The following table lists drive types and internal bays supported by the drive controllers.
Table 11. Controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays
Drive
controller
Drive type
Drive bays
Up to 12x 2.5-inch
hot-swap
Up to 8x 2.5-inch
Simple Swap
4x 3.5-inch
hot-swap
4x 3.5-inch
Simple Swap
Integrated
SATA
SAS/NL SAS HDD
No
No
No
No
NL SATA HDD
No
Yes
No
Yes
SAS SED
No
No
No
No
SAS SSD
No
No
No
No
SATA SSD
No
No
No
No
M1215
M5210
SAS/NL SAS HDD
Yes
No
Yes
No
NL SATA HDD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SAS SED
Optional*
No
No
No
SAS SSD
Yes
No
No
No
SATA SSD
Yes
No
Yes
No
N2215
SAS/NL SAS HDD
Yes
No
Yes
No
NL SATA HDD
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SAS SED
No
No
No
No
SAS SSD
Yes
No
No
No
SATA SSD
Yes
No
Yes
No
* SEDs are supported with RAID 5 FoD upgrades or cache upgrades.
Drives for internal storage
The following tables list currently available drive options for internal storage of the x3550 M5 server. For a
list of compatible drive options that includes withdrawn drives that are no longer available for ordering, refer
to the Storage devices section on the x3550 M5 ServerProven compatibility page:
http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/xseries/5463.shtml#Storage
Table 12. Internal drive options: 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported
2.5-inch hot-swap HDDs - 12 Gbps SAS
00WG685
AT89
300GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
00WG660
AT84
300GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
00NA221
ASBB
300GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
12
00WG690
AT8A
600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
00NA241
ASBF
600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
12
00WG665
AT85
600GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
00NA231
ASBD
600GB 15K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
12
00WG695
AT8B
900GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
00NA251
ASBH
900GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS 512e HDD
12
00WG700
AT8C
1.2TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDD
12
Lenovo System x3550 M5 (E5-2600 v3)
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