Owners Manual

Hard drives
A hard drive is a data storage device used for storing and retrieving digital information.
CAUTION: Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the SAS/SATA backplane.
The following are the guidelines for installing a mix of SAS hard drives, SATA hard drives and SSDs:
● Each sled supports six 2.5-inch hard drives or Solid State Drives.
● Only two drive types can be mixed per node.
● Drives 0 and 1 must be of the same type.
● The remaining drives must be the same type.
● SAS hard drive support is based on the add-on card and the the onboard configuration supports only SATA hard drives.
Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive bays must have drive blanks installed.
NOTE: This section is applicable to systems with hot swappable hard drives only.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
Steps
Pull the hard drive blank out of the hard drive bay.
Figure 23. Removing or installing a 3.5-inch hard drive blank
a. 3.5-inch hard drive blank
Related references
Safety instructions on page 62
Installing and removing system components
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