Lenovo x3550 M5 - Replacing Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drives

Attention:
•Toavoiddamagetotheharddiskdriveconnectors,makesurethattheservercoverisinplaceandfully
closedwheneveryouinstallorremoveaharddiskdrive.
•Tomakesurethatthereisadequatesystemcooling,donotoperatetheserverformorethan2minutes
withouteitheraharddiskdriveorafillerpanelinstalledineachbay.
•Beforeyoumakechangestodiskdrives,diskdrivecontrollers(includingcontrollersthatareintegrated
onthesystemboard),diskdrivebackplanes,ordiskdrivecables,backupallimportantdatathatis
storedonharddisks.
•BeforeyouremoveanycomponentofaRAIDarray,backupallRAIDconfigurationinformation.
Toremoveahot-swapharddiskdrive,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page116.
Step2.Makesurethatyousavethedataonyourdrive,especiallyifitispartofaRAIDarray,beforeyou
removeitfromtheserver.
Step3.Slidethereleaselatch(orange)gentlytothelefttounlockthedrivehandle.
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2.5-inch hot-swap
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Figure52.Hot-swapharddiskdrivesremoval
Step4.Graspthehandleandslidethedriveoutofthedrivebay.
Step5.Reinstallthedrivebayfillerpanel.
Step6.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturnthedriveassembly,followallpackaginginstructions,anduseany
packagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Replacinghot-swapharddiskdrives
Usethisinformationtoreplacehot-swapharddiskdrives.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypeofharddiskdrivesthattheserversupportsandotherinformation
thatyoumustconsiderwhenyouinstallaharddiskdrive.Foralistofsupportedharddiskdrives,see
http://www.lenovo.com/serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthischapter.
•Makesurethatyouhaveallthecablesandotherequipmentthatarespecifiedinthedocumentationthat
comeswiththedrive.
•Selectthebayinwhichyouwanttoinstallthedrive.
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