Hot-Plug Drive Guidelines; Removing The Drive Blank; Installing A Hot-Plug Drive - HP ProLiant DL160 Gen8 User Manual

Hot-plug drive guidelines

When adding drives to the server, observe the following general guidelines:
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The system automatically sets all device numbers.
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If only one drive is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
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Drives should be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.

Removing the drive blank

Remove the component as indicated.

Installing a hot-plug drive

The server can support four drives in a LFF configuration and up to eight drives in a SFF configuration.
To install the component:
Remove the drive blank.
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