Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Installing or Replacing a Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive

•Ifyouareinstallinganopticaldrive,savetheremovedEMI-protectiveshieldfromthechassisand
plasticshieldfromthefrontbezelintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedriveandneedtheshieldsto
coverthedrivebay.
•Ifyouarereplacinganopticaldriveandareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followall
packaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage200
.
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive.
Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.See“Features”on
page7formoreinformationaboutthesupportedhot-swapharddiskdrives.
ForalistofThinkServerharddiskdriveoptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Youcaninstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrivewithoutturningofftheserver,whichhelpsyouavoid
significantinterruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacant
baysareeithercoveredbyanEMI-protectivepaneloroccupiedbydummyharddiskdrivetrays.Whenyou
installahot-swapharddiskdrive,savetheremoveddummyharddiskdrivetrayfromthedrivebayinthe
eventthatyoulaterremovethehot-swapharddiskdriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapharddiskdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderoftheharddiskdrivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Servercomponents”
onpage28
tolocatetheharddiskdrivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconfiguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage72.
•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivebyfollowingtheorderofthehard
diskdrivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesor2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Theillustrationsinthistopicarebasedonservermodelswithfour3.5-inch
hot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives.Forothermodels,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
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