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 either with the addition of a supported M.2 adapter or module, or directly on the system board.
Supports one or two M.2 drives, either SATA or NVMe
Support 42mm, 60mm, 80mm and 110mm drive form factors (2242, 2260, 2280 and 22110)
RAID support via an onboard Broadcom SAS3808N RAID Controller
With 1 drive, supports JBOD
With 2 drives, supports 2-drive RAID-0, 2-drive RAID-1, or JBOD
PCIe 4.0 x2 host interface; PCIe 4.0 x1 connection to each drive
Management and configuration support via UEFI and OS-based tools
Supports monitoring and reporting of events and temperature
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