Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo Flex System x480 X6 Compute Node Installation And Service Manual

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Step 1. Press the release latch (orange) on the hard disk drive to release the drive handle.
Step 2. Pull the release handle to remove the drive from the bay.
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 install the hot-swap hard disk drive, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 973.
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 41 for
information about RAID configuration.
To install a hot-swap hard disk drive or hard disk drive bay filler, complete the following steps.
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LED
LED
(green)
(amber)
Release
latch
Drive tray
assembly
Drive handle
(in open position)
Hard disk
drive bay
filler
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