2.5-inch hot-swap
hard disk drive
Drive handle
Activity LED
(green)
Error LED
(yellow)
Release latch
1.Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage33.
2.Makesurethattheservertopcoverisinplaceandfullyclosed.
Attention:Tomaintainpropersystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan10minutes
withouteitheradriveorfillerpanelinstalledineachbay.
3.Installtheharddiskdriveinthehot-swapbay:
•Makesurethatthedrivetrayhandleisopen(asshownintheillustration).
•Removethefillerpanelfromthebay.
•Alignthedriveassemblywiththeguiderailsinthebay.
•Gentlypushthedriveassemblyintothebayuntilthedrivestops.
•Pushthetrayhandletotheclosed(locked)position.
•ChecktheharddiskdrivestatusLEDtomakesurethattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.If
theyellowharddiskdrivestatusLEDforadriveislitcontinuously,thatdriveisfaultyandmustbe
replaced.IfthegreenharddiskdriveactivityLEDisflashing,thedriveisbeingaccessed.
Ifyouhaveotherdevicestoinstall,dosonow.Otherwise,goto“Completingtheinstallation”onpage54.
Note:Youmighthavetoreconfigurethediskarraysafteryouinstallharddiskdrives.SeetheRAID
documentationontheIBMServeRAIDSupportCDforinformationaboutRAIDcontrollers.
InstallinganoptionalDVDdrive
UsethisinformationtoinstallaDVDdrive
Ifyouarereplacingaremoveddrivewithanewdrive,makesurethat:
•Youhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatarespecifiedinthedocumentationthatcomeswiththe
newdrive.
•Youhavecheckedtheinstructionsthatcomewiththenewdrivetodeterminewhetheryoumustset
anyswitchesorjumpersinthedrive.
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