Installing a Drive in a Hot-Swap Bay

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Installing a Drive in a Hot-Swap Bay

Installing a Drive in a Hot-Swap Bay

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

Note: You do not have to turn off the server to install hot-swap drives in these bays. However, you must turn off the server when performing any steps that involve installing or removing cables.

Before you begin:

Read 'Safety Information'.
Read the documentation that comes with the drive.
Review 'ServeRAID Configuration Program' for information about the RAID controller and disk-array configuration.
Prepare the drive for installation (see 'Preinstallation Steps (All Bays)').

Refer to the following illustration while you perform the steps in this procedure.

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

To install a drive in a hot-swap bay:

Unlock and open the server door (see 'Preparing to Install Options').
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed for each bay.
Remove the filler panel(s) -1- from one of the empty hot-swap bays by inserting the finger into the depression at the left side of the filler panel and pulling it away from the server.
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.
Check the hard disk drive status indicators to verify that the hard disk drives are operating properly.
Close and lock the server door.

Note: Because the server has a RAID controller, you must reconfigure the disk arrays after installing hard disk drives. Record the configuration information.

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