Installingorreplacingthetapedrive
Note:Thistopicappliestoservermodelswith2.5-inch-drivebays.
Thistopiccontainsthefollowinginformation:
•“Installingthetapedrive”onpage190
•“Replacingthetapedrive”onpage193
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.When
youinstallthetapedrive,savetheremovedprotectiveshieldfromthechassis.Ifyoulaterremovethe
drive,youwillneedtheshieldtocoverthedrivebay.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewtapedriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneortheprotectiveshield.
Installingthetapedrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpagev
and“Guidelines”onpage73.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththetapedriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallthetapedrive,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Removethedrivepartitions1and2.See“Removingthedrivepartition”onpage182.
Figure187.Removingthedrivepartitions
5.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagesthatcontainthetapedriveandthetapedrivecagetoany
unpaintedsurfaceontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethetapedriveandthetapedrivecage
outofthepackages.
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