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Note: 3TB hard disk drives are not supported in OS 4690.
Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive
This procedure applies only to the 5U server model with hot-swap power supplies
(Model name: 2582-F4x).
To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive on the 5U server model with hot-swap power
supplies (Model name: 2582-F4x), complete the following steps.
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Table 12. 3TB HDD OS support list
OS
Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit
uEFI
Windows 2008R2 SP1 64bit
legacy
Windows 2008 SP2 64bit
uEFI
Windows 2008 SP2 64bit
legacy
Windows 2008 SP2 32bit
legacy
RHEL 6.1 64bit uEFI
RHEL 6.1 64bit legacy
RHEL 6.1 32bit legacy
RHEL 5.6 64bit legacy RHEL
5.6 32bit legacy
RHEL 5.6 64bit legacy RHEL
5.6 32bit legacy
SLES11 SP1 64bit uEFI
SLES11 SP1 64bit legacy
SLES11 SP1 32bit legacy
SLES10 SP4 64bit legacy
SLES10 SP4 32bit legacy
Table 13. ServeRAID support limitation on 3TB HDD
ServeRAID adapter
ServeRAID M5014
ServeRAID M1015
ServeRAID-BR10il
ServeRAID H1110
ServeRAID C100
Support limitation
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Do not support, partition not
allowed
Do not support, partition not
allowed
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support with disk partitions
less than 2 TB
Support limitation
Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Virtual disk only supports up
to 8TB.
Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support 3TB HDD, Virtual
disk supports up to 12TB
Support status
Support
Support with limitation
Support
Support with limitation
Support with limitation
Support
Support
Support
Do not support
Do not support
Support
Support
Support
Support with limitation
Support with limitation
Comment
Support
Support
LSI chip limitation. Support
with limitaton.
Support
Support