Setup 18
5.
Install the HP MDS600 Disk System.
6.
Tighten the thumbscrews to secure the HP MDS600 Disk System to the rack.
The installation is complete.
Hard drive overview
The MDS600 supports up to 35 SAS or SATA hard drives per storage drawer. Always populate hard
drive bays from the rear to the front starting with the highest device bay ID number ("
Device bay ID
numbers
" on page
10
). All unpopulated drive bays require drive blanks to properly distribute air flow and
cool the installed drives.
SAS and SATA hard drive guidelines
When adding hard drives to the hard drive drawer, observe the following general guidelines:
•
Verify that the drives are fully seated before closing the drawer.
•
The drawer is fully closed when the fans slow down to their normal speed.
•
The drawer should be closed with the handle in the released position.
•
Hard drives are sensitive to excess vibration. Use care when opening and closing the drawer.
•
A RAID 1 mirror requires an even number of hard drives.
•
Drives that will be configured within an array should be the same capacity to provide the greatest
storage space efficiency.
NOTE:
ACU does not support mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same logical volume.
Installing the hard drives
1.
Be sure all I/O bays contain either an I/O module or an I/O blank. The hard drive drawer does not
open if I/O bays are empty.