Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Frontviewofthe
server”onpage16
tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconfiguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage76.
•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivesfollowingtheorderofthe
hard-disk-drivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththehot-swapharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouareinstallinganewhot-swapharddiskdrive,refertotheharddiskdriveinstallationrulesin
thistopicandlocatetheappropriatehard-disk-drivebay.Then,pressthecircledarea
2toopen
thehandleofthedummyhard-disk-drivetray.
•Ifyouarereplacingafailinghot-swapharddiskdrive,locatethefailingharddiskdriveandpress
thereleasebutton1toopenthehandleoftheharddiskdrive.
Figure132.Openingthehandleofa3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdriveordummytray
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