This section explains the front and rear drive bays in HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus nodes. On this platform, the drives in a node are arranged into rows and groups called boxes.

Front Drive Row

The following diagram shows the front drive row. In the diagram, box 1 holds bays 1-8 (indicated in green) and box 2 holds bays 1-2 (indicated in orange).

Bays 1-8 (box 1) and bays 1-2 (box 2) on the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus node

Second Drive Row

The second drive row flips up behind the front drive row in the node.

The second drive row flips up behind the front drive row in the node. Box 3 holds bays 1-8 and box 4 holds bays 1-2.


For the second row, box 3 holds bays 1-8 and box 4 holds bays 1-2.

Bays 1-8 (box 3) and bays 1-2 (box 4) on the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus node

Boot Drive

The boot drive is in box 1, bay 1.