Hard Drives; Supported Hard Drive Configurations - Dell poweredge t330 Owner's Manual

Steps
1. Slide the intrusion switch into the intrusion switch slot.
2. Connect the intrusion switch cable to the intrusion switch connector on the system board.
Next steps
1. Install the cooling shroud.
2. Follow the procedure listed in
Related Tasks
Installing the cooling shroud

Hard drives

Your system supports enterprise class hard drives. Enterprise class drives are designed for 24x7 operating
environment. Selecting the correct drive class enables the critical areas of quality, functionality,
performance, and reliability to be optimized for the target implementation.
Choosing the right drive type depends on the usage pattern. Due to industry advances, in some cases, the
larger capacity drives have been changed to a larger sector size. The larger sector size can have impacts
on operating systems and applications. For more information about these hard drives, see the 512e and
4Kn Disk Formats whitepaper and 4K Sector HDD FAQ document at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a hard drive while the system is running, see the
documentation for the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured
correctly to support hot swappable hard drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION: Do not turn off or restart your system while the hard drive is being formatted. Doing so
can cause a hard drive failure.
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 long time to format.

Supported hard drive configurations

Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following:
Four hard drive Up to four 3.5-inch (2.5-inch with adapter) hot swappable SAS, SATA and nearline
systems SAS hard drives/solid state drives
Eight hard drive Up to eight 3.5-inch (2.5-inch with adapter) hot swappable SAS, SATA and nearline
systems SAS hard drives/solid state drives
NOTE: SAS/SATA hard drives cannot be mixed in a system.
The hot swappable hard drives connect to the system board through the hard drive backplane. Hot
swappable hard drives are supplied in hot swappable hard drive carriers that fit in the hard drive slots.
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After working inside your system.