4. Pull the hot-swap drive assembly out of the bay approximately 25 mm (1 in.).
Wait approximately 45 seconds while the drive spins down before you remove
the drive assembly completely from the bay.
Note: You might have to reconfigure the disk arrays after you remove a hard
disk drive. See the RAID documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for
information about RAID controllers.
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If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 154.
Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive
Use this information to install a simple-swap hard disk drive .
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Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.
Simple-swap models do not support the SAS hot-swap backplane or the SAS
riser-card.
For information about the type of hard disk drive that the server supports and
other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive, see the
Installation and User’s Guide on the IBM Documentation CD.
Important: Do not install a SCSI hard disk drive in this server.
To install a drive in a simple-swap bay, complete the following steps.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more
than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
Figure 49. Simple-swap model installation
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