Dell PowerEdge VRTX - Manual (Page 47)

NOTE: Components that are hot-swappable are marked orange and touch points on the components are marked
blue.
Figure 30. Inside the system
1. cooling fans (6) 2. cooling shroud
3. CMC card indicators (2) 4. chassis intrusion switch
5. PCIe cage 6. CMC cards (2)
7. low profile expansion-card divider unit 8. power distribution board bracket
9. system base cover 10. hard drives (25)
11. optical drive 12. server modules
13. control panel 14. mounting ears (2)
15. hard-drive backplane
Hard drives
• The 3.5 inch hard-drive enclosure supports up to twelve hot-swappable 3.5 inch hard drives.
• The 2.5 inch hard-drive enclosure supports up to twenty-five hot-swappable 2.5 inch hard drives.
• All hard drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive backplane.
• Hard drives are supplied in hot-swappable hard-drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive slots.
• Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.
When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard
drives can take a number of hours to format.
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