HPE Drive Enclosure - 2U Rack-mountable

The HPE Drive Enclosure - 2U Rack-mountable is the ideal backbone for expanding your enterprise storage capacity with precision and organization. Designed for data centers, server rooms, and growing IT environments, this 2U chassis provides a scalable, reliable solution that aligns with your storage strategy. With 12 x 3.5" drive bays, you can assemble a high-capacity pool of HDDs to meet archival, backup, and performance-driven workloads. The 2U form factor balances dense rack occupancy with accessible drive maintenance, enabling your IT team to maximize space while minimizing downtime. This enclosure is built to support a clean, professional installation, offering structured cable management and secure rack mounting to keep wiring neat, protected, and easy to manage as your infrastructure evolves. Whether you’re consolidating workloads, creating a dedicated backup shelf, or expanding a data lake, the HPE Drive Enclosure delivers the flexibility, reliability, and scalability your storage-heavy workloads demand. It’s a practical, cost-efficient way to scale storage without compromising on organization or accessibility, making it a cornerstone component for modern storage architectures.

• 2U rack-mountable chassis for efficient, scalable storage expansion in dense data center environments while maintaining easy service access.
• 12 x HDD supported across 12 bays provides substantial capacity and a clear path to growth as your data needs increase over time.
• 12 x 3.5" drive bays designed for standard enterprise hard disk drives, enabling straightforward deployment of high-capacity storage solutions.
• Flexible storage configuration supports a range of deployment scenarios—from archival repositories to active storage pools—so you can tailor storage to your workloads.
• Secure cable management and rack mounting helps keep cables organized and routed neatly, reducing clutter, improving airflow, and simplifying future maintenance and upgrades.

Technical Details of HPE Drive Enclosure

• Form Factor: 2U rack-mountable chassis designed for standard 19-inch racks in data centers and server rooms.
• Drive Bays: 12 x 3.5" bays, offering a total of 12 HDD slots for flexible capacity planning.
• Drive Support: Supports up to 12 x HDDs to accommodate large-scale storage deployments and scalable data growth.
• Purpose: Ideal for storage expansion, data consolidation, and organized, scalable back-end storage in enterprise environments.

how to install HPE Drive Enclosure

• Prepare your rack by ensuring a stable surface, adequate clearance for airflow, and a clear path for cable routing to minimize obstruction and heat buildup.
• Position the enclosure in the designated rack bay and align it with the mounting points. Secure the enclosure using the appropriate rack hardware to establish a firm, vibrations-free installation.
• Plan your cable routing with the built-in management guidance to keep power and data cables separate and neatly organized, reducing strain on connectors and improving airflow.
• Install up to 12 x 3.5" HDDs into the 12 bays, following standard anti-static handling procedures and ensuring each drive is seated securely in its bay.
• Connect the enclosure to power and to your storage controller or server as required in your environment, ensuring all connections are firmly seated and properly organized.
• Power up the system and verify drive detection across the enclosure. Check status indicators and ensure the host recognizes all bays for follow-up configuration and monitoring.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: How many drives can this enclosure hold?

  A: It supports up to 12 x 3.5" HDDs across 12 bays, providing substantial capacity and flexibility for various storage workloads.

• Q: What is the form factor?

  A: The enclosure is a 2U rack-mountable chassis, designed for standard 19-inch racks commonly used in data centers and enterprise environments.

• Q: What drive types does it accommodate?

  A: The unit features 12 x 3.5" drive bays intended for enterprise HDDs; drive interface types should align with the drives you select and the connected storage controller.

• Q: Is this enclosure a standalone unit or part of a larger storage system?

  A: It is a drive enclosure intended to expand storage capacity and improve organization within a broader storage infrastructure, compatible with enterprise storage ecosystems.

• Q: Are drives included with the enclosure?

  A: The product description specifies the enclosure itself; it does not indicate that drives are included. Please verify with the seller for drive inclusion details.

• Q: Does it support cable management?

  A: Yes—this enclosure emphasizes organized cable routing to support neat installations and better airflow, contributing to easier maintenance and upgrades.