Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Hard Disk Drive Installation

Note:Inordertoensurethatthetapedrivecanejectsmoothlyandavoiddamage,removethebezelfiller.
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Ifyouhavereplacedaservercomponentorinstalledanoptionaldeviceintheserver,youneedtoreconnect
thepowercordsandallexternalcables,andturnontheserverandperipheraldevices.
Harddiskdriveinstallation
Thefollowingillustrationsshowthelocationofthedrivebaysintheserver.Yourhardwaremightdiffer,
dependingonthemodel.
Dependingontheservermodel,theservermightcomewithaSATAattachedDVD-ROMdriveinbay1.
Note:IftheserverisconfiguredforRAIDoperationusingaServeRAIDadapter,youmighthaveto
reconfigureyourdiskarraysafteryouinstalldrives.SeetheServeRAIDadapterdocumentationforadditional
informationaboutRAIDoperationandcompleteinstructionsforusingtheServeRAIDadapter.
Thefollowingillustrationsshowthelocationofthedrivebaysinthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
servermodels.
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SATA/SAS hard disk drive bays
Figure50.Serverwitheight2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrives
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