NOTE: All installed drives must be either SAS or SATA. Mixed drive configurations are not supported.

NOTE: It is recommended that you use only drives that have been tested and approved for use with the SAS/SATA backplane board.

You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating system to partition and format SAS or SATA hard drives.

NOTICE: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a drive failure.

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.

Removing a Drive Blank

NOTICE: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed. If you remove a hard-drive carrier from the system and do not reinstall it, you must replace the carrier with a drive blank.

Remove the drive blank as you would the 2.5-inch hard drive carrier:

1Remove the front bezel, if attached. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 69.

2Open the drive blank release handle to release the blank. See Figure 3-5.

3Slide the drive blank out until it is free of the drive bay.

Installing a Drive Blank

Install the hard drive blank as you would a 2.5-inch hard drive carrier:

1Remove the front bezel, if attached. See "Removing the Front Bezel" on page 69.

2Open the handle on the drive blank.

3Insert the drive blank into the drive bay until the blank is fully seated.

4Close the handle to lock the blank in place.

5Replace the front bezel, if it was removed in step 1.

Installing System Components

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