Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index
90 Installing System Components
3
Remove the existing hard-drive bracket by lifting the tab with blue dot on
the bracket and sliding the bracket up and out of the system.
See Figure 3-8.
4
Install the hard drive into the bracket. See "Installing a Hard Drive Into a
Hard-Drive Bracket" on page 91.
5
Slide the hard drive into the drive bay.
6
Connect the power/data cable to the hard drive.
• If connecting to the integrated SATA controller (SATA hard drives
only), connect the SATA data cable to the SATA_A connector on the
system board.
• If connecting to a SAS RAID controller card (SAS or SATA hard
drives), connect the data cable to the connector on the card edge.
For information on installing a SAS controller card,
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"Installing an Expansion Card" on page 94.
7
Replace the system cover. See "Closing the System" on page 79.
8
Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet and turn on the system and
attached peripherals.
9
Enter the System Setup program and ensure that the hard drive’s
controller is enabled. See "Entering the System Setup Program" on
page 54.
10
Exit the System Setup program and reboot the system.
See the documentation that came with the hard drive for instructions on
installing any software required for drive operation.
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