Quickspecs, Drive support – HP ProLiant DL385 User Manual

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1-8

Eight SFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays

1-16

Sixteen SFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays

NOTE:

NOTE: This configuration does not support optical
drive.
NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE: This configuration requires a second controller
or SAS Expander Card.

1-6

Six LFF SAS hot plug hard drive bays

NOTE:

NOTE: This configuration does not support optical
drive.
NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE: This configuration replaces SFF hard drive cage.

NOTE:

NOTE: Connect the SAS power cable from the primary drive cage (drive cage containing SFF drives 1-8 or LFF drives 1-6) to the
primary SAS power connector on the system board. If a secondary drive cage (drive cage containing SFF drives 9-16) is installed,
connect a SAS power cable from the secondary drive cage to the secondary SAS power connector on the system board. Refer to the
hood label for SAS power connector locations on the system board.

Drive Support

Quantity

Supported

Position

Supported

Controller

Removable Media

Slim SATA DVD RW
Optical Drive

NOTE:

NOTE: Included in
performance models.

Only 1 available

removable media

bay

Slimline bay

Integrated SATA

Slim SATA DVD-ROM
Optical Drive

Only 1 available

removable media

bay

Slimline bay

Integrated SATA

Hard Drives

NOTE:

NOTE: The components of a storage subsystem (e.g. the drive, the HBA/controller, firmware, and the server backplane) should
operate at the same data transfer rate or the system bandwidth will be negotiated down to an acceptable level for all components.
NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE: Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.
NOTE:

NOTE:

NOTE: IMPORTANT: Installation of both SAS and SATA hard drives or a mixture of SSDs and traditional hard drives in a single RAID
volume is not supported.

SAS Hot Plug SFF (2.5-inch) Enterprise (ENT) Drives

Quantity

Supported

Position

Supported

Controller

300GB 6G SAS 10K DP
300GB 3G SAS 10K DP
146GB 6G SAS 15K DP

Up to 16

1-8

1-16

NOTE:

HP Smart Array P212/Zero Memory Controller
HP Smart Array P212/256 MB Controller
HP Smart Array P410/256 MB Controller

QuickSpecs

HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 7 (G7)

Storage

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