Installing the drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Before removing or installing a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage controller
card to ensure that the host adapter is conīgured correctly to support drive removal and insertion.
CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.
CAUTION: When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a drive carrier and attempting to
lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable.
NOTE: Ensure that the drive carrier's release handle is in the open position before inserting the carrier into the slot.
CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation
supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION: When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive automatically begins to
rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains data that you wish to overwrite. Any data on the replacement
drive is immediately lost after the drive is installed.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Remove the front bezel.
4 If installed, remove a drive blank.
Steps
1 Press the release button on the front of the drive carrier to open the release handle.
2 Insert the drive carrier into the drive slot and push until the drive connects with the backplane.
3 Close the drive carrier release handle to lock the drive in place.
NOTE
: The procedure to install a 2.5-inch or a 3.5-inch drive are the same.
Figure 31. Installing a drive carrier
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