Drive Bay Installation/Removal - Supero SUPERSERVER 2027GR-TR2 User Manual

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UPER ERVER 2027GR-TR2/TRT2/TRH2/TRHT2 User's Manual
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Drive Bay Installation/Removal

The hard drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and
removal from the chassis. These carriers also help promote proper airfl ow for
the drive bays. For this reason, even empty carriers without drives installed must
remain in the chassis.
Removing Hard Drive Carriers from the Chassis
1. Press the release button on the drive carrier. This extends the drive carrier handle.
2. Use the handle to pull the drive carrier out of the chassis.
Note: The hard drives are designated with numbers 0 through 9 from left to right.
When setting up RAID, one RAID level may be applied to drives 0-3, 8 and 9 (the
I-SATA drives) and one RAID level may be applied to drives 4-7 (the S-SATA drives).
You may not apply a single RAID level across all eight drives.
Warning: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro
chassis and servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro
Web site at http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/storage.cfm
Warning: Except for short periods of time (swapping hard drives), do not operate the
server with the hard drive carriers removed.
Figure 6-8. Removing a Hard Drive Carrier
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