Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneorthedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Youmustturnofftheserverbeforeinstallingorreplacinganeasy-swapdrivetoavoiddatalost.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththedriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceaneasy-swapdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Reviewthefollowinginstallationrules:
•Whenyouinstalldrives,followtheorderofthedrivebaynumbers.See“Frontviewoftheserver”on
page17
tolocatethedrivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconfiguration,thedrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyarewithina
singleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage54.
2.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
3.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
4.Locatetheappropriateeasy-swap-drivebay.See“Frontviewofservermodelswith2.5-inchdrives”
onpage18.
5.Useascrewdrivertoturnthehandlelock1totheunlockedposition.Thehandleopensautomatically.