Drives - NEC Express5800/T120h User Manual

Chapter 2 Preparations
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Drives

The expansion bay for connecting drives is located on the front of the server. Drives can be purchased mounted
on a dedicated tray. The device should be installed as mounted on the tray.
SAS, SATA, NVMe, and M.2 drives (depending on configuration) are supported.
Follow these guidelines when adding drives to the server.
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All the device numbers are automatically set by the system.
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If you are using only one hard disk drive, please install it in the bay with the smallest device number.
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NVMe SSD is a PCIe bus device. Devices mounted on the PCIe bus cannot be removed without the
device and the bus completing/stopping the signal/traffic flow.
Do not remove the NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the LED is flashing. To indicate that the SSD is still
in use, thenon-removable button LED flashes. Removing the NVMe SSD before the device
completes/stops the signal/traffic flow causes NVMe SSD data loss.
 When drives that are grouped together into the same drive array, for the most efficient use of storage
space, set each drive at the same capacity.
Unique slot numbers have been assigned to each slot.
8x 2.5-inch drive model (SAS/SATA HDD/SSD)
Support Drive Center
・2.5-inch carrier (SC)
・NVMe 2.5-inch carrier (SCN)
・M.2 2.5-inch carrier (SCM)
・3.5-inch carrier (SC)
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Important
Use hard disk drives specified by NEC. Installing a third-party hard disk drive
might cause a failure of the server as well as the hard disk drive.
Express5800/T120h User's Guide
1. Installing Internal Optional Devices
4x 3.5-inch drive model (SAS/SATA HDD)