Replacing A Simple-Swap Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo System x3250 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Replacing a simple-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to replace a simple-swap hard disk drive.
You must turn off the server before installing simple-swap drives in the server. Before you install a
simple-swap SAS or SATA hard disk drive, read the following information. For a list of supported hard disk
drives, see http://www.lenovo.com/ serverproven/.
Read the safety information in "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page 33.
If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices,
and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
To install a simple-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
Notes:
1. If you have only one hard disk drive, install it in the left or upper-left drive bay.
2. 3TB hard disk drives are not supported in OS 4690.
Step 1. Remove the filler panel from the empty drive bay.
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 filler panel from the bay
Step 4. Install the hard disk drive in the drive bay:
a. To install a 3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive, pull the loops of the drive tray toward each
other, and slide the drive into the server until the drive connects to the backplate. Release
the loops of the drive tray.
Hard disk
drive assembly
b. To install a 2.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive, slide the drive into the server until the drive
clicks into the server and connects to the backplate.
SATA hard disk
drive back plate
Filler panel
.
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