Max. hard drive size for DL380

[Steve Kadish]

Hi all,

What is the maximum hard disk size supported for a DL380 G1 with the P17 BIOS?

Thanks,
- Steve

[Prashant (I am Back) · Accepted solution]

Hi,

FYI
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Storage Diskette Drives
Maximum Internal Storage 436.8 GB (4 x 72.8 GB 1² + 2 x 72.8 GB 1² ) (internal drive cage with optional 2 x 1² Wide Ultra2/Ultra3 drive cage)
(Must be used in conjunction with the standard 4 x 1² Wide Ultra2/Ultra3 Drive cage.)
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Refernce
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10495_div/10495_div.html
Retired on December 31, 2001

[Steven Clementi]

Steve:

Keep in mind that the Quick Spec presented by Prashant is dated December 5th, 2001. 146GB and 300GB drives were not out at that point.

It is likely that with a firmware update to your Smart Array (maybe not even necessary), 146GB and 300GB drives would work without a problem.

What OS are you running on the box? and how uptodate is it with the Proliant Support Pack?


Steven

[Steve Kadish]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the pointers. If we can use 72G drives, that's more than enough for our current purposes. 146G and 300G would be overkill.

Thanks,
- Steve

[Prashant (I am Back)]

Yes we can add higher capacity drives too.
Problem comes when due o some reason we call HP for support then they say no and tell us, that is not supported.

But yes above post is correct it will work with higher capacity disks also

Prashant S.

[Prashant (I am Back)]

Yes we can add higher capacity drives too.
Problem comes when due some reason we call HP for support then they say no and then they tell us, that is not supported.

But yes above post is correct it will work with higher capacity disks also

Prashant S.

[RaMpaNTe]

146 GB and 300 GB HDDs work fine with this server. Prashant dude I work for HP I'm a Server Support Engineer III and we don't say that 300 GB HDDs are not supported, 'cause those drives ARE supported.

Thanks

RaMPaNTe

[Prashant (I am Back)]

I have faced once HP simply denied saying that we have not listed and compatibility so we cannot help you. Given me the link that is Maxx hdd supported for the server and it is retired server.

Where as i know i will work.

Prashant S.

[Prashant (I am Back)]

Where as i know IT will work.