hard disk drives, 3.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA hard disk
drives or 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA hard disk drives.
Note:
v The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your model.
v The ten 2.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive model is not supported.
The following illustration shows a server with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
drive bays.
The following illustration shows a server with ten 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
drive bays.
The following illustrations shows a server with twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk
drive bays (two located at the rear).
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 1 Drive bay 3 Drive bay 5 Drive bay 7
Figure 1. Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model front view
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 1 Drive bay 3 Drive bay 5 Drive bay 7
Drive bay 8
Drive bay 9
Figure 2. Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model front view
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 1 Drive bay 3 Drive bay 5 Drive bay 7
Drive bay 8
Drive bay 9
Figure 3. Twelve 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model front view
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