Owners Manual

Table Of Contents
Installing a drive into the drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Mixing drive carriers from other generations of storage systems is not supported.
Steps
1. Insert the drive into the drive carrier with the connector end of the drive towards the back of the carrier.
2. Align the screw holes on the drive with the screws holes on the drive carrier.
When aligned correctly, the back of the drive is flush with the back of the drive carrier.
3. Secure the drive to the drive carrier with screws.
Figure 59. Installing a drive into the drive carrier
Drive backplane
The drive backplanes supported in NX3340 is 2.5 inch (x8) SAS and SATA.
NOTE:
Mixing of 2.5 inch 10K or 15K SAS drives with 2.5 inch 7.2K SATA on the same backplane is not supported. You can
mix solid state drives with hard drives on the same backplane.
Removing the drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, remove the drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
CAUTION: Note the number of each drive and temporarily label them before you remove the drive so that you
can replace them in the same location.
NOTE: The procedure to remove the backplane is similar for all backplane configurations.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedures in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the air shroud.
4. Remove the backplane cover.
5. Remove all drives from the hard-drive slots from the front of the system.
94
Installing and removing system components