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They must be either all hard drives or all solid-state drives.
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Drives must be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency.
Installing a hot-plug SAS, SATA or NVMe drive
About this task
CAUTION: A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor might damage system boards or other
static-sensitive devices. To prevent damage, observe antistatic precautions.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all bays are populated
with either a component or a blank.
Procedure
1. Back up all server data.
2. If installed, remove the front bezel.
3. Remove the drive blank.
Retain the blank for future
use.
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LFF drive blank
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SFF drive blank
4. Prepare the drive.
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LFF drive
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