Task 3: Installing Disk Drives; Drive Slot Numbering; Installing Your Disk Drives - Vess R2000 Serie Guia De Inicio Rapido

TASK 3: INSTALLING DISK DRIVES

The Vess R2600 subsystems and Vess J2600 expansion units support:
• SAS hard disk drives
• SATA hard disks (requires additional factory installed adapter see Figures 14 and 15 below)
• 3.5-inch hard disk drives
For a list of supported physical drives, download the latest compatibility list from the

DRIVE SLOT NUMBERING

You can install any suitable disk drive into any slot in the enclosure. The diagram below shows how drive slots are numbered on both the
Vess R2600 and Vess J2600.
Slot numbering is reflected in the WebPAM PROe and CLU user interfaces.
Figure 11: 16-bay Drive slot numbering (Vess R2600 and Vess J2600)
Install all of the drive carriers into the enclosure to ensure proper airflow, even if you do not populate all the carriers with disk drives.

INSTALLING YOUR DISK DRIVES

The instructions below apply to all types of drive carriers intended for use with the Vess R2600 or Vess J2600. Note that SATA drives
require additional factory installed hardware. If you intend to use SATA hard drives, make sure the drive carriers shipped with the unit
are appropriate for your SATA drive. See Figures 13 and 14 for examples of drive carriers for SATA hard drives.
1. Remove a disk drive carrier.
2. Carefully lay the disk drive into the drive carrier at the front, so that the screw holes on the sides line up.
3. Insert the screws through the holes in the drive carrier and into the sides of the disk drive.
Install only the counter-sink screws supplied with the Vess J2600.
• Install four screws per drive.
• Snug each screw. Be careful not to over-tighten.
4. Reinstall the drive carrier into the Vess J2600 enclosure.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 until all of your disk drives are installed.
Caution
The Vess R2600 and Vess J2600 support disk drive hot-swapping. To avoid hand contact with an electrical
hazard, do not remove more than one drive carrier a time.
Figure 12: SAS disk drive mounted in a drive carrier
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