7 Hard disk drive (HDD) / solid state disk (SSD) 117
7.1 Safety notes 117
7.2 Basic information 118
7.3 Handling HDDs or SSDs without installation frame 120
7.3.1 3.5-inch HDD and 3.5-inch installation frame 120
7.3.2 2.5-inch HDD/SSD and 2.5-inch installation frame 122
7.3.3 2.5-inch HDD/SSD and 3.5-inch installation frame 123
7.3.4 EDSFF SSD and EDSFF installation frame 125
7.4 3.5-inch HDD configurations 127
7.4.1 Overview of configurations 127
7.4.1.1 Configuration with up to four HDD modules 127
7.4.2 Installing 3.5-inch HDD modules 128
7.4.3 Removing 3.5-inch HDD modules 130
7.4.4 Replacing a 3.5-inch HDD module 132
7.4.5 Replacing the 4x 3.5-inch HDD backplane 134
7.5 2.5-inch HDD/SSD configurations 138
7.5.1 Overview of configurations 138
7.5.1.1 Configuration with up to eight HDD/SSD modules 138
7.5.1.2 Configuration with up to 10 HDD / SSD / PCIe SSD modules 139
7.5.1.3 Configuration with rear HDD/SSD cage 139
7.5.2 Installing 2.5-inch HDD/SSD modules 140
7.5.3 Removing 2.5-inch HDD/SSD modules 142
7.5.4 Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD/SSD module 144
7.5.5 Installing 2.5-inch PCIe SSD modules 146
7.5.6 Removing 2.5-inch PCIe SSD modules 149
7.5.7 Replacing a 2.5-inch PCIe SSD module 151
7.5.8 Replacing the 8x 2.5-inch HDD backplane 152
7.5.9 Replacing the 10x 2.5-inch HDD backplane 158
7.5.10 Replacing the SAS expander board 162
7.5.11 Upgrading with rear HDD/SSD cage 166
7.5.12 Replacing the rear HDD/SSD backplane 169
7.6 EDSFF SSD configurations 174
7.6.1 Overview of configurations 174
7.6.1.1 Configuration with up to 32 EDSFF SSD modules 174
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RX2530 M6 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual