Replacing Hard Drives Or Solid State Drives; Drive Population Guidelines - Cisco UCS C240 Installation And Service Manual

Installing or Replacing Server Components

Replacing Hard Drives or Solid State Drives

This section includes the following information:
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Drive Population Guidelines

The server is orderable in three different versions, each with one of three different front panel/backplane
configurations:
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The drive-bay numbering is shown in
Figure 3-6
Figure 3-7
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Drive Population Guidelines, page 3-12
Drive Replacement Procedure, page 3-13
Cisco UCS C240 (small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 24-drive backplane and expander).
Holds up to twenty-four 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
Cisco UCS C240 (small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 16-drive backplane, no expander).
Holds up to sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
When the server has the 16-drive backplane, only the first 16 drive bays are used.
Cisco UCS C240 (large form-factor (LFF) drives, with 12-drive backplane and expander).
Holds up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives.
Drive Numbering, Small Form-Factor Drives
Drive Numbering, Large Form-Factor Drives
HDD 1
HDD 5
HDD 9
Figure 3-6 and Figure
HDD 2 HDD 3
HDD 6 HDD 7
HDD 10 HDD 11
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HDD 4
HDD 8
HDD 12
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