Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Drive Bezel
- Opening the System
- Closing the System
- Removing and Installing Blank Drive EMI Fillers
- Cooling Shrouds
- Power Supplies
- Hard Drives
- Diskette Drive
- Optical and Tape Drives
- Expansion Cards
- SAS Controller Card
- RAID Battery
- Configuring the Boot Device
- RAC Card
- Internal USB Memory Key Connector
- Integrated TOE
- Cooling Fans
- System Memory
- Processors
- System Battery
- Chassis Intrusion Switch
- Power Supply Distribution Board
- SAS/SATA Backplane
- Control Panel (Service-only Procedure)
- System Board (Service Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Redundant Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hot-plug Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index

84 Installing System Components
Installing a Hard Drive
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any
procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about
safety precautions, working inside the system and protecting against electrostatic
discharge.
1
Unpack the replacement hard drive and prepare it for installation.
2
Check the documentation for the hard drive to verify that the drive is
configured for your system.
3
Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system
from the electrical outlet and peripherals.
4
Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 68.
5
If you are replacing a hard drive, remove the drive that you are replacing.
See "Removing a Hard Drive" on page 82.
If there is a hard-drive bracket in the empty hard-drive bay, remove the
bracket by pressing the two carrier release tabs toward each other and
pulling it up and out of the drive bay. See Figure 3-9.
If a replacement hard drive does not have the hard-drive bracket attached,
remove the bracket from the old drive.
6
Snap the new drive into the guide bracket. See Figure 3-10.
7
Insert the guide bracket assembly into the drive bay until it snaps into
place. See Figure 3-9.










