Drive options
Drive guidelines
Depending on the configuration, the server supports SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives.
Observe the following general guidelines:
• The system automatically sets all drive numbers.
• If only one hard drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest drive number.
For drive numbering, see Drive bay numbering.
• The NVMe SSD is a PCIe bus device. Devices attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without allowing the device
and bus to complete and cease the signal/traic flow.
Do not remove an NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the Do Not Remove button LED is flashing. The Do Not Remove
button LED flashes to indicate that the device is still in use. Removal of the NVMe SSD before the device has
completed and ceased signal/traic flow can cause loss of data.
• Drives with the same capacity provide the greatest storage space eiciency when grouped into the same drive array.
Supported drive carriers
Depending on the drive cage, the server supports the following drive carriers:
• SFF Smart Carrier (SC)
• LFF Low Profile Carrier (LP)
• LFF Low Profile Converter (LPC)
Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive or an NVMe drive
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all drive and device
bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
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