Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Replacing the Hot-Swap Hard-Disk-Drive Backplane

Figure137.Installingthe2.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrive
5.Checkthehot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDstoensurethattheharddiskdriveisoperatingcorrectly.
Youmighthavetorestarttheserverforthenewlyinstalledharddiskdrivetoberecognized.See
“Hot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs”onpage39
.Iftheharddiskdriveisfaulty,reinstallorreplaceit
untilitisoperatingcorrectly.
6.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouareinstallingahot-swapharddiskdrive,savetheremovedhard-disk-drivedummytrayincase
youlaterremovethehot-swapharddiskdriveandneedadummytraytocoverthedrivebay.
•Ifyouarereplacingafailinghot-swapharddiskdriveandareinstructedtoreturnthefailinghot-swap
harddiskdrive,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedto
youforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•ToconfigureRAID,goto“ConfiguringRAID”onpage76.
Replacingthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane.Thistopic
containsthefollowingitems:
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage177
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswithtwelve3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage179
•“Replacingthebackplaneforservermodelswith2.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays”onpage181
Note:Thehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplaneissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand
“Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices”onpage88firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
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