Western Digital Ultrastar Serv60+8 User Manual page 336

5 System Management
User Guide 5.4 Partially Populated Enclosures
blanks. The image below details the minimum required configuration for an HDD only drive bay and minimum
SSD center channel configuration.
Figure 443: Minimum HDD Partial Population
Minimum HDD and Minimum SSD Partial Population:
The enclosure supports a minimum of 24 HDDs and one SSD in the drive bay and a configuration of no SSDs
in the center channel for a partially populated enclosure. The enclosure can support a minimum of one SSD
with the remaining drive slots within that row being completed with drive blanks. The center SSD channel
supports a minimum of no SSDs with a maximum of eight SSDs. The SSDs must be populated from the drive
slots closest to the rear IO first, starting with drive slot 67 and work backward. The remaining unpopulated
center channel drive slots must be populated with drive blanks until the center channel is full. The enclosure
does not support a mix of SAS and SATA drives. The image below details the minimum required configuration
for an HDD and SSD with the minimum SSD center channel configuration.
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