Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo Flex System x280 X6 Compute Node Installation And Service Manual

Before you begin
Before you remove a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
1. Back up all important data before you make changes to hard disk drives.
2. Read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page 699.
Procedure
To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Release
latch
1. Press the release latch (orange) on the hard disk drive to release the drive
2. Pull the release handle to remove the drive from the bay.
What to do next
If you are instructed to return the hard disk drive, follow all packaging
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.

Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to install a hot-swap hard disk drive.
Before you begin
Before you install the hot-swap hard disk drive, read "Safety" on page v and
"Installation guidelines" on page 699.
About this task
The compute node has two SAS or SATA hard disk drive bays for installing
hot-swap hard disk drives, such as hot-swap SAS hard disk drives. The compute
node supports using RAID 0 or RAID 1 when two hard disk drives of the same
interface type are installed. See "Configuring a RAID array" on page 40 for
information about RAID configuration.
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LED
LED
(green) (amber)
Drive tray
assembly
Drive handle
(in open position)
Hard disk
drive bay
filler
handle.