Supero SUPERSERVER 2027TR-H72FRF, User Manual

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Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup
6-17
6-10 Drive Bay Installation/Removal
Accessing the Drive Bays
SAS/SATA Drives: You do not need to access the inside of the chassis or remove
power to replace or swap SAS/SATA drives. Proceed to the next step for instructions.
You must use standard 1" high, SAS/SATA drives in the system.
Note: Refer to the following FTP site for setup guidelines: < ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/
driver/SAS/LSI/LSI_SAS_EmbMRAID_SWUG.pdf > and Supermicro's web site for
additional inmformation < http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals />.
The SC217 chassis contains four individual motherboards in separate node drawers.
Each motherboard node controls a set of six hard drives. Note that if a motherboard
node drawer is pulled out of the chassis, the hard drives associated with that node
will power down as well.
Motherboard Drawer Locations in the Chassis
Motherboard B
Controls HDDs B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6
Motherboard D
Controls HDDs D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 and D6
Motherboard A
Controls HDDs A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6
Motherboard C
Controls HDDs C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and C6
Figure 6-16. Hard Drives and the Corresponding Motherboards
MB: A
MB: B
MB: C
MB: D
1
A
1 B
1
C
1
D