Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 28. ServeRAID adapter removal
Step 7. If you are instructed to return the ServeRAID adapter, follow all packaging instructions, and use
any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
Note: When the ServeRAID adapter is removed, software RAID will not be supported. This system
does not support downgrade software RAID function from hardware RAID configuration.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to "Completing the installation"
on page 73.

Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to a hot-swap hard disk drive into the server.
The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports and other information that
you must consider when you install a drive. For a list of supported drives, see http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
serverproven/
• Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those instructions in addition to
the instructions in this chapter.
• The system supports support up to fourteen 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drives (two 3.5-inch
hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drives are located at the rear of the server).
• All hot-swap drives in the server should have the same throughput speed rating. Using hard disk drives
with different speed ratings will cause all drives to operate at the throughput speed of the slowest drive.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 10 minutes without
either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
To install a drive in a hot-swap bay, complete the following steps:
Step 1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 30.
Step 2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the drive to any unpainted metal surface on the
server; then, remove the drive from the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
Step 3. Remove the drive filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays.
Step 4. Install the hard disk drive in the hot-swap bay:
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