SAS backplane supports SATA, not vice versa NL-SAS = SAS protocol at nearline (7.2K) speed — NOT SATA
Gen8 LFF tray ≠ Gen10 tray — different screw holes
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The ThinkPad 500GB 7200rpm 7mm SATA3 Hard Drive option provides a robust thin design enabling a seamless upgrade from the primary hard drive of supported ThinkPad laptops. This option provides good storage size, advanced format, SATA 6.0Gb/s data transfer capabilities, and 7200rpm disk speeds providing almost desktop like performance. The advance format of 4k sector emulates the 512 sector drives while delivering higher capacity points along with improved error correction capabilities.
The ultimate benefit of higher HDD density brings to a lower cost per gigabyte.