Installing A Hot-Pluggable Disk Drive - HP Integrity rx6600 User's & Service Manual

TIP: When you receive an HP Integrity rx6600 server from HP, if you ever plan to add other
SAS devices into the system, you should consider moving the SAS devices so they start in bay 1
going upwards instead of Bay 8 going downwards.

Installing a Hot-Pluggable Disk Drive

NOTE: The replacement disk drive must have the same product number as the disk drive that
you replace.
To install a hot-pluggable disk drive, follow these steps:
1. Use Figure 22
2. Remove the disk drive filler if required. See
(page 50).
NOTE:
fillers in slots that do not contain a disk drive.
3. Insert the hot-pluggable disk drive into the slot guides, and slide the drive into the slot until it
seats into the socket on the disk backplane.
4. Close the drive ejector handle by pushing it inward until it clicks into place.
Figure 21 Removing and Replacing a Hot-Pluggable Disk Drive
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to determine the next available disk drive installation slot.
Save the disk drive filler for future use. For cooling purposes, always place disk drive
"Removing a Hot-Swappable Disk Drive Filler"