For details about supported drives, adapters, and cables for the Lenovo Storage E1012 and E1024, see the
Lenovo Press Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/lp0043
The following table lists the 12 Gbps SAS external drive enclosures that are offered by Lenovo that can be
used with the System x3550 M5 for storage expansion.
Table 45. External drive enclosures
Description
Part
number
D1212 LFF Relationship models
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (US English documentation)
4587A11*
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Simplified Chinese documentation)
4587A1C^
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Japanese documentation)
4587A1J**
D1212 LFF TopSeller models - Brazil and Latin America
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 4x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EAU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 4x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EBU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 4x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587ECU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 4x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EDU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 8x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EEU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 8x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EFU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 8x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EGU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 8x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EHU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 12x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EIU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 12x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EJU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 12x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587EKU
D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 12x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587ELU
D1212 LFF TopSeller models - North America (NA) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Dual ESM Disk Expansion Enclosure (US English documentation)
4587E11
D1224 SFF Relationship models
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (US English documentation)
4587A31*
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Simplified Chinese documentation)
4587A3C^
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs (Japanese documentation)
4587A3J**
D1224 SFF TopSeller models - Brazil and Latin America
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587E6U
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 2x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587E2U
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587E4U
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 1x 0.5m SAS cable
4587E5U
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 2x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587E1U
D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual 3-port ESMs, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables
4587E3U
D1224 SFF TopSeller models - North America (NA) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Dual ESM Disk Expansion Enclosure (US English documentation)
4587E31
D3284 Relationship models
Lenovo Storage D3284 4TB x 84 HD Expansion Enclosure
641311F
Lenovo Storage D3284 6TB x 84 HD Expansion Enclosure
641312F
Lenovo System x3550 M5 (Machine Type 8869)
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