Lenovo ThinkServer TS430 0387 - Installing or Replacing a Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive

•Ifyouareinstallinganopticaldrive,savetheremovedEMI-protectiveshieldfromthechassisand
plasticshieldfromthefrontbezelintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedriveandneedtheshieldsto
coverthedrivebay.
•Ifyouarereplacinganopticaldriveandareinstructedtoreturntheoldopticaldrive,followall
packaginginstructionsanduseanypackagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage177
.
Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage85.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive.
Thistopicappliesonlytoservermodelsthathavehot-swapharddiskdrivesinstalled.See“Features”on
page7formoreinformationaboutthesupportedhot-swapharddiskdrives.
ForalistofThinkServerhard-disk-driveoptions,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.Clickthe
ProductstabandthenclickOptions➙ThinkServerHardDrivestoviewtheinformation.
Youcaninstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrivewithoutturningofftheserver,whichhelpsyouavoid
signicantinterruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacant
baysareeithercoveredbyanEMI-protectivepaneloroccupiedbydummyhard-disk-drivetrays.Whenyou
installahot-swapharddiskdrive,savetheremoveddummyhard-disk-drivetrayfromthedrivebayinthe
eventthatyoulaterremovethehot-swapharddiskdriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapharddiskdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,considerthefollowinghard-disk-driveinstallationrules:
•Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Servercomponents”
onpage25tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
•ForRAIDconguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConguringRAID”onpage73
.
•Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivewiththelowestcapacityrst.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
1.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesor2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Theillustrationsinthistopicarebasedonservermodelswithfour3.5-inch
hot-swapSATAorSASharddiskdrives.Forothermodels,thereplacementprocedureisthesame.
2.Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
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