Hard-drive installation guidelines – Dell PowerEdge C8000 User Manual
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The following table shows the hard-drive carrier type and hard-drive size,
type, and height, and drive capacity for a supported configuration.
NOTE:
X in the following table indicates not supported.
NOTE:
See "Expander Configuration Mode" on page 15 for more information on the
expander configuration modes.
Hard-Drive Installation Guidelines
The following are the recommended guidelines when installing hard-drives.
• Standard and flexible hard-drive carriers can be mixed in single- and dual-
port mode configuration.
• Intermixing expansion hard-drive carriers and standard or flexible carriers
is not supported.
• The sled only supports SAS hard-drives in dual-port mode configuration.
• Use only SSD hard-drives when configuring the SAS expander in
expansion mode configuration.
Table 2-1. Hard-Drive Configuration
Expander
Configuration Mode
Hard-Drive
Carrier
Type
Drive
Size
Drive Type and Height
Total
Drive
Capacity
SAS
SATA
SSD
Mode 1 Single Port
Mode
Standard
3.5"
< 25.4 mm < 25.4 mm < 25.4 mm
12
Flexible
2.5"
< 15 mm
< 15 mm
< 15 mm
Mode 2
Dual Port
Mode
Standard 3.5"
<
25.4
mm
X
X
12
Flexible 2.5"
<
15
mm
X
X
Mode 3
Expansion
Mode
(Non-
Zoning)
Expansion
carrier
2.5"
X
X
< 9.5 mm
24
Mode 4
Expansion
Mode
(Zoning
6/6/6/6)
Expansion
carrier
2.5"
X
X
< 9.5 mm
24
Mode 5 Single Port
Mode
(Zoning
6/6/0/0)
Standard
3.5"
< 25.4 mm < 25.4 mm < 25.4 mm
12
Flexible
2.5"
< 15 mm
< 15 mm
< 15 mm