7.2.4.3 16x 2.5-inch HDD / SSD SAS backplane cabling . . . . . . 193
7.2.4.4 HDD / SSD naming scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
7.2.5 24x 2.5-inch HDDs / SSDs (6 SAS backplanes) . . . . . . . . 198
7.2.5.1 Mounting order for 2.5-inch SAS 2.0 HDDs / SSDs . . . . . 198
7.2.5.2 Mounting order for 2.5-inch SAS 2.0 / SAS 3.0
HDDs / SSDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
7.2.5.3 24x 2.5-inch HDD / SSD SAS backplane cabling . . . . . . 200
7.2.5.4 HDD / SSD naming scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
7.2.6 Installing 2.5-inch HDD / SSD modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
7.2.6.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
7.2.6.2 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD dummy module . . . . . 207
7.2.6.3 Installing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module . . . . . . . . . . 208
7.2.6.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
7.2.7 Removing 2.5-inch HDD / SSD modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
7.2.7.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
7.2.7.2 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module . . . . . . . . . . 211
7.2.7.3 Installing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD dummy module . . . . . . 213
7.2.7.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
7.2.8 Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
7.2.8.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
7.2.8.2 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module . . . . . . . . . . 215
7.2.8.3 Installing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD module . . . . . . . . . . 215
7.2.8.4 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
7.2.9 Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD SAS backplane . . . . . . . . . . 215
7.2.9.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
7.2.9.2 Removing the 2.5-inch HDD bay top cover . . . . . . . . . 216
7.2.9.3 Removing a 2.5-inch HDD drive cage . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
7.2.9.4 Replacing a 2.5-inch HDD / SSD SAS backplane . . . . . . 220
7.2.9.5 Mounting the second 2.5-inch HDD drive cage . . . . . . . 224
7.2.9.6 Mounting the 2.5-inch HDD bay top cover . . . . . . . . . 226
7.2.9.7 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
7.2.10 Upgrading to 16x 2.5-inch HDD / SSD configurations . . . . . 229
7.2.10.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
7.2.10.2 Removing the 8x 2.5-inch HDD front panel . . . . . . . . . 230
7.2.10.3 Removing the 2.5-inch HDD bay top cover . . . . . . . . . 231
7.2.10.4 Mounting the second 2.5-inch HDD drive cage . . . . . . . 234
7.2.10.5 Mounting the 2.5-inch HDD bay top cover . . . . . . . . . 236
7.2.10.6 Installing the 16x 2.5-inch HDD front panel . . . . . . . . . 238
7.2.10.7 Cabling the SAS backplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
7.2.10.8 Concluding steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240