Hard Disk Drive Carriers; Empty Drive Bays - Dell POWEREDGE R710 Series Technical Manualbook

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
For mixed SAS/SATA configurations, SAS drives must be installed as a pair in drive slots 0 and 1.
One mixed 2.5" and 3.5" hard drive configuration is allowed: a pair of 2.5" 10k rpm SAS drives can be
installed with an adapter in a 3.5" hard drive carrier in drive slots 0 and 1. The remaining hard drives must
be 3.5" hard drives and must be either all SAS or all SATA.
Platforms
All 2.5" HDD SAS (or) SATA
All 2.5" SSD***
Mixed SSD/SAS**
All 3.5" HDD SAT (or) SATA
Mixed SAS/SATA*
2.5" SAS in 3.5" HDD Carrier (RTS+)
2.5" SAS HDD in 3.5" HDD Carrier + 3.5" SATA HDDs (Mixed SAS)
2.5" SAS HDD in 3.5" HDD Carrier + 3.5" SATA HDDs (Mixed SAS/SATA)*
• S AS HDDs should be in slots 0 & 1 and min/max number of SAS HDDs is 2, rest will be SATA
HDDs and min/max number of SATA HDDs depends on the configuration.
• * *No maximum for SAS HDD's combined with SSD
• * **SSD Support requires PERC 6/i
20GB and 50GB solid state drives (SSD) support will be supported at RTS
II. Hard Disk Drive Carriers
Hard drives must use the Dell 2.5" and the 3.5" Hard Drive Disk Carriers.
III. Empty Drive Bays
For the slots that are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling,
maintain a uniform appearance to the unit, and provide EMI shielding.
Figure: 2.5" HDD Carrier
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