Dell PowerEdge T610 - Manual (Page 39)

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PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide 39
12 Storage
12.1 Overview
The PowerEdge T610 is available in two different hard-drive configurations:
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8 x 2.5‖ hard drives
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8 x 3.5‖ hard drives
Each configuration has a unique chassis and hard-drive backplane. Both chassis have eight hot-swap-
capable Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) slots with two LED indicators per slot, two
mini-SAS cable connectors for connecting the backplane to the integrated SAS 6/iR (PERC H200) or
PERC 6/i (PERC H700), a 10-pin planar signal connector, and an 8-pin PDB power connector.
For SATA and SAS mixing, two SAS drives (in bay 0 and 1) are supported with the 2.5‖ or 3.5‖
backplane. In this configuration, one pair of drives will be SAS and the remaining six drives will be
SATA.
12.2 Internal Hard Disk Drives
The T610 system supports up to eight 2.5‖ or 3.5‖ hard disk drives. See Table 11 for information on
supported hard drives. For the most up-to-date information on supported hard drives, visit Dell.com.
Table 11. Supported Hard Drives
Form Factor Capacity Speed Type
2.5‖ 160GB, 250GB, 500GB, 1TB 7.2K SATA
2.5‖ 500GB, 1TB 7.2K NL SAS
2.5‖ 146GB, 300GB, 600GB, 900GB 10K SAS
2.5‖ 73GB, 146GB 15K SAS
2.5‖ 50GB, 100GB N/A SATA SSD
2.5‖ 149GB N/A SAS SSD
3.5‖ 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 7.2K SATA
3.5‖ 500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 3TB 7.2K NL SAS
3.5‖ 146GB 10K SAS
3.5‖ 146GB, 300GB, 450GB, 600GB 15K SAS
The following additional guidelines apply for hard-drive configurations:
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Up to eight SAS or up to eight SATA drives are supported
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For SAS and SATA mixing, two SAS and up to six SATA drives are possible (two SAS drives must
be installed in slots 0 and 1)
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One mixed 2.5‖ and 3.5‖ hard drive configuration is allowed:
o A pair of 2.5‖ 10,000 rpm SAS drives must be installed with an adapter in a 3.5‖ hard
drive carrier in drive slots 0 and 1
o The remaining hard drives must be 3.5‖ hard drives and must be either all SAS or all
SATA
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Solid state drives (SSDs) require the PERC 6/i (PERC H700) integrated storage controller and
cannot be mixed with any other type of hard drive
12.2.1 Hard Disk Drive Carriers
The T610 supports the Dell 2.5‖ and 3.5‖ hard drive carriers. See Figure 9.