Table 15. Internal storage configurations: 3.5-in. drive bays
Drive bay configuration
Backplane kit
type and
quantity
Storage controller type and quantity*
12x 3.5" chassis (Feature code AXEB)
8x 3.5-in. SATA Simple Swap
0
0
0
0
Onboard AHCI (non-RAID) / Intel RSTe (RAID) (8)
8x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap (front)
1
0
0
0
1x RAID 530-8i (8)
1x RAID 730-8i (8)
1x RAID 930-8i (8)
1x 430-8i HBA (8)
12x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap (front)
0
1
0
0
1x RAID 930-16i (12)
1x 430-16i HBA (12)
8x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA +
4x 3.5-in. AnyBay hot-swap (front)
0
0
1
0
1x RAID 930-16i (12) + Onboard NVMe (4)
1x 430-16i HBA (12) + Onboard NVMe (4)
8x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA +
4x 3.5-in. AnyBay (NVMe only)
hot-swap (front)
0
0
1
0
1x RAID 530-8i (8) + Onboard NVMe (4)
1x RAID 730-8i (8) + Onboard NVMe (4)
1x RAID 930-8i (8) + Onboard NVMe (4)
1x 430-8i HBA (8) + Onboard NVMe (4)
12x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap (front) +
2x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap (rear)
0
1
0
1
1x RAID 930-16i (14)
1x 430-16i HBA (14)
8x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA +
4x 3.5-in. AnyBay hot-swap (front) +
2x 3.5-in. SAS/SATA hot-swap (rear)
0
0
1
1
1x RAID 930-16i (14) + Onboard NVMe (4)
1x 430-16i HBA (14) + Onboard NVMe (4)
* The number in brackets (x) specifies the quantity of drive bays connected to each of the controllers.
Configuration notes:
Models without any drive bays are based on the 16x 2.5" chassis (feature code AXEA), and they
support adding drive bays by using the 2.5" SAS/SATA 8-drive backplane kit (4XH7A08763) or 2.5"
AnyBay 8-drive backplane kit (4XH7A08764).
2x 3.5-inch rear drives are supported only on the models with 12x 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays.
The 3.5" Rear HDD Kit is connected to a separate port on the internal storage controller.
The 3.5" Rear HDD Kit is installed in place of the PCIe Riser Card 1; PCIe slots 1, 2, and 3 are
not present.
U.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported in the AnyBay drive bays and require the second processor to
be installed.
Models with 12x 3.5-inch drive bays and an 8-port SAS RAID controller or HBA support only NVMe
drives in the AnyBay drive bays.
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