User's Guide

4-30 Upgrading Your System
After you determine which drive has been flagged as faulty, the procedure is the
same to swap a drive or to install one for the first time.
Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive
1. If your system includes a non-RAID SCSI controller, terminate all
applications and remove the system front bezel as described earlier in this
chapter.
2. Power down the system.
3. If installing a new drive, go to Step 5. If swapping a hard disk drive, remove
its carrier from the SCSI hard disk drive bay by performing the following
procedures:
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CAUTION
Depending on the drive fault, the drive may be still spinning
when you remove it. Follow the next steps exactly when
removing drives.
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Grasp the handle of the hard disk carrier and unlock the lever located on
the left side of the carrier handle, See Figure 4-31, A. The hard disk
carrier will come out approximately 1/2-inch so that its handle is fully
accessible.
A
B
Figure 4-31. Removing the Hard Disk Carrier from the Drive Bay
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Pull the drive carrier out of the bay far enough to disengage the drive
connector from the backplane. Wait 30 seconds until the drive spins
down.
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Remove the carrier from of the drive bay.
4. Remove the hard disk drive from the disk carrier by removing the four
screws. See Figure 4-32
5. Remove the new drive from its protective wrapper, and place on an antistatic
surface.