Installing Hard Drives - HPE D6020 User Manual

Figure 9 Attaching the retaining brackets
6. Proceed to
bay.

Installing hard drives

CAUTION:
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank. Remove a blank only when there is
a drive ready to install or the D6020 is powered down.
The D6020 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 HPE website (http://www.hpe.com/support/
D6020Enclosure-Quickspecs or http://www.hpe.com/support/
D6020Enclosure-Quickspecs-pdf).
When adding hard drives to the hard drive drawer, observe the following general guidelines:
For hard drive installation access, ensure that at least 30 cm (11.81 in) of open space is
available on the right side of the enclosure as you are facing it.
Verify that the drives are fully seated before closing the drawer.
The drawer is fully closed when the fans slow down to their normal speed.
The drawer should be closed with the handle in the released position.
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.
Drives that will be configured within an array should be the same capacity to provide the
greatest storage space efficiency.
NOTE:
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.
16 Setting up the system
"Installing hard drives" (page 16)
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the D6020 unless
HPE Smart Array RAID controllers do not support the mixing of SAS and SATA
for steps on installing hard drives into each