Lenovo ThinkStation P910, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Internal drives
Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add drives to your
computer to increase storage capacity and enable your computer to read other types of media. Internal
drives are installed in bays.
When you install or replace an internal drive, note the type and size of the drive that each bay supports and
correctly connect the required cables. Refer to the appropriate section inChapter 9 “Installing or replacing
hardware” on page 101 for instructions on how to install or replace internal drives for your computer.
The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.
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Figure 6. Drive bay locations
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Flex adapter slots
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SD card slot
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Optical-drive bays
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Storage drive bays
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PCI Express card slots
1 Flex adapter slots
Depending on your computer model, the following flex adapters might be installed in the flex adapter slots:
• Flex adapter with two mini Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) high-density (HD) connectors
• Flex adapter with one Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) 3.0 connector, one USB 2.0
connector, and two mini-SAS HD connectors
• Flex adapter with two M.2 slots (with the M.2 solid-state drive installed in some models)
2 SD card slot (with an SD card installed in some models)
3 Optical-drive bays
Depending on your computer model, the following devices might be installed in the optical-drive bays:
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