ForalistofThinkServerstoragedriveoptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingallstorage-drivebayscoveredor
occupied.Thenumberoftheinstalledstoragedrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.
Thevacantbaysareeithercoveredbymetalprotectiveshieldsoroccupiedbydummystorage-drivetrays.
Whenyouinstallaneasy-swapstoragedrive,savetheremoveddummystorage-drivetrayfromthedrivebay
incasethatyoulaterremovetheeasy-swapstoragedriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installaneweasy-swapdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneorthedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeeasy-swapdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceaneasy-swapdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Readthefollowingstoragedriveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthestoragedrivebayswheninstallingastoragedrive.See“Frontviewofthe
server”onpage17
tolocatethestoragedrivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconfiguration,thestoragedrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage65.
2.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
3.Openthefrontdoor(ifavailable).
4.Locatetheappropriatestorage-drivebay.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage17.
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