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Drive location rules

The E-842R storage enclosure supports two different types of disk drives, SAS and SATA. In order to allow optimal configurations to be built, the following rules should be observed:

Different drive types cannot be mixed in the same column.

•Slots 1, 5, 9 = column 1

•Slots 2, 6, 10 = column 2

•Slots 3, 7, 11 = column 3

•Slots 4, 8, 12 = column 4

To achieve optimum performance, drives should be populated in the following sequence:

•Initially—Slots 2, 6, and 10

•Then—Slots 3, 7, and 11

•Then—Slots 1, 5, and 9

•Then—Slots 4, 8, and 12

Drive Location Sequence (1)

 

Column/row

1/#

2/#

3/#

4/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/1

-

2

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/2

-

6

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/3

-

10

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Location Sequence (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column/row

1/#

2/#

3/#

4/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/1

-

2

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/2

-

6

7

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/3

-

10

11

-

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Location Sequence (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column/row

1/#

2/#

3/#

4/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/1

1

2

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/2

5

6

7

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/3

9

10

11

-

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Location Sequence (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column/row

1/#

2/#

3/#

4/#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/1

1

2

3

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/2

5

6

7

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

#/3

9

10

11

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

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