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Dell
PowerEdge M915 Technical Guide 32
12 Storage
12.1 Drives
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M915 supports up to two 2.5‖ SSD or SAS hard disk drives. See Table 7 for
information on supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives,
visit Dell.com.
Supported Hard Drives Table 7.
Form Factor
Capacity
Speed
Type
2.5‖
50GB, 100GB
N/A
SATA SSD
2.5‖
73GB, 146GB
15K
SAS
2.5‖
146GB, 300GB, 600GB, 900GB
10K
SAS
12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers
The M915 supports the Dell eleventh-generation 2.5‖ hard drive carrier (see Figure 6). Legacy
carriers are not supported on the M915.
2.5” Hard Drive Carrier Figure 6.
12.3 Empty Drive Bays
For the slots that are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling,
maintain a uniform appearance to the unit, and provide EMI shielding.
12.4 Diskless Configuration Support
The system supports diskless configuration with no storage controller (PERC H200 or PERC H700)
installed in the system. A 2.5‖ HDD backplane is still installed in this configuration.