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Installing a SCSI disk drive
After you have installed the SCSI storage expansion unit on the blade server, you can install up to
two SCSI disk drives in the expansion unit.
If a hot-swap hard disk drive in the expansion unit fails, you can replace it without turning off the
blade server. Therefore, you have the advantage of continuing to operate your blade server while a
hard disk drive in this unit is removed or installed.
Each hot-swap drive has two indicator LEDs. If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is
lit continuously, that drive is faulty and must be replaced.
Each hot-swap drive that you plan to install must be mounted in a hot-swap-drive tray. The drive
must have a Single Connector Attachment (SCA) connector. Hot-swap-drive trays come with hot-
swap drives.
The following illustration shows how to install a SCSI hot-swap hard disk drive.
Complete the following steps to install a drive in the expansion unit.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the SBCE unit for more than 1
minute without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each expansion unit bay.
1. Review the information in "Safety and regulatory information" on page vii and "Installation
guidelines" on page 17.
2. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays by inserting your finger into the
depression at the top of the filler panel and pulling it away from the expansion unit.
3. Install the hard disk drive:
a. Ensure that the tray handle is open (that is, perpendicular to the drive).
b. Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay.
c. Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive stops.
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