Drive Installation Guidelines; Installing A Hot-Plug Drive In The Front Drive Cage 1 - HP Apollo 4200 Gen9 User Manual

Drive installation guidelines

When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
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The system automatically sets all device numbers.
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Populate drive bays, based on the drive numbering sequence. Start from the drive bay with the
lowest device number
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All drives grouped into the same drive array must meet the following criteria:
They must be either all SAS or all SATA.
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They must be either all hard drives or all solid state drives.
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Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives
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are grouped together into the same drive array.

Installing a hot-plug drive in the front drive cage 1

CAUTION: Do not operate the server with any of the front drive cage 1 bays empty. To
maintain proper airflow and sufficient cooling in the front drive cage 1, all drive bays in this cage
should have a drive or a drive blank.
To install the component:
If installed, remove the security bezel (on page 19).
1.
Remove the drive blank:
2.
LFF drive blank
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SFF drive blank
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Open the drive release lever:
3.
("Drive numbering" on page 15).
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