Storage Drives; Installing Drives - Supermicro SuperServer 620C-TN12R User Manual

3.6 Storage Drives

The system supports up to twelve 3.5"/2.5" NVMe/SAS/SATA storage drives in hybrid bays.
An optional controller card kit is required to support SAS. Note: For NVMe, if more than eight
drives are enabled, one or two PCIe expansion card slots are disabled. See Section 3.10
for details.
The drives are mounted in tool-less drive carriers that simplify their removal from the chassis.
These carriers also help promote proper airflow. Each carrier has a small space on the front
to receive a label, orange or purple, to help distinguish NVMe or SAS/SATA. Drive carrier
status indicators are described in Section 1.2
Note: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro servers. For
compatible storage drives, see the

Installing Drives

The system supports twelve hot-swap SATA/SAS3/NVMe hybrid drive bays.
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Figure 3-6. Logical Drive Numbers
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