Connectinganexternaltapedrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourtapedrivemightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththetapedriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toconnectanexternaltapedrive,dothefollowing:
1.ConnectoneendoftheYcabletotheUSB3.0connectorontherearoftheexternaltapedrive.Then,
connecttheotherendoftheYcabletotwoavailableUSBconnectorsontheserver.
Figure90.Connectingtheexternaltapedrive
2.Verifyifthetapedriveworkscorrectly.
Replacingthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage53.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Thehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage54
firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Theillustrationsinthefollowingprocedureshowthebackplanefor3.5-inchharddiskdrives.Forthe
backplanefor2.5-inchharddiskdrives,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
Toreplacethehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
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