IBM x3550 Problem Determination And Service Manual page 68

Installing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive
To install a 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Drive handle
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Place the drive handle in the open position and slide the drive into the bay.
3. Close the drive handle.
4. Check the hard disk drive status LED and activity LED to verify that the drive is
Note: If you have a RAID configuration you might have to reconfigure the disk
arrays after installing hard disk drives. See the RAID documentation on the IBM
System x Documentation CD for information about RAID adapters.
Installing a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive
To install a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Drive handle
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Place the drive handle in the open position and slide the drive tray into the bay.
3. Close the drive handle.
4. Check the hard disk drive status LED and activity LED to verify that the drive is
Note: If you have a RAID configuration, you might have to reconfigure the disk
arrays after installing hard disk drives. See the RAID documentation on the IBM
System x Documentation CD for information about RAID adapters.
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IBM System x3550 Type 7978 and 1913: Problem Determination and Service Guide
Drive-tray assembly
on page 39.
operating correctly.
Hard disk drive assembly
on page 39.
operating correctly.
SAS hard disk
drive backplane