Configuration
Maximum
Front Drives
Maximum Rear Drives
Drive
Manageme
nt Mode
Server with 12
x 3.5-inch
drives in pass-
through
mode
[3]
12 (SAS/SATA
drives)
● I/O module 2: 2 (SAS/
SATA drives)
● I/O module 3
[2]
: 4 (NVMe
SSDs)
CPU over
SAS
Server with 8 x
2.5-inch SAS/
SATA drives
and 12 x 2.5-
inch NVMe
SSDs
[1]
20
● Slots 0 to 7
support only
SAS/SATA
drives.
● Slots 8 to 19
support only
NVMe SSDs.
[4]
I/O module 3
[2]
: 4 (NVMe
SSDs)
One RAID
controller
card
Server with 24
x 2.5-inch
drives in pass-
through mode
24 (SAS/SATA
drives)
I/O module 3
[2]
: 4 (NVMe
SSDs)
CPU over
SAS
● [1]: The front drives in a server with 25 x 2.5-inch drives in Expander mode or
a server with 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA 12 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs can
only be 2.5-inch drives, and the front drives in a server with 12 x 3.5-inch
drives in Expander mode or a server with 12 x 3.5-inch drives in pass-through
mode can only be 3.5-inch drives.
● [2]: I/O module 3 supports only 2.5-inch drives, and I/O modules 1 and 2
support 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives.
● [3]: CPU SAS pass-through requires a SAS riser card. By default, it is installed
on I/O module 2.
● [4]: The NVMe SSDs in slots 8 to 19 of a server with 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
12 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs support only PCIe 3.0.
● [5]: Servers with Kunpeng 920 5220 or 3210 processors do not support the
configuration of 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA pass-through drives.
2.6.2 SAS/SATA Drive Indicators
shows the SAS/SATA drive indicators.
Figure 2-19 SAS/SATA drive indicators
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