Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 User Manual
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Internal drives
Internal drives are devices that your server uses to read and store data. The internal drives supported
by your server vary by model.
• Hard disk drive
– Five to eight 3.5-inch hot-swap Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) or Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) hard disk drives (SCSI is the acronym for Small Computer System Interface)
– Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives
– Up to four 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS hard disk drives
– Up to four 3.5-inch non-hot-swap SATA hard disk drives
Note: For server models with more than four hard disk drives or models that use SAS hard disk drives,
there must be a RAID card installed. See “RAID card” on page 33.
• Optical drive
– Up to two 5.25-inch SATA optical drives (DVD-ROM or DVD Burner / CD-RW Rambo 8)
– The server has two optical drive bays. The lower optical drive bay is installed with a 5.25-inch SATA
optical drive (DVD-ROM or DVD Burner / CD-RW Rambo 8).
– If the server has only one optical drive installed, make sure that the optical drive is installed in
the lower bay (optical drive bay 1).
– If the server has only one Removable Disk Technology (RDX) Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive bundle
(hereinafter referred to as the RDX USB drive bundle) installed, make sure that the RDX USB drive
bundle is installed in the lower bay (optical drive bay 1).
– The upper bay is for a secondary optical drive only.
For the location information about the internal drives or drive bays, see “Server components” on page
25. For information about the RDX USB drive bundle and instructions on how to install it, refer to the
documentation that comes with the RDX USB drive bundle. In your server, the P6 power connector of the
power supply is for the RDX USB drive bundle. You can purchase this option from Lenovo. The option name
is Lenovo Removable Disk Technology (RDX) USB Drive Bundle. The RDX technology combines tape backup
with disk storage to help you protect and archive data.
Expansion slots
The server has four expansion slots on the system board. For detailed information, see “System board
components” on page 45.
Input/Output (I/O) features
• One Video Graphics Array (VGA) DB-15 connector on the rear panel
• Six USB 2.0 connectors (two on the front panel and four on the rear panel)
• Two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors on the rear panel
• Two serial connectors (one fully-functional serial connector on the rear panel and one internal serial
connector on the system board for optional use)
For the location information about the connectors, refer to the related topics in “Locations” on page 13.
Video subsystem
An integrated graphics controller in the ThinkServer Management Module (TMM, also known as the
Baseboard Management Controller or BMC) chip on the system board to support a VGA DB-15 connector
on the rear panel for connecting video devices
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