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Hot-Swap Drive Installation (Netfinity 7000 - 8651)



Hot-Swap Drive Installation

The two banks of bays on the right front of the server support hot-swap drives only.

  You do not have to power-off the server to install hot-swap drives in these bays. However, you must power-off the server when performing any steps that involve installing or removing cables, except where instructed to do so when you are replacing a hot-swap fan. (See 'Hot-Swap Fan Replacement').

 
  1.  Filler panel
  2.  Hot swap hard disk drive
  3.  Drive tray handle (open position)


To install a drive in a hot-swap bay, do the following:
  1.  Unlock and open the server door.

      To maintain proper system cooling, do not  operate the server for more than two minutes without either a drive or a  filler panel installed in each bay.

  2.  Remove the filler panel -1- from one of the empty  hot-swap bays by inserting your finger into the  depression at the left side of the filler panel and  pulling it away from the server.
  3.  Install the hard disk drive -2- in the hot-swap bay:

    1.  Ensure the tray handle -3- is open (that is,  perpendicular to the drive).
    2.  Align the drive/tray assembly so that it engages  the guide rails in the bay.
    3.  Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until  the drive connects to the backplane.
    4.  Push the tray handle to the right until it locks.

  4.  Check the hard disk drive status indicators to verify  that the hard disk drives are operating properly. See 'Status Indicators' for details.
  5.  Close and lock the server door.
  6.  If the server has a RAID adapter installed, refer to the  RAID adapter documentation for details about configuration requirements.

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