Computer Hardware User Manual
coolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapharddiskdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Servercomponents”
onpage25tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage62
.
•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivebyfollowingtheorderofthe
hard-disk-drivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesor2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Theillustrationsinthistopicarebasedonservermodelswith3.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Forothermodels,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththehot-swapharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Locatetheappropriatehard-disk-drivebay.See“Servercomponents”onpage25.
2.Pressthereleasebutton1toopenthehandleofthehot-swapharddiskdriveorthedummytray.
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Mem
CPU
PSU
Figure79.Openingthehandleofthehot-swapharddiskdrive
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