Hard Disk Drives (C2110G-Rp5 Chassis); Drive Configurations - Silicon Graphics Rackable C2110G-RP5 System User's Manual

Hard Disk Drives (C2110G-RP5 Chassis)

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Drive Configurations

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The 2U chassis supports a maximum of ten SATA hard disk drives, see
drives from left to right starting in the left bay. Disk drive bays must be populated with either a
drive or a "drive blank" to maintain system thermals. Failure to follow this guideline may cause
system overheating and thermal shutdown of the unit.
Important: The operating system you use must have RAID support to enable the hot-swap
capability and RAID functions of the SATA drives.
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Figure 5-3 C2110G-RP5 System Disk Drive Locations
The disk drive configurations supported in the Rackable C2110G-RP5 server are outlined in the
paragraphs that follow. Note that some configurations are dependent on use of optional hardware
to support RAID configurations.
The supported disk drive configurations are as follows:
• JBOD
This non-RAID disk array supports any number of drives between one and 10. The operating
system is placed on the disk drive in location 0 (system disk). All other drives are data
drives.
• RAID 0
Disk striping without parity, supports any number of drives between two and eight. Note that
all drives must be the same type, speed and capacity. The operating system will be striped
across all drives in the system. This configuration is not recommended.
Hard Disk Drives (C2110G-RP5 Chassis)
Ten disk drive bays
Figure 5-3. Install the
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