Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive

•Theredundantpowersupplymodelscansupportuptoeight2.5-inchhot-swaporsimple-swaphard
diskdrives.
•Theelectromagneticinterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays
andPCIandPCIExpressslotscoveredoroccupied.Whenyouinstalladrive,PCI,orPCIExpress
adapter,savetheEMCshieldandfillerpanelfromthebayorPCIadapterorPCIExpressadapterslot
coverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.
•Foracompletelistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/
serverproven/.
Installingahot-swapharddiskdrive
Usethisinformationtoinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage33.
Ifyouareinstallinganoptionaldeviceintheserver,turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnect
thepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Toinstallahot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrive,completethefollowingsteps:
Note:Ifyouhaveonlyoneharddiskdrive,youmustinstallitintheleftdrivebay.
Attention:Toavoiddamagetotheharddiskdriveconnectors,makesurethattheservercoverisinplace
andfullyclosedwheneveryouinstallorremoveaharddiskdrive.
Step1.Removethefillerpanelfromtheemptydrivebay.Keepthefillerpanelinasafeplace.
Step2.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthedrivetoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthe
server;then,removethedrivefromthepackageandplaceitonastatic-protectivesurface.
Step3.Installtheharddiskdriveinthedrivebay:
a.Makesurethatthetrayhandleisintheopen(unlocked)position.
b.Alignthedrivewiththeguiderailsinthebay.
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Figure11.Hot-swapharddiskdriveinstallation
c.Gentlypushthedriveintothebayuntilthedrivestops.
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