Hard Drives - Dell PowerEdge VRTX Owner's Manual

NOTE: Components that are hot-swappable are marked orange and touch points on the components are marked
blue.
Figure 30. Inside the System
1. cooling fans (6)
3. CMC card indicators (2)
5. PCIe cage
7. low profile expansion-card divider unit
9. system base cover
11. optical drive
13. control panel
15. hard-drive backplane

Hard Drives

• The 3.5 inch hard-drive enclosure supports up to twelve hot-swappable 3.5 inch hard drives.
• The 2.5 inch hard-drive enclosure supports up to twenty-five hot-swappable 2.5 inch hard drives.
• All hard drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive backplane.
• Hard drives are supplied in hot-swappable hard-drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive slots.
• Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.
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.
2. cooling shroud
4. chassis intrusion switch
6. CMC cards (2)
8. power distribution board bracket
10. hard drives (25)
12. server modules
14. mounting ears (2)
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