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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
3.4 Chassis Components
This section provides instructions on installing and replacing system components. To assure
compatibility, only use components that match the specifications or part numbers given.
Storage Drives
The 2029U-E Series supports twenty-four 2.5" hot-swap storage drives. An add-on card is
required (see page 51) to provide twenty four SAS drives, including four hybrid bays that
support NVMe (optional cables required). Also, there is an option for two SATA 2.5" drives
in the rear, and two internal M.2 solid state drives (1 SATA, 1 NVMe; an optional cable is
required to enable SATA).
The externally accessible drives are mounted in drive carriers that simplify their removal from
the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airflow. Even carriers without drives
must remain in the chassis for proper airflow.
The server can be purchased with drives installed or without drives installed.
For VROC configurations, refer to the VROC appendix in this manual.
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
https://www.
supermicro.com/products/nfo/Ultra.cfm
.
Drive Carrier Indicators
Each drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. For
RAID configurations using a controller, the meaning of the status indicator is described in
the table below. For OS RAID or non-RAID configurations, some LED indications are not
supported, such as hot spare.
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Color
Blinking Pattern
Behavior for Device
Activity
LED
Blue
Solid On
SAS/NVMe 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
(not supported in VMD mode)
Red
On for five seconds,
then off
Power on for drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking at 4 Hz
Identify drive with RSTe support
Green
Solid On
Safe to remove NVMe device
(not supported in VMD mode)
Amber
Blinking at 1 Hz
Attention state—do not remove NVMe device
(not supported in VMD mode)