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• Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive
The server can support 8 SAS or SATA hard drives in a SFF or LFF configuration, or 16 drives in a SFF
configuration with the optional hard drive cage ("Hard drive cage option" on page 77).
To install the component:
1. Remove the drive blank.
2. Prepare the drive.
3. Install the drive.
4. Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions (on page 19).