SuperServer 2029P-C1R(T) User's Manual
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3.4 Chassis Components
Storage Drives
The SC213 chassis supports sixteen 2.5" storage drives (HDDs or SSDs) in drive carriers
to simplify their removal from the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airflow.
Note:
Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and
servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
http://www.
supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SBB-HDDCompList.pdf.
The server also supports PCIe M.2 storage that can be installed directly on the motherboard.
See Section 3.3.
Drive Carrier Indicators
Each drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. In
RAID configurations, the status indicator lights to indicate the status of the drive. In non-RAID
configurations, the status indicator remains off. See the table below for details.
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Color
Blinking Pattern
Behavior for Device
Activity
LED
Off
No drive, or SATA drive installed
Blue
Solid On
SAS drive installed
Blue
Blinking
I/O activity
Status
LED
Red
Solid On
Failure of drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking at 1 Hz
Rebuild drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking with two blinks
and one stop at 1 Hz
Hot spare for drive with RSTe support
Red
On for five seconds,
then off
Power on for drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking at 4 Hz
Identify drive with RSTe support
