Hardware Options Installation; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Product Quickspecs; Introduction; Hot-Plug Drive Guidelines - HP proliant DL380 GEN9 User Manual

Hardware options installation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise product QuickSpecs

For more information about product features, specifications, options, configurations, and compatibility,
see the product QuickSpecs on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/info/qs).

Introduction

If more than one option is being installed, read the installation instructions for all the hardware options and
identify similar steps to streamline the installation process.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the
internal system components to cool before touching them.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to electrical components, properly ground the server before
beginning any installation procedure. Improper grounding can cause electrostatic discharge.

Hot-plug drive guidelines

When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
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The system automatically sets all device numbers.
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If only one drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
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Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.

Drive options

Depending on the configuration, this server supports SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives. For more information
on drive support, see "Device bay numbering."
When adding hard drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
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The system automatically sets all device numbers.
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If only one hard drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
•
Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.
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