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•Thehot-swapservermodelssupportuptoeight2.5-inchorthree3.5-inchhot-swapSASorSATA
harddiskdrives.
•Theelectromagneticinterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays
andPCIandPCIExpressslotscoveredoroccupied.Whenyouinstalladrive,PCI,orPCIExpress
adapter,savetheEMCshieldandfillerpanelfromthebayorPCIorPCIExpressadapterslotcoverinthe
eventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.
•Foracompletelistofsupportedoptionaldevicesfortheserver,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
serverproven/.
Toinstallahot-swapSASorSATAharddiskdrive,completethefollowingsteps:
Note:Ifyouhaveonlyoneharddiskdrive,youmustinstallitinthebay0(upper-left).
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage31.
Step2.Removethefillerpanelfromtheemptydrivebay.Keepthefillerpanelinasafeplace.
Step3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthedrivetoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthe
server;then,removethedrivefromthepackageandplaceitonastatic-protectivesurface.
Step4.Installtheharddiskdriveinthedrivebay:
a.Makesurethatthetrayhandleisintheopen(unlocked)position.
b.Alignthedrivewiththeguiderailsinthebay.
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c.Gentlypushthedriveintothebayuntilthedrivestops.
d.Rotatethetrayhandletotheclosed(locked)position.
e.ChecktheharddiskdrivestatusLEDtoverifythattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.If
theyellowharddiskdrivestatusLEDofadriveislitcontinuously,thatdriveisfaultyandmust
bereplaced.IfthegreenharddiskdriveactivityLEDisflashing,thedriveisbeingaccessed.
Note:IftheserverisconfiguredforRAIDoperationusingaServeRAIDadapter,youmight
havetoreconfigureyourdiskarraysafteryouinstallharddiskdrives.SeetheServeRAID
adapterdocumentationforadditionalinformationaboutRAIDoperationandcomplete
instructionsforusingtheServeRAIDadapter.
Step5.Ifyouareinstallingadditionalhot-swapharddiskdrives,dosonow.
Step6.Turnontheperipheraldevicesandtheserver.
DriveIDs
ThedriveIDthatisassignedtoeachdriveisprintedonthefrontoftheserver.Thefollowingillustrations
showthelocationsoftheIDsofthedrives.TheIDnumbersandthedrivebaynumbersarethesame.
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