Dell POWEREDGE R710 Series Technical Manualbook

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook37For mixed SAS/SATA configurations, SAS drives must be installed as a pair in drive slots 0 and 1.One mixed 2.5" and 3.5" hard drive configuration is allowed: a pair of 2.5" 10k rpm SAS drives can beinstalled with an adapter in a 3.5" hard drive carrier in drive slots 0 and 1. The remaining hard drives mustbe 3.5" hard drives and must be either all SAS or all SATA.POWeReDGeR710Platforms 4All 2.5" HDD SAS (or) SATA 4All 2.5" SSD*** 4Mixed SSD/SAS** 4All 3.5" HDD SAT (or) SATA 4Mixed SAS/SATA* 42.5" SAS in 3.5" HDD Carrier (RTS+) 42.5" SAS HDD in 3.5" HDD Carrier + 3.5" SATA HDDs (Mixed SAS) 42.5" SAS HDD in 3.5" HDD Carrier + 3.5" SATA HDDs (Mixed SAS/SATA)* 4• SAS HDDs should be in slots 0 & 1 and min/max number of SAS HDDs is 2, rest will be SATAHDDs and min/max number of SATA HDDs depends on the configuration.• **No maximum for SAS HDD’s combined with SSD• ***SSD Support requires PERC 6/i20GB and 50GB solid state drives (SSD) support will be supported at RTSII. Hard Disk Drive CarriersHard drives must use the Dell 2.5" and the 3.5" Hard Drive Disk Carriers.Figure: 2.5" HDD CarrierIII. Empty Drive BaysFor the slots that are not occupied by drives, a carrier blank is provided to maintain proper cooling,maintain a uniform appearance to the unit, and provide EMI shielding.