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1. Read "Safety" on page v and the "Installation guidelines" on page 19.
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover
4. Open and remove the blade server cover. See "Removing the blade server
5. Locate the SAS connector for the hard disk drive.
6. Install the appropriate drive.
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 34.
Removing a SAS hard disk drive
Remove the front or rear SAS hard disk drive to install a new drive. You also have
to remove the rear drive to install certain expansion cards.
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blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from a
BladeCenter unit" on page 21.
side up.
cover" on page 22.
v Install the front SAS hard disk drive:
a. Unlatch the bezel to increase the ease of installing the drive. (You do not
have to remove the bezel.)
b. Place the drive into the hard disk drive tray and push it toward the rear
of the blade, into the connector until the drive moves past the lever at the
front of the tray.
Attention: Do not press on the top of the drive. Pressing the top might
damage the drive.
c. Latch the bezel.
v Install the rear SAS hard disk drive:
a. If a standard-form-factor expansion card is installed in the rear drive SAS
connector 1 location, remove the expansion card, remove the expansion
card and its mounting bracket, and save the screws that secure the tray to
the system board. Store the screws in a safe place.
b. Secure the SAS connector drive tray to the system board with the screws
from the option kit.
c. Place the drive into the hard disk drive tray and push it toward the rear
of the blade, into the connector until the drive moves past the lever at the
front of the tray.
Attention: Do not press on the top of the drive. Pressing the top might
damage the drive.
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