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Hardware options installation 30
Drive guidelines
When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
•
The system automatically sets all device numbers.
•
If only one drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number ("
Drive numbering
" on page
10
).
•
To provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are grouped together into the same drive
array, drives must be the same capacity.
Installing a hot-plug drive
1.
Remove the drive blank.
2.
Prepare the drive.
3.
Install the drive.
4.
Determine the status of the drive from the drive LED definitions ("
Hot-plug drive LED definitions
" on page
10
).
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