5.5.1 Drive Congurations
Table 5-7 Drive congurations
Conguration Maximum Drives Drive Management
Mode
Front drives 24
● Slots 0 to 23 support
only 3.5-inch SAS/
SATA drives.
SAS HBA card
a
Rear drives 4
● Slots R0 to R3 support
2.5-inch SAS/SATA/
NVMe drives.
RAID controller
card
b
/PCH
c
/CPU
d
Built-in drives 2
● Supports two built-in
M.2 SSDs.
e
PCH
● a: The front drives are congured with 24-port SAS HBA cards.
● b: If SATA/SAS drives are used as rear drives, a PCIe RAID controller card can
be congured to manage the rear drives.
● c: The SATA drives used as rear drives can be directly connected to the PCH.
● d: The NVMe drives used as rear drives can be directly connected to the CPU.
● e: The M.2 SSDs come in two sizes 2242 and 2280, and supports SATA and
PCIe interfaces.
● Contact your local Huawei sales representative or use the Computing
Product Compatibility Checker to determine the components to be used.
5.5.2 Drive Numbering
● Front drives
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