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The EMI integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all drive bays covered or occupied. The
number of the installed drives in your server varies depending on the server model. The vacant bays are
occupied by dummy drive trays. When you install a drive, save the removed dummy drive tray from the drive
bay in case that you later remove the drive and need the dummy tray to cover the place.
Attention: An unoccupied drive bay without any other protection might impact the EMI integrity and cooling
of the server, which might result in overheating or component damage. To maintain the EMI integrity and
cooling of the server, install a new drive as soon as you remove the failing one or the dummy tray.
Before you begin, review the following drive installation rules:
• Follow the order of the drive bays when installing a drive. See "Server components" on page 23 to locate
the hard-disk-drive bays in your server.
• For RAID configuration, the drives must be the same type with the same capacity if they are within a single
RAID array. For more information, see "Configuring RAID" on page 50.
• For drives with different capacities, install the drive by following the order of the drive bays as well as the
order from the lowest capacity to the highest capacity.
Before you begin, print all the related instructions or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another
computer for reference.
Notes:
• Depending on the model, your server might come with 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives or 2.5-inch
hot-swap hard disk drives. The illustrations in this topic are based on server models with 3.5-inch
hot-swap hard disk drives. For other models, the replacement procedure is similar.
• Depending on the model, your server might look slightly different from the illustrations in this topic.
• Use any documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the
instructions in this topic.
Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch hard-disk-drive bay
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Before you begin, print all the related instructions or ensure that you can view the PDF version on another
computer for reference.
Note: Ensure that you have a 3.5-inch to 2.5-inch drive adapter and a 3.5-inch drive bracket available
before the installation.
To install a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch hard-disk-drive bay, do the following:
1. Locate the appropriate hard-disk-drive bay. See "Front view of the server" on page 17.
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