Installing A Hot-Plug Drive - HPE ProLiant XL645d User Manual

Table 1: SAS/SATA-NVMe drive configurations
Configuration
2 embedded SATA SSDs + 2 x4NVMe SSDs
2 embedded SATA SSDs + 6 x4NVMe SSDs with adapter
card
2 SAS/SATA SSDs + 2 x4NVMe SSDs
1
Supports two M.2 SSD modules per system board module
For cabling information, see SAS/SATA-NVMe configuration cabling.
M.2 configurations
The system supports two M.2 SSD modules per system board module. Installing M.2 SSD modules requires that you install
the HPE NS204i-t Gen10 Plus NVMe Boot Controller on the system board and cable it using the HPE XL645d Gen10 Plus
M.2 Cable Kit. For installation procedure of the M.2 SSD module, see Installing the HPE NS204i-t Gen10 Plus NVMe Boot
Controller option. For M.2 cabling, see HPE NS204i-t Gen10 Plus NVMe Boot Controller-M.2 SSD module cabling.
Backplane
Gen10 SAS/SATA
Gen10 SAS/SATA
U.3 Premium

Installing a hot-plug drive

The server supports SFF SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives.
Prerequisites
Before installing this option, be sure that you have the components included with the hardware option kit.
Procedure
1. Remove the drive blank.
2. Prepare the drive.
Controllers
Embedded SATA
Embedded SATA
1
E208i-p or P408i-p
Compatible configuration per system board module
2 SAS/SATA drives with E208i-p or P408i-p controller + 2
x4NVMe drives
8 embedded SATA controllers
8 SAS/SATA drives with E208i-p or P408i-p controller
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