1-8
Eight SFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays
1-16
Sixteen SFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays
NOTE:
This configuration does not support optical drive.
NOTE:
This configuration requires a second controller or
SAS Expander Card.
1-6
Six LFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays
NOTE:
This configuration does not support optical drive.
NOTE:
This configuration replaces SFF hard drive cage.
NOTE:
Connect the SAS power cable from the primary drive cage (drive cage containing SFF drives 1-8 or LFF drives 1-6) to the primary
SAS power connector on the system board. If a secondary drive cage (drive cage containing SFF drives 9-16) is installed, connect a SAS
power cable from the secondary drive cage to the secondary SAS power connector on the system board. Refer to the hood label for
SAS power connector locations on the system board.
Drive Support
Quantity
Supported
Position
Supported
Controller
Removable Media
Slim SATA DVD RW Optical
Drive
NOTE:
Included in
performance models.
Only 1 available
removable media
bay
Slimline bay
Integrated SATA
Slim SATA DVD-ROM
Optical Drive
Only 1 available
removable media
bay
Slimline bay
Integrated SATA
Hard Drives
NOTE:
The components of a storage subsystem (e.g. the drive, the HBA/controller, firmware, and the server backplane) should operate
at the same data transfer rate or the system bandwidth will be negotiated down to an acceptable level for all components.
NOTE:
Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.
NOTE:
IMPORTANT: Installation of both SAS and SATA hard drives or a mixture of SSDs and traditional hard drives in a single RAID
volume is not supported.
SAS Hot Plug SFF (2.5-inch) Enterprise (ENT) Drives
Quantity
Supported
Position
Supported
Controller
1.2TB 6G SAS 10K
900GB 6G SAS 10K
Up to 16
1-8
1-16
HP Smart Array P212/Zero Memory Controller
HP Smart Array P212/256 MB Controller
QuickSpecs
HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 7 (G7)
Storage
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