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About your Dell PowerEdge FD332
The Dell PowerEdge FD332 is a storage sled supported on the Dell PowerEdge FX2s enclosure.
PowerEdge FD332 supports up to sixteen hot swap 2.5 inch hard drives/SSDs, and a storage controller
module with single or dual controller modes.
Terms used in this document
The following table describes the terms used in this document.
Term Description
Enclosure or chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2s enclosure.
NOTE: PowerEdge FD332 is not supported on
the PowerEdge FX2 enclosure.
Three-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2s enclosure
configuration that supports one full-width and two
half-width sleds.
Four-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2s enclosure
configuration that supports four half-width sleds.
Six-bay chassis Refers to the PowerEdge FX2s enclosure
configuration that supports four quarter-width
sleds and two half-width sleds.
Storage sled or system Refers to PowerEdge FD332.
Compute sled Refers to the half-width, quarter-width, or full-
width sleds, to which the storage sled(s) may be
mapped.
NOTE: The storage sled is not supported with
the PowerEdge FM120x4 half-width compute
sled.
Hot swap A component is considered hot swap if it can be
removed or installed while the sled is powered on.
Drive drawer Refers to the hard drive/SSD drawer that can
support up to 16 hot swap hard drives/SSDs.
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) Refers to the storage adapter(s) on the storage
controller module.
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