138 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
RX300 S7
Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.1 Basic procedure
– Solid state drives (SSDs) are always equipped before installing hard disk
drives.
– Hard disk drives / solid state drives with different capacities are installed
from highest to lowest capacity.
– Hard disk drives with different rotation speeds are installed from highest to
lowest speed.
– When installing hard disk drives with different bus technologies (SAS or
SATA), first install SAS drives and then SATA drives.
– Please refer to sections "Mounting order for 2.5-inch HDDs / SSDs" on
page 146 and "Mounting order for 3.5-inch HDDs" on page 138 for a
complete overview of the mounting sequence.
– Install dummy modules into unused HDD / SSD bays.
7.2 3.5-inch hard disk drives
7.2.1 Mounting order for 3.5-inch HDDs
Maximum configuration: 6x 3.5-inch HDDs
Figure 41: 3.5-inch HDD mounting order
HDD naming scheme
I The HDD numbering as listed in the ServerView RAID Manager differs
from the HDD mounting order: