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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 your 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 is for a secondary optical drive.
3 Optical-drive bay 1The optical drive bay 1 is for an optical drive or a tape drive.
4 Storage drive baysThe number of installed drives in your server varies by model. The vacant drive bays are occupied by drive fillers. When you install drives, follow the order of the drive bay numbers.
The following illustrations show the server front views based on the different supported drive configurations.
Attention

For server models that support eight drives, note the following:

Only a maximum of six hard drives and not eight can be installed in the server if no ServeRAID SAS/SATA controller is installed, but any of the following drives are installed:

  • One optical disk drive

  • Two optical disk drives

  • One SATA M2 drive

  • One SATA M2 drive and one optical disk drive

Figure 2. Front view of server models with six 3.5-inch or 2.5–inch hot-swap drives
Front view of server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap drivesFront view of server models with six 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Front view of server models with six 3.5-inch hot-swap drives


Front view of server models with six 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 3. Front view of server models with four/eight 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch hot-swap drivesFront view of server models with eight 3.5-inch hot-swap drives

Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives


Front view of server models with eight 3.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 4. Front view of server models with four/eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives
Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch simple-swap drivesFront view of server models with eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives

Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch simple-swap drives


Front view of server models with eight 3.5-inch simple-swap drives

Figure 5. Front view of server models with eight/sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Front view of server models with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drivesFront view of server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Front view of server models with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives


Front view of server models with sixteen 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Figure 6. Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives
Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives

Front view of server models with four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives and eight 2.5-inch hot-swap drives