Servicing Drives - Oracle SPARC T8-1 Service Manual

Servicing Drives

The server provides eight 2.5-inch drive bays, accessible through the front panel. See
Panel Components" on page
running. This feature, referred to as being hot-serviceable, depends on how the drives are
configured.
The server supports traditional, disk-based storage devices and Flash SSDs, which are
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diskless storage devices based on solid-state memory. The server also can support NVMe drives
in four of the drive bays. Either type of drive can be a boot device. The term "drive" is used in a
generic sense to refer to both types of internal storage devices.
These topics explain how to service drives.
"Drive LEDs" on page 60
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"Determine Which Drive Is Faulty" on page 61
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"Remove a Drive or Drive Filler" on page 61
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"Install a Drive or Drive Filler" on page 65
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"Verify a Drive" on page 66
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Related Information
"Component Service Categories" on page 43
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11. Drives can be removed and installed while the server is
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