HPE P09708-B21 User Manual

HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Server User Guide

Abstract

This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. Hewlett Packard Enterprise assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.

Part Number: 880928-001 Published: November 2017 Edition: 1

Notices

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Component identification.......................................................................8

Front panel components............................................................................................................... 8

Front panel LEDs and buttons.................................................................................................... 10

UID button functionality.................................................................................................... 14

Power fault LEDs..............................................................................................................14

Systems Insight Display LEDs......................................................................................... 15

Systems Insight Display combined LED descriptions...................................................... 16

Rear panel components..............................................................................................................18

Rear panel LEDs.........................................................................................................................18

System board components......................................................................................................... 20

System maintenance switch descriptions........................................................................ 21

DIMM slot locations.....................................................................................................................22

Processor and socket components.............................................................................................23

Drives..........................................................................................................................................23

SAS/SATA drive components and LEDs.......................................................................... 23

NVMe drive components and LEDs................................................................................. 24

uFF drive components and LEDs.....................................................................................25

Fan bay numbering..................................................................................................................... 26

Drive box identification................................................................................................................27

Drive bay numbering...................................................................................................................28

Drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller................................................................... 29

Drive bay numbering: SAS expander...............................................................................30

Drive bay numbering: NVMe drives................................................................................. 33

uFF drive bay numbering................................................................................................. 33

Operations............................................................................................. 35

Power up the server....................................................................................................................35

Power down the server............................................................................................................... 35

Extend the server from the rack..................................................................................................35

Extending the server from the rack............................................................................................. 36

Removing the server from the rack.............................................................................................37

Installing the server into the rack................................................................................................ 37

Remove the access panel...........................................................................................................39

Installing the access panel..........................................................................................................39

Removing the fan cage............................................................................................................... 40

Installing the fan cage................................................................................................................. 41

Removing the air baffle or midplane drive cage..........................................................................41

Installing the air baffle................................................................................................................. 43

Removing a riser cage................................................................................................................ 44

Removing a riser slot blank.........................................................................................................45

Removing the hard drive blank................................................................................................... 46

Releasing the cable management arm ...................................................................................... 46

Accessing the Systems Insight Display...................................................................................... 47

Setup...................................................................................................... 48

HPE support services..................................................................................................................48

Setup overview........................................................................................................................... 48

Operational requirements.................................................................................................49

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Space and airflow requirements............................................................................49

Temperature requirements.................................................................................... 50

Power requirements.............................................................................................. 50

Electrical grounding requirements.........................................................................50

Server warnings and cautions..........................................................................................51

Rack warnings..................................................................................................................52

Electrostatic discharge..................................................................................................... 52

Server box contents......................................................................................................... 53

Installing hardware options ............................................................................................. 53

Configuring the server......................................................................................................53

Installing or deploying an operating system..................................................................... 53

Registering the server...................................................................................................... 54

Hardware options installation..............................................................55

Product QuickSpecs................................................................................................................... 55

Introduction................................................................................................................................. 55

Installing the bezel and bezel lock.............................................................................................. 55

Power supply options..................................................................................................................56

Hot-plug power supply calculations..................................................................................56

Installing a redundant hot-plug power supply...................................................................56

Drive options............................................................................................................................... 57

Drive guidelines................................................................................................................57

Supported drive carriers...................................................................................................58

Installing a hot-plug SAS or SATA drive........................................................................... 58

Installing an NVMe drive.................................................................................................. 59

Installing a uFF drive and SCM drive carrier....................................................................60

Installing an M.2 drive...................................................................................................... 61

Fan options................................................................................................................................. 62

Installing high-performance fans...................................................................................... 63

Memory options...........................................................................................................................65

Memory-processor compatibility information....................................................................65

SmartMemory...................................................................................................................66

Memory subsystem architecture...................................................................................... 66

DIMM ranks .....................................................................................................................66

DIMM label identification.................................................................................................. 67

Memory configurations.....................................................................................................68

Advanced ECC memory configuration.................................................................. 68

DIMM population information........................................................................................... 68

Identifying the processor type.......................................................................................... 68

Installing a DIMM..............................................................................................................69

Controller options........................................................................................................................70

Installing a storage controller........................................................................................... 70

Installing a Universal Media Bay.................................................................................................72

Drive cage options...................................................................................................................... 74

Installing a front 8NVMe SSD Express Bay drive cage....................................................74

Installing a front 6SFF SAS/SATA + 2NVMe Premium drive cage...................................75

Installing airflow labels...........................................................................................77

Installing a front 8SFF SAS/SATA drive cage in box 1.....................................................79

Installing a front 8SFF SAS/SATA drive cage in box 2.....................................................81

Installing a front 2SFF NVMe/SAS/SATA Premium drive cage........................................ 82

Installing a midplane 4LFF SAS/SATA drive cage........................................................... 85

Installing a rear 2SFF SAS/SATA drive cage in the primary or secondary riser...............88

Installing a rear 2SFF SAS/SATA drive cage over the power supplies............................ 91

Installing a rear 3LFF SAS/SATA drive cage....................................................................94

Riser and riser cage options....................................................................................................... 95

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Installing primary and secondary risers............................................................................96

Installing tertiary risers..................................................................................................... 97

Installing a secondary riser cage......................................................................................98

Installing a tertiary riser cage........................................................................................... 99

Installing the 2NVMe slimSAS riser option.....................................................................102

Installing the 8NVMe slimSAS riser option.....................................................................103

Expansion slots.........................................................................................................................104

Supported PCIe form factors..........................................................................................104

Installing expansion boards............................................................................................105

Installing a 12G SAS Expander Card.............................................................................107

Installing a GPU card......................................................................................................110

Installing an intrusion detection switch......................................................................................114

Installing a Smart Storage Battery.............................................................................................115

Installing a rear serial port interface.......................................................................................... 116

Installing a Systems Insight Display..........................................................................................119

Installing a FlexibleLOM adapter.............................................................................................. 121

Installing a 1U or high-performance heatsink........................................................................... 123

Installing a processor................................................................................................................ 125

HPE Trusted Platform Module 2.0 Gen10 option......................................................................127

Overview........................................................................................................................ 127

HPE Trusted Platform Module 2.0 Guidelines................................................................128

Installing and enabling the HPE TPM 2.0 Gen10 Kit..................................................... 128

Installing the Trusted Platform Module board......................................................128

Enabling the Trusted Platform Module................................................................ 131

Retaining the recovery key/password................................................................. 132

Cabling................................................................................................. 134

HPE ProLiant Gen10 DL Servers Storage Cabling Guidelines.................................................134

Cabling diagrams...................................................................................................................... 134

Cable routing: Front 2SFF SAS side by side for LFF.....................................................138

Cable routing: Front 2SFF drive option for SFF............................................................. 138

Cable routing: Front 2SFF drive option for LFF............................................................. 139

Cable routing: Front/rear 2Premium SAS (SFF + LFF)..................................................139

Cable routing: Front 8SFF SAS/SATA drive options...................................................... 140

Cable routing: Midplane 4LFF SAS/SATA drive option.................................................. 142

Cable routing: Rear 2SFF SAS/SATA riser drive options...............................................142

Cable routing: Rear 3LFF SAS/SATA drive option for system board............................. 143

Cable routing: Rear 3LFF SAS/SATA drive option for SAS Expander........................... 144

Cable routing: HPE 12G SAS Expander ....................................................................... 144

Cable routing: Front 2SFF NVMe side-by-side drive options.........................................145

Cable routing: Front/rear 2SFF Premium.......................................................................146

Cable routing: Front 8SFF NVMe/SAS premium drive option........................................146

Cable routing: Front 8SFF NVMe drive options............................................................. 147

Cable routing: 8NVMe Bay 1 drive options.................................................................... 149

Cable routing: Bays 1 and 2 8Premium......................................................................... 149

Cable routing: External USB 2.0 cable...........................................................................150

Cable routing: Systems Insight Display..........................................................................150

Software and configuration utilities.................................................. 152

Server mode..............................................................................................................................152

Product QuickSpecs................................................................................................................. 152

Active Health System Viewer....................................................................................................152

Active Health System..................................................................................................... 152

Active Health System data collection.................................................................. 153

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Active Health System Log................................................................................... 153

HPE iLO 5................................................................................................................................. 153

iLO Federation............................................................................................................... 154

iLO Service Port............................................................................................................. 154

iLO RESTful API.............................................................................................................155

RESTful Interface Tool................................................................................................... 155

iLO Amplifier Pack..........................................................................................................155

Intelligent Provisioning.............................................................................................................. 155

Intelligent Provisioning operation................................................................................... 156

Management Security............................................................................................................... 156

Scripting Toolkit for Windows and Linux................................................................................... 157

UEFI System Utilities................................................................................................................ 157

Selecting the boot mode ............................................................................................... 157

Secure Boot................................................................................................................... 158

Launching the Embedded UEFI Shell ........................................................................... 159

HPE Smart Storage Administrator............................................................................................ 159

USB support..............................................................................................................................160

External USB functionality..............................................................................................160

Redundant ROM support.......................................................................................................... 160

Safety and security benefits........................................................................................... 160

Keeping the system current...................................................................................................... 160

Updating firmware or system ROM................................................................................ 160

Service Pack for ProLiant....................................................................................161

Updating firmware from the System Utilities .......................................................162

Updating the firmware from the UEFI Embedded Shell ..................................... 163

Online Flash components....................................................................................163

Drivers............................................................................................................................163

Software and firmware................................................................................................... 163

Operating system version support................................................................................. 164

HPE Pointnext Portfolio..................................................................................................164

Proactive notifications.................................................................................................... 164

Troubleshooting.................................................................................. 165

NMI functionality........................................................................................................................165

Troubleshooting resources........................................................................................................165

Safety, warranty, and regulatory information................................... 166

Safety and regulatory compliance.............................................................................................166

Warranty information.................................................................................................................166

Regulatory information..............................................................................................................166

Belarus Kazakhstan Russia marking............................................................................. 166

Turkey RoHS material content declaration.....................................................................167

Ukraine RoHS material content declaration................................................................... 167

Specifications......................................................................................168

Environmental specifications.................................................................................................... 168

Mechanical specifications......................................................................................................... 168

Power supply specifications......................................................................................................169

HPE 500W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply........................... 170

HPE 800W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply........................... 171

HPE 800W Flex Slot Titanium Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply............................171

HPE 800W Flex Slot Universal Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply.......................... 172

HPE 800W Flex Slot -48VDC Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply.............................173

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HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply......................... 174

Support and other resources.............................................................175

Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support....................................................................... 175

Accessing updates....................................................................................................................175

Customer self repair..................................................................................................................176

Remote support........................................................................................................................ 176

Warranty information.................................................................................................................176

Regulatory information..............................................................................................................177

Documentation feedback.......................................................................................................... 177

Contents 7

Component identification

Front panel components

SFF front panel components

Item Description

1 Box 1 (optional drives or universal media bay)

2 Box 2 (optional drives)

3 Box 3 drives 1 through 8

4 Serial label pull tab or optional Systems Insight Display

5 iLO service port

6 USB 3.0 port

Universal media bay components

Item Description

1 USB 2.0 port

2 Video display port

3 Optical disk drive (optional)

4 Drives (optional)

8 Component identification

12LFF front panel components

Item Description

1 Drive bays

8LFF front panel components

Item Description

1 Drives (optional)

2 LFF power switch module

3 Drive bays

LFF power switch module components

Component identification 9

Item Description

1 Optical disk drive

2 Serial label pull tab

3 USB 3.0 port

4 iLO service port

5 Video display port

Front panel LEDs and buttons

SFF front panel LEDs and button

Item Description Status

1 Power On/Standby button and

system power LED

• Solid green = System on

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence

• Solid amber = System in standby

• Off = No power present

2 Health LED

• Solid green = Normal

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = iLO is rebooting

• Flashing amber = System degraded

• Flashing red (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = System critical

Table Continued

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Item Description Status

3 NIC status LED

• Solid green = Link to network

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network active

• Off = No network activity

4 UID button/LED

• Solid blue = Activated

• Flashing blue:

◦ 1 Hz/cycle per sec = Remote management or

firmware upgrade in progress

◦ 4 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence initiated

◦ 8 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence in progress

◦ Off = Deactivated

When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred.

Facility power is not present, the power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.

If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, review the system IML or use iLO to review the system health status.

12LFF front panel LEDs and button

Component identification 11

Item Description Status

1 Health LED

• Solid green = Normal

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = iLO is rebooting

• Flashing amber = System degraded

• Flashing red (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = System critical

2 Power On/Standby button and

system power LED

3 NIC status LED

4 UID button/LED

• Solid green = System on

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence

• Solid amber = System in standby

• Off = No power present

• Solid green = Link to network

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network active

• Off = No network activity

• Solid blue = Activated

• Flashing blue:

◦ 1 Hz/cycle per sec = Remote management or

firmware upgrade in progress

◦ 4 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence initiated

When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred.

If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, review the system IML or use iLO to review the system health status.

Facility power is not present, the power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.

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◦ 8 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence in progress

• Off = Deactivated

LFF power switch module LEDs and button

Item Description Status

1 UID button/LED

• Solid blue = Activated

2 Health LED

• Flashing blue:

◦ 1 Hz/cycle per sec = Remote management or

firmware upgrade in progress

◦ 4 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence initiated

◦

◦ 8 Hz/cycle per sec = iLO manual reboot

sequence in progress

• Off = Deactivated

• Solid green = Normal

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = iLO is rebooting

• Flashing amber = System degraded

• Flashing red (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = System critical

Table Continued

Component identification 13

Item Description Status

3 NIC status LED

• Solid green = Link to network

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Network active

• Off = No network activity

4 Power On/Standby button and

system power LED

When all four LEDs described in this table flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred.

If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, review the system IML or use iLO to review the system health status.

Facility power is not present, the power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has occurred, or the power button cable is disconnected.

UID button functionality

The UID button can be used to display the HPE ProLiant Pre-boot Health Summary when the server will not power on. For more information, see the latest HPE iLO User Guide on the Hewlett Packard

Enterprise website.

Power fault LEDs

The following table provides a list of power fault LEDs, and the subsystems that are affected. Not all power faults are used by all servers.

• Solid green = System on

• Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence

• Solid amber = System in standby

• Off = No power present

Subsystem LED behavior

System board 1 flash

Processor 2 flashes

Memory 3 flashes

Riser board PCIe slots 4 flashes

FlexibleLOM 5 flashes

Removable HPE Flexible Smart Array controller/Smart SAS HBA controller

System board PCIe slots 7 flashes

Power backplane or storage backplane 8 flashes

Power supply 9 flashes

14 UID button functionality

6 flashes

Systems Insight Display LEDs

The Systems Insight Display LEDs represent the system board layout. The display enables diagnosis with the access panel installed.

Description Status

Processor LEDs

DIMM LEDs

Fan LEDs

NIC LEDs

Power supply LEDs

PCI riser LED

Off = Normal

Amber = Failed processor

Off = Normal

Amber = Failed DIMM or configuration issue

Off = Normal

Amber = Failed fan or missing fan

Off = No link to network

Solid green = Network link

Flashing green = Network link with activity

If power is off, the front panel LED is not active. For status, see Rear panel LEDs.

Off = Normal

Solid amber = Power subsystem degraded, power supply failure, or input power lost.

Off = Normal

Over temp LED

Amber = Incorrectly installed PCI riser cage

Off = Normal

Amber = High system temperature detected

Table Continued

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Description Status

Amp Status LED

Power cap LED

When the health LED on the front panel illuminates either amber or red, the server is experiencing a health event. For more information on the combination of these LEDs, see sSystem Insight Display combined LED description).

Off = AMP modes disabled

Solid green = AMP mode enabled

Solid amber = Failover

Flashing amber = Invalid configuration

Off = System is in standby, or no cap is set.

Solid green = Power cap applied

Systems Insight Display combined LED descriptions

The combined illumination of the following LEDs indicates a system condition:

• Systems Insight Display LEDs

• System power LED

• Health LED

Systems Insight Display LED and color

Processor (amber) Red Amber

Processor (amber) Amber Green Processor in socket X is in a pre-

DIMM (amber) Red Green One or more DIMMs have failed.

DIMM (amber) Amber Green DIMM in slot X is in a pre-failure

Over temp (amber) Amber Green The Health Driver has detected a

Health LED

System power LED

Status

One or more of the following conditions may exist:

• Processor in socket X has failed.

• Processor X is not installed in the socket.

• Processor X is unsupported.

• ROM detects a failed processor during POST.

failure condition.

condition.

cautionary temperature level.

Over temp (amber) Red Amber The server has detected a hardware

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critical temperature level.

Table Continued

Systems Insight Display LED and color

PCI riser (amber) Red Green The PCI riser cage is not seated

Fan (amber) Amber Green One fan has failed or has been

Fan (amber) Red Green Two or more fans have failed or been

Health LED

System power LED

Status

properly.

removed.

Power supply (amber) Red Amber

Power supply (amber) Amber Green

One or more of the following conditions may exist:

• Only one power supply is installed and that power supply is in standby.

• Power supply fault

• System board fault

One or more of the following conditions may exist:

• Redundant power supply is installed and only one power supply is functional.

• AC power cord is not plugged into redundant power supply.

• Redundant power supply fault

• Power supply mismatch at POST or power supply mismatch through hot-plug addition

Power cap (off) — Amber Standby

Power cap (green) — Flashing

green

Power cap (green) — Green Power is available.

Power cap (flashing amber) — Amber Power is not available.

IMPORTANT:

If more than one DIMM slot LED is illuminated, further troubleshooting is required. Test each bank of DIMMs by removing all other DIMMs. Isolate the failed DIMM by replacing each DIMM in a bank with a known working DIMM.

Waiting for power

Component identification 17

Rear panel components

Item Description

1 Primary riser slots 1 to 3 (Optional drive cage)

2 Optional riser slots 4 to 6 (Optional drive cage)

3 Optional riser slots 7 to 8 (Optional drive cage)

4 Power supply 1

5 Power supply 2

6 Video port

7 Serial port (optional)

8 1Gb RJ-45 ports 1 to 4

9 iLO management port

10 USB 3.0 ports

11 FlexibleLOM slot

When a tertiary riser cage is installed as shown, the serial port can be installed in riser slot 6.

Rear panel LEDs

18 Rear panel components

Item Description Status

1 UID LED

• Off = Deactivated

• Solid blue = Activated

• Flashing blue = System being managed remotely

2 Link LED

• Off = No network link

• Green = Network link

3 Activity LED

• Off = No network activity

• Solid green = Link to network

• Flashing green = Network activity

4 Power supply

LEDs

• Off = System is off or power supply has failed.

• Solid green = Normal

Component identification 19

System board components

Item Description

1 FlexibleLOM connector

2 System maintenance switch

3 Primary (processor 1) PCIe riser connector

4 Front display port/USB 2.0 connector

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Table Continued

Item Description

5 M.2 connectors (x2)

6 Dual USB port

7 x1 SATA port 4

8 Optical/SATA port 5

9 Front power/USB 3.0 connector

10 Drive backplane power connectors

11 Smart Storage Battery connector

12 Chassis Intrusion Detection connector

13 Drive backplane power connector

14 microSD card slot

15 NVMe connector (port 7b)

16 NVMe connector (port 8b)

17 Flexible Smart Array connector

18 Secondary (processor 2) PCIe riser connector

19 System battery

20 Tertiary (processor 2) PCI riser connector

21 TPM connector

22 Serial port connector

Requires a second processor.

System maintenance switch descriptions

Position Default Function

S2 Off

S3 Off Reserved

S4 Off Reserved

S5 Off

Off

• Off = iLO security is enabled.

• On = iLO security is disabled.

• Off = System configuration can be changed.

• On = System configuration is locked.

• Off = Power-on password is enabled.

• On = Power-on password is disabled.

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Table Continued

Position Default Function

S6 2,

Off

• Off = No function

• On = Restore default manufacturing settings

S7 Off

• Off = Set default boot mode to UEFI.

• On = Set default boot mode to legacy.

S8 — Reserved

S9 — Reserved

S10 — Reserved

S11 — Reserved

S12 — Reserved

To access the redundant ROM, set S1, S5, and S6 to On.

When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position, the system is prepared to restore all configuration settings to their manufacturing defaults.

When the system maintenance switch position 6 is set to the On position and Secure Boot is enabled, some configurations cannot be restored. For more information, see Secure Boot on page 158.

DIMM slot locations

DIMM slots are numbered sequentially (1 through 16) for each processor. The supported AMP modes use the letter assignments for population guidelines.

22 DIMM slot locations

Processor and socket components

Item Description

1 Pin field

2 Rail frame

3 Carrier frame

4 Processor

5 Force frame

6 Captive screws (Torx T-20)

Drives

SAS/SATA drive components and LEDs

Processor and socket components 23

Item Description Status

1 Locate

• Solid blue = The drive is being identified by a host application.

• Flashing blue = The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.

2 Activity ring LED

• Rotating green = Drive activity.

• Off = No drive activity.

3 Do not remove LED

• Solid white = Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of the logical drives to fail.

• Off = Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.

4 Drive status LED

• Solid green = The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.

• Flashing green = The drive is rebuilding or

• Flashing amber/green = The drive is a member of

• Flashing amber = The drive is not configured and

• Solid amber = The drive has failed.

• Off = The drive is not configured by a RAID

NVMe drive components and LEDs

performing a RAID migration, strip size migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension, or is erasing.

one or more logical drives and predicts the drive will fail.

predicts the drive will fail.

controller.

24 NVMe drive components and LEDs

Item Description

1 Release lever

2 Activity ring

3 Do Not Remove LED

4 Request to Remove NVMe Drive button

Do not remove an NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the Do Not Remove button LED is flashing. The Do Not Remove button LED flashes to indicate that the device is still in use. Removing the NVMe SSD before the device has completed and ceased signal/traffic flow can cause loss of data.

uFF drive components and LEDs

Item Description Status

1 Locate

• Off—Normal

• Solid blue—The drive is being identified by a host application

• Flashing blue—The drive firmware is being updated or requires an update

2 uFF drive ejection latch Removes the uFF drive when released

3 Do not remove LED

• Off—OK to remove the drive. Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.

• Solid white—Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of the logical drives to fail.

Table Continued

uFF drive components and LEDs 25

Item Description Status

4 Drive status LED

• Off—The drive is not configured by a RAID controller

• Solid green—The drive is a member of one or more logical drives

• Flashing green (4 Hz)—The drive is operating normally and has activity

• Flashing green (1 Hz)—The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, stripe size migration, capacity expansion, logical drive extension, or is erasing

• Flashing amber/green (1 Hz)—The drive is a member of one or more logical drives that predicts the drive will fail

• Solid amber—The drive has failed

• Flashing amber (1 Hz)—The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail

5 Adapter ejection release latch

and handle

Fan bay numbering

Removes the SFF flash adapter when released

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Drive box identification

Front boxes

Item Description

1 Box 1

2 Box 2

3 Box 3

Item Description

1 Box 1

2 Box 2

3 Box 3

Rear boxes

Item Description

1 Box 4

2 Box 5

3 Box 6

Drive box identification 27

Item Description

1 Box 4

2 Box 6

Midplane box (LFF only)

Item Description

1 Box 7

Drive bay numbering

Drive bay numbering depends on how the drive backplanes are connected:

• To a controller:

◦ Embedded controllers use the onboard SATA ports.

◦ Type-a controllers install to the type-a smart array connector.

◦ Type-p controllers install to a PCIe riser.

• To a SAS expander:

Installs in the primary or secondary PCIe riser

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Drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller

When the drive backplane is connected directly to a storage controller, then each drive box starts at 1. The following images are examples of common configurations.

24SFF

12LFF

6SFF rear panel

2SFF + 3LFF rear panel

Drive bay numbering: Smart Array controller 29

Universal media bay

8LFF + Universal media bay, optional 2SFF, and optical drive

Midplane box

Drive bay numbering: SAS expander

Drive numbering through a SAS Expander is continuous:

• SAS expander port 1 always connects to port 1 of the controller.

• SAS expander port 2 always connects to port 2 of the controller.

• SAS expander port 3 = drive numbers 1 to 4.

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