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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Figure 3-5. Removing a Drive Carrier
Installing Drives
Figure 3-4. Logical Drive Numbers
3.6 Storage Drives
The system supports four hot-swap 3.5" storage drives in hybrid bays. SATA support is default.
SAS support can be afforded with an optional controller card and cables. NVMe support also
requires additional cables. For compatible storage drives, see the
X12DPU-6 motherboard
page.
Note
: In systems using a CPU with greater than 205W TDP or GPU cards, HDDs may
experience reduced performance. SSD drives are recommended for these configurations.
The drives are mounted in tool-less 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 information on recommended
drives, visit the Supermicro website product pages at
https://www.supermicro.com/products/
nfo/Ultra.cfm
.
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.
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