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Installing drives

The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports and other information that you must consider when you install a hard disk drive.

To confirm that the server supports the drive that you are installing, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.

  • Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
  • Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that are specified in the documentation that comes with the drive.
  • Select the bay in which you want to install the drive.
  • The server supports one optional ultra-slim SATA CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical drive.
  • The server can support up to eight 2.5 inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drives, four 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA drives, or four 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA drives. (see Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane configurations for the supported configurations).
  • You can mix hot-swap SAS and SATA hard disk drives in the same server as long as you do not mix drives on the same array.
  • The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all bays and PCI Express slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay in the event that you later remove the device.