User's Guide

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Cisco CSS UCS Platform Series User Guide, CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 / CPS-UCS-2RU-K9
Chapter 4 Replacing Hardware Components
Installing or Replacing Server Components
• Drive Replacement Procedure, page 4-10
• Related Information, page 4-11
Drive Population Guidelines
The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C220 server supports the Large Form Factor backplane
option, which supports up to four 3.5-inch hard drives.
The drive-bay numbering is shown in Figure 4-5.
Figure 4-5 Drive Numbering, Large Form Factor
HDD1 HDD2 HDD3 HDD4
331696
Note The Small Form Factor drive version of the server is NOT supported.
Observe these drive population guidelines for optimum performance:
• When populating drives, add drives to the lowest-numbered bays first.
• Keep an empty drive blanking tray in any unused bays to ensure proper air flow.
Note The large form-factor drives version of the server does not support 3.5-inch solid state drives.
Drive Replacement Procedure
To replace or install a hot-pluggable hard drive, follow these steps:
Tip You do not have to shut down or power off the server to replace hard drives because they are
hot-pluggable.
Step 1 Remove the drive that you are replacing or remove a blank drive tray from the bay:
a. Press the release button on the face of the drive tray. See Figure 4-6.
b. Grasp and open the ejector lever and then pull the drive tray out of the slot.
c. If you are replacing an existing drive, remove the four drive-tray screws that secure the drive to the
tray and then lift the drive out of the tray.
Step 2 Install a new drive:
a. Place a new drive in the empty drive tray and install the four drive-tray screws.
b. With the ejector lever on the drive tray open, insert the drive tray into the empty drive bay.
c. Push the tray into the slot until it touches the backplane, then close the ejector lever to lock the drive
in place.