Hard Disk Drive Installation - Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 Installation And Service Manual

Note: In order to ensure that the tape drive can eject smoothly and avoid damage, remove the bezel filler.
See Figure 35 "Remove the bezel filler" on page 49.
If you have replaced a server component or installed an optional device in the server, you need to reconnect
the power cords and all external cables, and turn on the server and peripheral devices.

Hard disk drive installation

The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays in the server. Your hardware might differ,
depending on the model.
Depending on the server model, the server might come with a SATA attached DVD-ROM drive in bay 1.
Note: If the server is configured for RAID operation using a ServeRAID adapter, you might have to
reconfigure your disk arrays after you install drives. See the ServeRAID adapter documentation for additional
information about RAID operation and complete instructions for using the ServeRAID adapter.
The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays in the 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive
server models.
SATA/SAS hard disk drive bays
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Figure 50. Server with eight 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drives
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Chapter 2 Installing optional devices