HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 User Manual page 66

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Hardware option installation guidelines

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the internal system components

WARNING:

to cool before touching them.

CAUTION:

To avoid data loss, Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that you back up all server data before installing or

removing a hardware option, or performing a server maintenance or troubleshooting procedure.

CAUTION:

To prevent damage to electrical components, properly ground the server before beginning any installation, removal, or

replacement procedure. Improper grounding can cause electrostatic discharge.

Install any hardware options before initializing the server.

If multiple options are being installed, read the installation instructions for all the hardware options to identify similar steps and

streamline the installation process.

If the hardware option installation involves internal cabling, review the Cabling guidelines.

Drive options

Depending on the drive cage installed, the server supports the following drive types:

Hot-plug LFF SAS and SATA drives

Hot-plug SFF SAS, SATA, and U.3 NVMe drives

The embedded Intel VROC for HPE Gen11 (Intel VROC) supports software RAID for direct attached SATA and NVMe drives.

To support hardware RAID, install a storage controller option .

Subtopics

Drive installation guidelines

Installing a hot-plug SAS, SATA, or NVMe drive

Drive installation guidelines

Observe the following general guidelines:

The system automatically sets all drive numbers.

CAUTION:

When a server is purchased without any drive installed, some drive bays might be empty while other drive bays

might be populated with drive blanks. To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server without a drive

or a drive blank installed.

If only one drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest drive number.

For drive numbering, see Drive bay numbering.

This server does not support mixed drive types in the same drive box.

When installing NVMe drives, install all U.3 drives. Mixed NVMe type installation is not supported.

All drives grouped into the same drive array must meet the following criteria:

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