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NOTE: Do not over-tighten the heat sink retention screws when installing the heat sink. To
prevent over-tightening, tighten the retention screw until resistance is felt, and stop once the
screw is seated. The screw tension should be no more than 6 in-lb (6.9 cm-kg).
6. Repeat the procedure for the remaining two screws.
Next steps
1. Install the cooling shroud.
2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
3. While booting, press <F2> to enter System Setup and check that the processor information matches
the new system configuration.
4. Run system diagnostics to verify that the new processor operates correctly.
Hard drives/SSDs
Your system supports up to eight 2.5 inch SAS/SATA/PCIe SSDs or SAS/SATA hard drives and sixteen 1.8
inch SAS SSDs. The hard drives/SSDs are supplied in special hot-swappable drive carriers that fit in the
drive bays and these drives connect to the system board through the hard-drive/SSD backplane board.
NOTE: Mixing of SSD/SAS/SATA hard drives is not supported.
Hard drive/SSD bay numbering
Figure 24. Hard drive/SSD bay numbering — 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD system
Figure 25. Hard drive/SSD and PCIe SSD bay numbering — 2.5 inch hard drive/SSD and PCIe SSD system
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