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Table 11 8SFF drive cage installation locations
8SFF drive cage
Installation location
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U
Drive cage bay 1 for 8SFF SAS/SATA drives
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U-NVMe-1
Drive cage bay 1 for 8SFF NVMe SSDs
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U-NVMe-2
Drive cage bay 2 for 8SFF NVMe SSDs
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U-2
Drive cage bay 2 for 8SFF SAS/SATA drives
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U-NVMe-3
Drive cage bay 3 for 8SFF NVMe SSDs
HDD-Cage-8SFF-2U-3
Drive cage bay 3 for 8SFF SAS/SATA drives
Procedure
The procedure is the same for installing an 8SFF drive cage in different installation locations. This
section installs a drive cage in drive cage bay 1 for 8SFF SAS/SATA drives.
To install a front 8SFF drive cage:
1.
Power off the server. For more information, see "
2.
Remove the server from the rack. For more information, see "
Removing the server from a rack
."
3.
Remove the security bezel, if any. For more information, see "
4.
Install the front 8SFF drive cage:
a.
Remove the drive cage bay blank over the drive cage bay, as shown in
.
b.
Install the drive cage into the server, as shown in
.
5.
Install drives in the front 8SFF drive cage. For more information, see "
6.
Paste the drive label on the server's front panel above the drive cage bay.
7.
Connect AUX signal cable, data cable, and power cord to the front 8SFF drive backplane. For
more information, see "
Front 8SFF SAS/SATA drive cabling
8.
Install the removed security bezel. For more information, see "
9.
Rack-mount the server. For more information, see "
10.
Connect the power cord. For more information, see "
11.
Power on the server. For more information, see "
Installing an optical drive
Preparing for the installation
Use
to determine the location of the optical drive you are installing depending on the type of
the optical drive.
Table 12 Optical drive installation locations
Optical drive
Installation location
USB 2.0 optical drive
Connect the optical drive to a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 connector on the server.
SATA optical drive
IMPORTANT:
Only the 8SFF server supports the SATA optical drive.
Install the optical drive in drive cage bay 1 of the 8SFF server. For the
location of drive cage bay 1, see "Front panel view."