Drive mapping
Table 20. Supported drive options
Chassis options
Configurations
Twenty-four drive
chassis
Up to twenty four 2.5 inch SAS/
SATA front accessible drives in
slots 0 through 23
Up to twenty four 2.5 inch SAS/
SATA front accessible drives in
slots 0 through 23 + two 2.5
inch rear accessible SAS/SATA
drives
Up to twelve 2.5 inch SAS/
SATA front accessible drives in
slots 0 through 11 + twelve
SAS/SATA/NVMe front
accessible drives in slots 12
through 23
Up to twenty four 2.5 inch
NVMe front accessible drives in
slots 0 through 23
Eight hard drive
chassis
Up to eight 2.5 inch SAS/SATA
front accessible drives in slots 0
through 7
Up to eight 2.5 inch SATA front
accessible drives in slots 0
through 7
Removing drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION:
Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you can replace them
in the same location.
NOTE:
The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2
Follow the procedure listed in
Before working inside your system
.
3
If applicable,
4
Remove all drives from the front bay
5
.
6
Remove the cooling fan assembly
.
Installing and removing system components
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