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2  Handling Hard Drives

TrueNAS Minis support iXsystems qualified hard drives up to 14 TiB. Drives designed for Network Attached Stor

-

age (NAS) are required. These drives run cooler and quieter than desktop drives. For the full list of qualified drives, 

please see the 

Drive Compatability List

 available on 

https://www.truenas.com/truenas-mini/

.

When ordered without hard drives, drive trays are shipped with filler inserts to protect them. If not all bays will be 

filled with drives, keep the fillers in the empty trays to protect them.

2.1  Removing Drive Trays

If a drive tray must be removed, release the latch by pushing the large circular button to the right (

1

). Swing the 

latch to the left to eject the tray, then pull outwards on the latch to begin sliding the tray out (

2

). Grip the top and 

bottom of the tray and gently remove it (

3

).

2.2  Removing Drive Fillers

To mount a hard drive in a tray, remove the two rear screws holding the filler (

1

). Gently spread both sides of the 

tray away from the filler (

2

) until the pins release (

3

), then remove the filler.

Summary of Contents for TrueNAS Mini 3.0 Series

Page 1: ...TrueNAS Mini 3 0 Family Basic Setup Guide Version 3 3...

Page 2: ...e serial numbers on the back of each chassis for quick reference Contents Introduction 1 1 Become Familiar with the TrueNAS Mini Family 2 1 1 The TrueNAS Mini E 2 1 2 The TrueNAS Mini X 3 1 3 The True...

Page 3: ...swappable 3 5 drive bays and a single 2 5 drive bay TrueNAS Mini products share similar chassis and front panels but have different system components that can change what type of connections are avai...

Page 4: ...Four GbE network ports 6 IPMI out of band management port 7 Port cover 8 One USB 3 0 port 1 Four 3 5 drive trays 2 Two Ethernet cables 3 One bag of HDD screws 4 One power cord 5 One set of keys 1 Four...

Page 5: ...6 Port cover 7 USB 3 0 port 1 Five 3 5 drive trays 2 Two 2 5 drive trays and screws 3 Two Ethernet cables 4 One bag of 3 5 HDD screws 5 One power cord 6 One set of keys 1 Five hot swap 3 5 drive bays...

Page 6: ...ts 5 VGA connector 1 Five 3 5 drive trays 2 Two 2 5 drive trays and screws 3 Two Ethernet cables 4 One bag of 3 5 HDD screws 5 One power cord 6 One set of keys 1 Five hot swap 3 5 drive bays 2 5 drive...

Page 7: ...Disk Activity Light 7 Network Activity Indicators 8 Unit Identification Indicator 9 One USB 3 0 port 10 One USB 2 0 port 1 4 The TrueNAS Mini XL 1 Power Connector 2 IPMI out of band management port 3...

Page 8: ...are shipped with filler inserts to protect them If not all bays will be filled with drives keep the fillers in the empty trays to protect them 2 1 Removing Drive Trays If a drive tray must be removed...

Page 9: ...ys Place the hard drive into the tray 1 and mount the hard drive in the tray with four screws 2 As an option to increase drive security the drive tray release latch can be locked to prevent tray remov...

Page 10: ...he drive tray before installing the adapter Place the adapter into the tray 1 and mount it with three screws 2 To add an SSD attach it to the adapter with four screws from the bag labeled 2 5 that cam...

Page 11: ...the button to the left 1 Gently swing the latch to the right 2 then slide the tray out 3 To add an SSD unscrew the two attachment screws from the SSD tray underside and remove the SSD tray filler 4 A...

Page 12: ...o the right 2 then slide the tray out 3 Remove the filler tray from the drive tray by removing the screws 4 place the drive in the tray and secure the drive to the tray with the provided screws 5 Foll...

Page 13: ...pressing the power button will power on the system Pressing and holding the power button while the system is running will perform a hard power off The reset button will reboot the system By default t...

Page 14: ...the CLI Console For more details about the Console options see https www truenas com docs core gettingstarted consolesetupmenu If remote management through IPMI is desired connect a network cable to t...

Page 15: ...account password in Account Users to increase system security When more than one TrueNAS device is connected to the network mDNS can experience name conflicts Give each TrueNAS device a unique hostnam...

Page 16: ...NAS Community forums provide an opportunity to interact with other TrueNAS users and to discuss their configurations The forums are available at https www truenas com community 8 1 Contacting iXsystem...

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