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SATA/SAS hard disk drive bays SATA/SAS hard disk drive bays
Figure58.Serverwithsix3.5-inchhot-swapandsixteen2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofdrivesthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthatyou
mustconsiderwheninstallingadrive:
•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatisspecifiedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.
•Checktheinstructionsthatcomewiththedrivetoseewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesorjumpers
onthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSASorSATAdevice,besuretosettheSASorSATAIDforthatdevice.
•OptionalexternaltapedrivesandDVD-ROMdrivesareexamplesofremovable-mediadrives.Youcan
installremovable-mediadrivesonlyinbays1and2onmodelswithsix,twelve3.5-inch,eight,sixteen,
twenty-four,andthirty-two2.5-inchharddiskdrives.
•Theelectromagneticinterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays
andPCIeslotscoveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveorPCIadapter,savetheEMCshieldandfiller
panelfromthebayorthePCIadapterslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedriveoradapter.
•Foracompletelistofsupportedoptionsfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Installinga2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
Usethisinformationtoinstalla2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofharddiskdrivesthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallaharddiskdrive:
•Dependingonthemodel,theserversupportsuptoeightoruptothirty-two2.5-inchSAS/SATAhot-swap
harddiskdrivesinthehot-swapbays.
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