HP ProLiant DL785, User Manual

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5. Install the DIMM.
Hard drive guidelines
When adding hard drives to the server, observe the following guidelines:
• The system automatically sets all device numbers.
• If only one hard drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
• Hard drives must be SFF types.
• Drives must have the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when
drives are grouped together into the same drive array.
• The server supports up to eight SAS or SATA hot-plug hard drives.
Installing a hot-plug hard drive
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
1. Prepare the hard drive.
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