3-2 Sun Fire X4450 Server Service Manual • November 2009
3.1.2 Hot-Swappable Devices
Hot-swappable devices can be removed and installed while the server is running
without affecting the rest of the server’s capabilities.
In the Sun Fire X4450, the following devices are hot-swappable:
■ Fan modules. See Section 3.3, “Servicing Fan Modules” on page 3-9.
■ Power supplies. See Section 3.4, “Servicing Power Supplies” on page 3-15.
Note – The chassis-mounted drives can be hot-swappable, depending on how they
are configured. See Section 3.2, “Servicing Drives” on page 3-2.
3.2 Servicing Drives
The following topics are covered:
■ Section 3.2.1, “Sun Fire X4450 Server Drive Guidelines” on page 3-2
■ Section 3.2.2, “Sun Fire X4450 SSD Guidelines” on page 3-3
■ Section 3.2.3, “Drive Status LED Reference” on page 3-4
■ Section 3.2.4, “Removing a Hard Drive or SSD” on page 3-5
■ Section 3.2.5, “Installing a Hard Drive or SSD” on page 3-7
■ Section 3.2.6, “Using Drive Fillers” on page 3-8
Note – This is a customer-replaceable unit.
3.2.1 Sun Fire X4450 Server Drive Guidelines
FIGURE 3-1 shows the front panel of a server with 8 drives: