Hi,
I have DL380p G8 Server with 8 SFF bays and a DvD drive in a seperate 8 bay enclosure.
I would like to drop 8 x 3.5 SAS drives i have available into the machine. To do this i believe i need to upgrade the device enclosure from SFF to LFF for this enclosure. I believe i need to remove the entire front panel assembly and replace it with a LFF version.
I have read posts of people doing this on G7 and G6 machines but i have not found confirmation this is possible for G8.
Can someone knowledgeable advise if these are the parts i need?
LFF front panel assembly
Front panel cage assembly, 12-bay Large Form Factor (LFF) hard drive - Includes the drive connector backplane board, cables, and left and right ears 1
670944-001
HP 2U LFF Ball Bearing Gen8 Rail Kit with CMA
663480-B21
From <http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03235291>
Is this as simple as pull out and swap over of parts and connect cables or do we need a specialist?
Any other parts needed?
Does the bios needs to be changed or updated after this change?
The device is out of warranty so we are not concerned about whether this is covered or not.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!