Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Installing or Replacing a Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive

9.Connectthesignalcable1andthepowercable2totherearofthenewopticaldrive.
Figure104.Connectingcablestotherearoftheopticaldrive
10.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage182.
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage81.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive.
ForalistoftheThinkServerharddiskdriveoptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Youcaninstallanewhot-swapharddiskdriveorreplaceafailinghot-swapharddiskdrivewithoutturning
offtheserver,whichhelpsyouavoidsignicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacant
baysareeithercoveredbyanEMI-protectivepaneloroccupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.Whenyou
installahot-swapharddiskdrive,savetheremoveddummyharddiskdrivetrayintheeventthatyoulater
removethehot-swapharddiskdriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapharddiskdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderoftheharddiskdrivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Frontviewofthe
server”onpage15tolocatetheharddiskdrivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage70
.
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