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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
3.6 Storage Drives
The fixed hard drives are installed directly to the node tray. It supports two 3.5", four 2.5", or
a combination of one 3.5" and two 2.5" hard drives in each node tray. Enterprise level hard
disk drives are recommended. For compatible storage drives, see the
X12STE-F motherboard
page.
Installing Hard Drives
1. Power down the node and remove it from the chassis, following the procedure in
Section 3.2.
2. Insert the hard drive with the printed circuit board side facing downward so that the
mounting holes in the drive align with those in the bottom of the tray.
3. Secure the hard drive to the tray with the screws included with the drive.
4. Push the node back into the bay and power up.
Figure 3-11. Installing 3.5" Drives
