Hewlett Packard Enterprise HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen10 Plus, User Manual

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Drive installation guidelines Drive installation guidelines
Observe the following general guidelines:
The system automatically sets all drive numbers.
CAUTION: CAUTION:
When a server is purchased without any drive installed, some drive bays might be empty while other drive bays
might be populated with drive blanks.
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server without a drive or a drive blank installed.
If only one drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest drive number.
For drive numbering, see Drive bay numbering.
This server does not support mixed drive types in the same drive box.
When installing NVMe drives, install either all U.2 or all U.3 drives. Mixed NVMe type installation is not supported.
When a Gen10 Plus tri-mode controller is used together with a U.3 drive backplane, the system will support mixed drive
configuration.
Drives with the same capacity provide the greatest storage space efficiency when grouped into the same drive array.
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