Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Installing Simple-Swap Hard Disk Drives

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Figure26.Hot-swapharddiskdrivesinstallation
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.
Ifyouhaveotherdevicestoinstallorremove,dosonow.Otherwise,goto“Completingtheinstallation”
onpage89
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Installingsimple-swapharddiskdrives
Usethisinformationtoinstallsimple-swapharddiskdrives.
Youmustturnofftheserverbeforeinstallingsimple-swapdrivesintheserver.Beforeyouinstalla
simple-swapSATAharddiskdrive,readthefollowinginformation.Foralistofsupportedharddiskdrives,
seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthischapter.
•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatarespecifiedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.
•Selectthebayinwhichyouwanttoinstallthedrive.
•Checktheinstructionsthatcomewiththedrivetodeterminewhetheryouhavetosetanyswitchesor
jumpersonthedrive.IfyouareinstallingaSATAdevice,besuretosettheSATAIDforthatdevice.
•Youcaninstalluptothree3.5-inchsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrivesintheserver.Donotinstall
hot-swapdrivesintoasimple-swapservermodel,itisnotsupported.
•Youcaninstallone2.5-inchsimple-swapSATAharddiskdrivesinbay0intheserver.Donotinstall
hot-swapdrivesintoasimple-swapservermodel,itisnotsupported.
•Thesimple-swapservermodelsareavailableonlyinnon-RAIDconfigurations.
•Theelectromagneticinterference(EMI)integrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallbays
andPCIandPCIExpressslotscoveredoroccupied.Whenyouinstalladrive,PCI,orPCIExpress
adapter,savetheEMCshieldandfillerpanelfromthebayorPCIorPCIExpressadapterslotcoverinthe
eventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.
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