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The following illustration shows how to install a hot-swap hard disk drive.
Activity LED
Status LED
To install a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays.
3. Touch the static-protective package that contains the hard disk drive to any
4. Make sure that the drive handle is open; then, install the hard disk drive into the
Note: When you turn on the server, check the hard disk drive status LEDs to make
sure that the hard disk drive is operating correctly. If the amber hard disk drive
status LED for a drive is lit continuously, that drive is faulty and must be replaced. If
the green hard disk drive activity LED is flashing, the drive is being accessed.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 71.
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IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 Types 7145 and 7146: Installation and User's Guide
Drive handle
(in open position)
on page 32.
Note: When you install a drive in bays 4 through 7, you must first install a hard
disk drive backplane.
unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, remove the hard disk drive
from the package.
hot-swap bay.
Hard disk
drive
Filler panel
assembly
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