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Drive installation guidelines, Installing a hot-plug drive

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Drive installation guidelines When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines: • The system automatically sets all device numbers. • Populate drive bays based on the drive numbering sequence. Start from the drive bay with the lowest device number. • When drives are grouped together into the same drive array, they must be of the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency. Installing a hot-plug drive CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays are populated with either a component or a blank. To install the component: 1. Remove the drive blank. 2. Prepare the drive. Hardware options installation 35

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Hardware options installation 35
Drive installation guidelines
When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
•
The system automatically sets all device numbers.
•
Populate drive bays based on the drive numbering sequence. Start from the drive bay with the lowest
device number.
•
When drives are grouped together into the same drive array, they must be of the same capacity to
provide the greatest storage space efficiency.
Installing a hot-plug drive
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
To install the component:
1.
Remove the drive blank.
2.
Prepare the drive.