Hard drives, Hard drive guidelines, Installing a hard drive – HP D2200sb Storage Blade User Manual
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Setup 18
6.
Install a server blade. See the documentation that ships with the server blade.
7.
Configure the storage blade ("
" on page
).
Hard drives
The storage blade supports up to 12 SAS or 12 SATA hard drives. Always populate hard drive bays starting
with the lowest hard drive bay number ("
SAS and SATA hard drive bay numbers
" on page
Hard drive guidelines
When adding hard drives to the storage blade, observe the following general guidelines:
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The storage blade supports standard small form factor hot plug carriers only.
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The system automatically sets all device numbers.
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If only one hard drive is used, install it in hard drive bay 1 ("
SAS and SATA hard drive bay numbers
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Hard drives must be hot-plug, SFF types.
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Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.
Installing a hard drive
This procedure describes first-time installation only.
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the storage blade
or the enclosure unless the first drive bay is populated with a drive, and drive bays 2 and 3 and
all device bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
CAUTION:
Thermal regulation is maintained only when the drive drawer is closed. The drive
temperature alarm is triggered under the following conditions:
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A slow beep and flash (1 every 5 seconds) indicate that the drive drawer is open. The drives