Lenovo Thinksystem M.2 With Mirroring Enablement Kit 7y37a01093
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M.2 is a solid-state drive (SSD) form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution. Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives with the addition of a supported M.2 adapter.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem M.2 offerings, their key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the M.2 drives and adapters, and consider their use in IT solutions.
Change History
Changes in the November 30 update:
- Added configuration rules regarding the use of the 480 GB M.2 drive in certain servers - Server support section
Human Factors Engineer Tim Meserth shows the Lenovo M.2 solution
Introduction
M.2 is a solid-state drive (SSD) form factor primarily used as an operating system boot solution. Lenovo ThinkSystem servers support M.2 drives with the addition of a supported M.2 adapter.
The M.2 drives install into an M.2 adapter which in turn is installed in a dedicated slot on the system board of the ThinkSystem server. With two M.2 drives configured, the drives are configured by default as a RAID-1 mirrored pair for redundancy.
There are two M.2 adapters supported:
- Single M.2 Adapter, which supports one M.2 drive; available as the ThinkSystem M.2 Enablement Kit
- Dual M.2 Adapter, which supports one or two M.2 drives; available as the ThinkSystem M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit
Tip: The M.2 adapters are also referred to as enablement kits. In the product publications, they are referred to as M.2 backplanes. These terms are interchangable.
A Dual M.2 Adapter with one 128GB M.2 drive partially inserted is shown in the following figure. The second M.2 drive is installed on the other side of the adapter.
Figure 1. Dual M.2 Adapter and a 128 GB M.2 drive
Did you know?
The Dual M.2 Adapter features a Lenovo patented design that provides a tool-less method for attaching back-to-back M.2 modules to the adapter.
The Dual M.2 Adapter also includes a built-in RAID controller and allows two installed M.2 drives to be configured either as RAID-1, RAID-0, or two independent drives (JBOD mode).
| SKU 7Y37A01093 | BRAND LENOVO |
