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Dell 12 Storage 12.1 Overview All enterprise-class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, including those that offer Self Encrypting Drive functionality as well as the 6 Gb SAS drives. All storage drives used with the PERC H700 must be purchased from Dell. 12.2 Hard Disk Drive Carriers The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M610x supports the 11G 2.5‖ hard drive carrier. Figure 3. 2.5" HDD Carrier 12.3 Empty Drive Bays For 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. 12.4 Diskless Configuration Support The system supports diskless configuration with no storage controller (H200/PERC 7i) installed in the system. A 2.5‖ hard drive backplane is installed in this configuration. 12.5 Hard Drive LED Indicators Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system. One is a green LED for disk activity and the other is a bicolor (Green/Amber) LED for status information. The activity LED is driven by the disk drive during normal operation. The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP device on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage controller. 12.6 Optical Drives Optical drives are optional in all M610x systems and connect to the blade through the front USB interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the M610x: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW. PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported. Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide 31

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Dell PowerEdge M610x Technical Guide
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12
Storage
12.1
Overview
All enterprise-
class 2.5‖ storage drives sold by Dell are qualified, including those that offer Self
Encrypting Drive functionality as well as the 6 Gb SAS drives. All storage drives used with the PERC
H700 must be purchased from Dell.
12.2
Hard Disk Drive Carriers
The
Dell™ PowerEdge™
M610x
supports the 11G 2.5‖ hard drive carrier
.
Figure 3.
2.5”
HDD Carrier
12.3
Empty Drive Bays
For 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.
12.4
Diskless Configuration Support
The system supports diskless configuration with no storage controller (H200/PERC 7i) installed in the
system.
A 2.5‖
hard drive backplane is installed in this configuration.
12.5
Hard Drive LED Indicators
Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system. One is a green LED
for disk activity and the other is a bicolor (Green/Amber) LED for status information. The activity
LED is driven by the disk drive during normal operation. The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP
device on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a
storage controller.
12.6
Optical Drives
Optical drives are optional in all M610x systems and connect to the blade through the front USB
interface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on the M610x: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW.
PATA (IDE) optical drives are not supported.