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Front view

The front view of the server varies by model.

The following illustration shows the server components that may appear on the front of this server model.

Figure 1. Front view of the server components
Front view of the server components

Table 1. Components on the front of server models
ItemDescription
1 Front panelSee Front panel
2 Optical-drive bay 2The optical drive bay 2 supports an optical drive.
3 Optical-drive bay 1The optical drive bay 1 supports an optical drive or a tape drive (RDX or LTO).
4 5 Storage drive baysThe number of available drive bays varies by model. See Drive configurations for the complete configuration table. The vacant drive bays must be installed with drive fillers.

Drive configurations​

Item
  • Eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives
  • Six 3.5-inch simple-swap drives
  • +
  • Optical/tape drives
  • Eight 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
  • +
  • Optical/tape drives
  • Sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
  • +
  • Optical/tape drives
  • Four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
  • +
  • Eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
  • +
  • Optical/tape drives
2N/AOptical-drive bay 2: Optical driveOptical-drive bay 2: Optical driveOptical-drive bay 2: Optical driveOptical-drive bay 2: Optical drive
3N/AOptical-drive bay 1: Optical/tape driveOptical-drive bay 1: Optical/tape driveOptical-drive bay 1: Optical/tape driveOptical-drive bay 1: Optical/tape drive
4Three SATA drives (Bay 4, 5, 6) and one SATA/NVMe drive (Bay 7)Two SATA drives (Bay 4, 5)Four SAS/SATA drives (Bay 4 to 7)Eight SAS/SATA drives (Bay 8 to 15)Eight SAS/SATA drives (Bay 4 to 11)
5Four SATA drives (Bay 0 to 3)Four SATA drives (Bay 0 to 3)Four SAS/SATA drives (Bay 0 to 3)Eight SAS/SATA drives (Bay 0 to 7)Four SAS/SATA drives (Bay 0 to 3)