Installing The Hard Drives - HP D6000 Installation Instructions Manual

5. Install the enclosure, making sure to tighten the thumbscrews to secure the
enclosure to the rack.
The installation is complete.
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Installing the hard drives

A D6000 supports up to 35 hard drives per storage drawer. For weight-distribution
purposes and best-possible cooling, populate hard drive bays from the rear to the
front, starting with the highest device bay ID number. To properly distribute air flow
and cool the installed drives, make sure that all drive bays are populated with a drive
or a drive blank.
Before installing the drives, confirm that they are supported for use in the enclosure.
For more information, see the QuickSpecs on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/d6000/quickspecs).
When adding hard drives to the hard drive drawer, observe the following general
guidelines:
Verify that the drives are fully seated before closing the drawer.
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The drawer is fully closed when the fans slow down to their normal speed.
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The drawer should be closed with the handle in the released position.
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• Hard drives are sensitive to excess vibration. Use care when opening and
closing the drawer.
A RAID 1 mirror requires an even number of hard drives.
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Drives that will be configured within an array should be the same capacity to
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provide the greatest storage space efficiency.
NOTE: ACU does not support mixing SAS and SATA drives
in the same logical volume.
To install the drives:
1. Be sure all I/O bays contain either an I/O module or an I/O blank. The hard
drive drawer does not open if I/O bays are empty.