Installing Disk Drives In The Enclosure; Disk Drive Options; Disk Drive Guidelines; Installing A Disk Drive - HP D2700 User Manual

Installing disk drives in the enclosure

Disk drive options

Depending on the enclosure model, 12 or 25 disk drives can be installed in the enclosure.
A variety of disk drive models are supported for use, including dual-ported and single-ported models.
For more information about supported disk drives, see the QuickSpecs for the disk enclosure, available
on the D2000 website: http://www.hp.com/go/D2000.

Disk drive guidelines

CAUTION:
Follow industry-standard practices when handling disk drives. Internal storage media can be
damaged when drives are shaken, dropped, or roughly placed on a work surface.
When installing a disk drive, press firmly to make sure the drive is fully seated in the drive bay
and then close the latch handle.
When removing a disk drive, press the release button and pull the drive only slightly out of the
enclosure. Then, to allow time for the internal disk to stop rotating, wait approximately 10 seconds
before completely removing the drive from the enclosure.
Always populate hard drive bays starting with the lowest bay number. If only one hard drive is
used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
Disk drives are hot-pluggable.
SAS and SATA disk drives may be installed in the same enclosure, but can not be included in the
same RAID logical volume.

Installing a disk drive

CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, operate the enclosure only when all bays are
populated with either a component or a blank.
1. Remove the drive blank.
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