Hardware Installations and Upgrades
Installing and Removing a Fixed Hard Drive
You can install up to six fixed hard drives in the fixed hard drive cage that ships with the
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Intel
Server Chassis SC5650. Power requirements for each individual hard drive may
limit the maximum number of drives that can be integrated into the server chassis.
Note: The Intel
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Installing a Fixed Hard Drive
Caution: Fixed drives are NOT hot-swappable. Before removing or replacing the drive, you must
first take the server out of service, turn off all peripheral devices connected to the system,
turn off the system by pressing the power button, and unplug the AC power cord from the
system or wall outlet.
Warning: You MUST populate drive bay slots 1, 3, and 5 first. Failure to do so could result in
thermal issues within the chassis.
Note: SAS/SATA drives illustrated.
1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed in
2. Power down the server and unplug all peripheral devices and the AC power cable.
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Server Chassis SC5650 does not support all hard drives. See
for a web link to a list of supported hard drives.
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2
3
4
5
6
Figure 21. Drive Bay Slot Order
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Appendix A, "Safety
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Intel
Chassis SC5650-DP/WS/BRP/UP Service Guide
"Additional
Information".