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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Removing a Hot-Swap Drive Carrier from the Chassis
1. Press the release button on the drive carrier, which will extend the drive carrier handle.
2. Use the drive carrier handle to pull the drive out of the chassis.
Figure 3-6. Removing a Drive Carrier
Figure 3-5. Logical Drive Numbers
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Installing Drives
3.6 Storage Drives
The system supports 24 hot-swap 2.5" storage drives—20 NVMe and 4 hybrid ports for NVMe
direct attached storage For compatible storage drives, see the
X12DPU-6 motherboard page.
The drives are mounted in toolless drive carriers that 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 product pages
at
https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/Ultra.cfm
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