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Cisco UCS C240 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server
Installing or Replacing Server Components
Replacing Hard Drives or Solid State Drives
This section includes the following information:
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Drive Population Guidelines, page 3-12
•
Drive Replacement Procedure, page 3-13
Drive Population Guidelines
The server is orderable in three different versions, each with one of three different front panel/backplane
configurations:
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Cisco UCS C240 (small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 24-drive backplane and expander).
Holds up to twenty-four 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
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Cisco UCS C240 (small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 16-drive backplane, no expander).
Holds up to sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
Note
When the server has the 16-drive backplane, only the first 16 drive bays are used.
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Cisco UCS C240 (large form-factor (LFF) drives, with 12-drive backplane and expander).
Holds up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives.
The drive-bay numbering is shown in
and
Figure 3-6
Drive Numbering, Small Form-Factor Drives
Figure 3-7
Drive Numbering, Large Form-Factor Drives
HD
D
1
HD
D
2
HD
D
3
HD
D
4
HD
D
5
HD
D
6
HD
D
7
HD
D
8
HD
D
9
HD
D
1
0
HD
D
1
1
HD
D
1
2
HD
D
1
3
HD
D
1
4
HD
D
1
5
HD
D
1
6
HD
D
1
7
HD
D
1
8
HD
D
1
9
HD
D
2
0
HD
D
2
1
HD
D
2
2
HD
D
2
3
HD
D
2
4
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HDD 1
HDD 5
HDD 9
HDD 2
HDD 6
HDD 10
HDD 3
HDD 7
HDD 11
HDD 4
HDD 8
HDD 12
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