Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7100 Installation and Service Manual

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Drives and storage specifications

The PowerEdge XE7100 enclosure supports SAS and SATA hard drives and Solid State Drives (SSDs).

Table 1. Supported drive options for the PowerEdgeXE7100 enclosure This table lists out the supported drive options for the Dell EMC PowerEdge XE7100 sled with enclosure.
Maximum number of drives in the enclosure Maximum number of drives assigned per sled
100 x 3.5-inch drive systems 50 SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
4 x 2.5-inch drive systems Four SAS or SATA hard drives and SSDs per sled
4 x 2.5-inch drive systems with NVMe The NVMe backplane supports either of these configurations:
  • Two NVMe drives and two SAS or SATA hard drives or SSDs per sled
M.2 SATA drive (optional) The supported capacity of the M.2 SATA card is up to 240 GB
NOTE The M.2 SATA card can be installed on the x8 (slot 1) mezzanine riser or the x16 riser slot (slot 5).
Micro-SD card (optional) for boot (up to 64 GB) One on each PCIe riser of each sled

Installation recommendation for 2.5-inch SSD (7mm) in expander module

  • Install HDDs on slots 0, 1, 2, 3
  • HDD slots 0 and 1 supports only SATA SSD
  • HDD slots 2 and 3 support NVMe and SATA SSDs

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