Basic Procedures; Inch Hard Disk Drives; 6X3.5-Inch Hdd Configuration; Mounting Order - Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S8 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.1

Basic procedures

– Solid state drives (SSDs) are always equipped before installing hard disk
drives.
– Hard disk drives / solid state drives with different capacities are installed
from highest to lowest capacity.
– Hard disk drives with different rotation speeds are installed from highest to
lowest speed.
– When installing hard disk drives with different bus technologies (SAS or
SATA), first install SAS drives and then SATA drives.
– Please refer to sections
page 131 and
overview of the mounting sequence.
– Install dummy modules into unused HDD / SSD bays.
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The mounting order described above is only relevant for the factory
manufacturing process. In case of upgrading a system you need not
consider this mounting sequence.
7.2

3.5-inch hard disk drives

7.2.1

6x3.5-inch HDD configuration

7.2.1.1

Mounting order

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Maximum configuration: 6x 3.5-inch HDDs
Figure 31: 3.5-inch HDD mounting order
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"Mounting order for 2.5-inch HDDs / SSDs" on
"6x3.5-inch HDD configuration" on page 122
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