The drive bays are used to install 3.5-inch hot-swap drives. When you install drives, follow the order of the
drive bay numbers. The EMI integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all drive bays
occupied. The vacant drive bays must be occupied by drive bay fillers or drive fillers.
Note: For 3.5-inch drive bay models that support NVMe drives, you can install up to eight NVMe drives in
bays 0-3 and 4-7.
8 Foot stands
For tower form factor models, the foot stands help the server stand steadily.
Server models with sixteen 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
Figure 6. Front view of server models with sixteen 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
Table 5. Components on server models with sixteen 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays
1 Front panel 5 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 8-11
2 Drive activity LED (green)
6 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 4-7
3 Drive status LED (yellow)
7 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 0-3
4 3.5-inch hot-swap drive bays 12-15 8 Foot stands
1 Front panel
For information about the controls, connectors, and status LEDs on the front panel, see “Front panel” on
page 21.
2 Drive activity LED (green)
Each hot-swap drive comes with an activity LED. When this LED is flashing, it indicates that the drive is in
use.
3 Drive status LED (yellow)
These LEDs are on SAS or SATA hard disk drives and solid-state drives, and indicate the following status:
Lit: The drive has failed.
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