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Installing System Components 83

NOTE: Use only drives that have been tested and approved for use with the SAS

backplane board.

When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be

completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of

hours to format.

Mixed SAS/SATA Hard-Drive Configurations

Mixed hard-drive configurations of SAS and SATA drives are allowed. In this

configuration, two SAS drives must be installed in hard-drive slots 0 and 1

only. Up to six SATA drives may be installed in the remaining slots.

Mixed 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch configurations of SAS and SATA drives are also

supported

in the 3.5-inch–bay chassis only

. In this configuration, two 10,000-

RPM 2.5-inch SAS drives installed in 3.5-inch adapters must be used in hard-

drive slots 0 and 1 only.

The remaining hard drives must be 3.5 inches in size

and must be either all SAS or all SATA drives.

Removing a Hard-Drive Blank

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must

have drive blanks installed.

1 Remove the front bezel. See

Removing the Front Bezel

2 Grasp the front of the hard-drive blank, press the release lever on the

right side, and

slide the blank out until it is free of the drive bay

. See

Figure 3-4

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