Owners Manual
Related tasks
Before working inside your system on page 53
Removing the cooling shroud on page 68
Installing a processor on page 93
Installing the cooling shroud on page 69
After working inside your system on page 54
Hard drives or SSDs
A hard disk drive (HDD), is a data storage device used for storing and retrieving digital information using one or more rigid
rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material. A solid-state drive (SSD), is a solid-state storage device that uses
integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently. SSDs have no moving components. SSDs are typically more
resistant to physical shock, run silently, have lower access time, and less latency.
Your system supports up to two 2.5-inch SAS or SATA or PCIe SSDs or SAS or SATA hard drives and four 1.8-inch SATA SSDs.
The hard drives or SSDs are supplied in special hot-swappable drive carriers that fit in the drive bays and these drives connect
to the system board through the hard drive backplane board.
NOTE: Mixing of SSD or SAS or SATA hard drives is not supported.
Hard drive or SSD bay numbering
Figure 40. Hard drive or SSD bay numbering — 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD system
Figure 41. SSD bay numbering — 1.8-inch SSD system
Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines
For single hard drive configuration, a hard-drive blank must be installed in the other drive bay to maintain proper cooling airflow.
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