Chassis Components; Storage Drives; Drive Carrier Indicators - Supermicro SuperServer 2029U-T Series User Manual

3.4 Chassis Components

This section provides instructions on installing and replacing system components. To assure
compatibility, only use components that match the specifications or part numbers given.

Storage Drives

The SC219U chassis has twenty-four 2.5" hot-swap storage drive bays. Fourteen ports
are connected to the onboard SATA by default, as the PCH supports only 14 drives on this
X11DPU MB. An optional add-on card can provide twenty-four SAS drives, including four
hybrid bays that support NVMe. Also, there is an option for two SATA 2.5" drives in the rear,
and two internal M.2 solid state drives (1 SATA, 1 NVMe). It can also support two NVMe M.2
with AOC-SLG3-2M2 in a PCI-E x8 slot.
The drives are mounted in drive carriers that simplify their removal from the chassis. These
carriers also help promote proper airflow. Even carriers without drives must remain in the
chassis for proper airflow.
The server can be purchased with drives installed or without drives installed.
For VROC configurations, refer to the VROC appendix in this manual.
Note: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and
servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
supermicro.com/products/nfo/Ultra.cfm.

Drive Carrier Indicators

Each drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. For
RAID configurations using a controller, the meaning of the status indicator is described in
the table below. For OS RAID or non-RAID configurations, some LED indications are not
supported, such as hot spare.
Color
Activity
Blue
LED
Blue
Status
Red
LED
Red
Red
Red
Red
Green
Amber
Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Blinking Pattern Behavior for Device
Solid On SAS/NVMe drive installed
Blinking I/O activity
Solid On Failure of drive with RSTe support
Blinking at 1 Hz Rebuilding drive with RSTe support
Blinking with two blinks Hot spare for drive with RSTe support
and one stop at 1 Hz
(not supported in VMD mode)
On for five seconds, Power on for drive with RSTe support
then off
Blinking at 4 Hz Identify drive with RSTe support
Solid On Safe to remove NVMe device
(not supported in VMD mode)
Blinking at 1 Hz Attention state—do not remove NVMe device
(not supported in VMD mode)
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