The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives
that the server supports and other information that you must consider
when you install a hard disk drive.
- Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow
those instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
- Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that
are specified in the documentation that comes with the drive.
- Select the bay in which you want to install the drive.
- The server supports one optional ultra-slim SATA CD-RW/DVD-ROM
optical drive.
- The server can support up to eight 2.5 inch hot-swap SAS/SATA
drives, four 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drives, or four 3.5-inch simple-swap
SATA drives. (see Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane configurations for
the supported configurations).
- You can mix hot-swap SAS and SATA hard disk drives in the same
server as long as you do not mix drives on the same array.
- The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of
the server are protected by having all bays and PCI Express slots
covered or occupied. When you install a drive, save the EMC shield
and filler panel from the bay in the event that you later remove the
device.