Module, Rail Kit, 9x5 NBD
64111B3
Lenovo Storage E1024 SFF Disk Expansion Single SAS IO Module, Rail Kit, 9x5 NBD
64111B4
Lenovo Storage E1024 SFF Disk Expansion Dual SAS IO Module, Rail Kit, 9x5 NBD
For details about supported drives and cables for the Lenovo Storage E1012 and E1024, see the Lenovo
Press Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/lp0043
The following table lists the standard models of the 12 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures offered by
Lenovo that can be used with the server for storage expansion.
Table 32. D1212 and D1224 standard models
Part
number
Description
LFF models
4587A11*
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (US English documentation)
4587A1C^ D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Simplified Chinese documentation)
4587A1J** D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Japanese documentation)
SFF models
4587A31*
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (US English documentation)
4587A3C^ D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Simplified Chinese documentation)
4587A3J** D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Japanese documentation)
* Available worldwide (except China and Japan)
^ Available only in China
** Available only in Japan
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