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Dell PowerEdge T320 Systems Owner's Manual

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Hard Drives—Hot-Swappable

Your system supports one of the following configurations:
  • Up to eight 3.5 inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hot-swappable hard drives
  • Up to eight 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hot-swappable hard drives installed in 3.5 inch hard-drive adapters, which are then installed in the 3.5 inch hard-drive carriers
  • Up to sixteen 2.5 inch (SAS, SATA, or SSD) hot-swappable hard drives
  • CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a hot-swappable hard drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support hot-swap hard drive removal and insertion.
  • CAUTION: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the hard drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a hard drive failure. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of hours to format.
  • NOTE: All hot-swappable 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.
  • NOTE: Use only hot-swappable hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.

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