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Hard-disk-driveproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage
167
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblem
cannotbesolvedbyyourself,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage173.
Notes:
1.Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter6
“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage65.
2.Iftheservermodelcomeswithhot-swapharddiskdrives,thestatusLEDsoneachhot-swapharddisk
drivehelpyoueasilyidentifyaproblem.See“Hot-swaphard-disk-drivestatusLEDs”onpage28
.
Symptom
Action
Anewlyinstallednon-hot-swapharddiskdriveisnot
recognized.
1.Ensurethat:
•Thesignalcableandconnectorarenotdamaged.
•Thenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveissecurely
connectedtothecorrectSATAconnectoronthe
systemboardandtheSATAconnectorisenabled
intheSetupUtilityprogram.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage47
.
•Allcablesandjumpers(ifany)areinstalled
correctly.
2.Ifyouhaveanydiagnosticprograms,runthe
diagnosticprogramstotesttheharddiskdrive.
3.Reinstallthenon-hot-swapharddiskdriveand
reconnectcables.
4.Replacethesignalcableforthenon-hot-swaphard
diskdrive.
5.Replacethenon-hot-swapharddiskdrive.
Anewlyinstalledhot-swapharddiskdriveisnot
recognized.
1.Ensurethatthedriveisinstalledintothecorrectdrive
bay.
2.Restarttheserver.
3.Removethedrivefromthebay,wait45seconds,
andreinsertthedriveintothebay,makingsurethat
thedriveconnectstothehot-swaphard-disk-drive
backplane.
4.Ifyouhaveanydiagnosticprograms,runthe
diagnosticprogramstotesttheharddiskdrive.
5.Ensurethatthehot-swaphard-disk-drivebackplane
iscorrectlyseated.Whenitiscorrectlyseated,
thedriveassembliescorrectlyconnecttothe
backplanewithoutbowingorcausingmovementof
thebackplane.
6.Ensurethatthecableconnectioniscorrect.See
“Connectingthecables”onpage36.
7.Reconnectthebackplanepowercableandrepeat
step1throughstep4.
8.Reconnectthebackplanesignalcableandrepeat
step1throughstep4.
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