HI. I'll try to keep this succinct.
A DL380e server was ordered and installed with a 25sff cage/backplane as shown on page 64 (3rd image) of this PDF: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14328_na/14328_na.pdf
This was a mistake. We need a maximum of 8 drives AND an optical drive as shown in the 1st image on page 64 of the PDF.
I would like to purchase swap out parts so that we have the configuration we need. Problem is that I can't seem to find the part numbers. I contact HP 'support' via chat and after 30 minutes on hold, I was told that 'it is not a good idea to do this as it is factory configured'. I couldn't get anything else out of the rep other than it's not a good idea.
So, to those experienced with parts. IS it a bad idea? If so, why? The server is not in production (yet).
If there should be no problem, where can I find the part numbers to order?