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Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofdrivesthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthatyou
mustconsiderwheninstallingadrive:
•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatisspecifiedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.
•Checktheinstructionsthatcomewiththedrivetoseewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesorjumpers
onthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSASorSATAdevice,besuretosettheSASorSATAIDforthatdevice.
•OptionalexternaltapedrivesandDVD-ROMdrivesareexamplesofremovable-mediadrives.Youcan
installremovable-mediadrivesonlyinbays1and2onmodelswitheight3.5-inch,eight,sixteen,
twenty-four,andthirty-two2.5-inchharddiskdrives.
•Theelectromagneticinterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays
andPCIslotscoveredoroccupied.WhenyouinstalladriveorPCIadapter,savetheEMCshieldandfiller
panelfromthebayorthePCIadapterslotcoverintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedriveoradapter.
•Foracompletelistofsupportedoptionsfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
Removinga2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
Usethisinformationtoremovea2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage35.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausetheservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidethe
serverwiththepoweron.
Toremovea2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Unlocktheleft-sidecover.
Note:Youmustunlocktheleft-sidecovertoopenorremovethebezel.Whenyoulocktheleft-side
cover,itlocksboththecoverandthebezel.
Step2.Openthebezel(see“Openingthebezelmediadoor”onpage181).
Step3.Pressdownonthereleaselatchtoopenthedrivehandle;then,pullthedriveoutofthedrivebay.
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