Figure 20 Removing and Replacing a Hot-Swappable Disk Drive Filler
Replacing a Hot-Swappable Disk Drive Filler
To replace a hot-swappable disk drive filler, perform the following:
1. Orient the disk drive filler so that the release tab is on the left side of the filler, and the airflow
holes are on the right side of the filler.
2. Insert the filler into the slot guides, and slide the filler into the slot until it clicks into place and
is fully seated.
Installing a Hot-Pluggable SAS Hard Drive
There are 16 hot-pluggable disk drives located in the front of the server. You can replace the
hot-pluggable disk drives using the procedures in this section when the server power is on or off.
CAUTION: Drives are loaded in the factory, starting with number 8, working from right to left
and bottom to top. If you have never changed your SAS configuration before, you can safely move
SAS devices downwards as a block. If you have bays 6, 7, and 8 occupied you can move them
down to bays 1, 2, and 3 without having the hardware paths change during a cold-install or
recovery while the system is shut down, but you must move the disks in order and you cannot
rearrange them. For example, you can move bay 6 to 1, 7 to 2, and 8 to 3. After doing this you
can safely populate the SAS enclosure from bay 4 onwards. The same procedure can be performed
on bays 9 to 16.
Never move devices from Bays 9-16 to Bays 1-8 as they are controlled by different SAS HBAs.
CAUTION: A hot-pluggable device may require interaction with the operating system before you
can safely remove it from or install it into the server. Verify that the operating system supports
removing and replacing disk drives while the operating system is running. If the operating system
does not support this feature, shut down the operating system before attempting this procedure.
Failure to observe this caution can result in system failure.
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