Installing Drives - Lenovo System x3550 M4 Installation And Service Manual

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To remove the air baffle, complete the following steps:

Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page

Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables

(see "Turning off the server" on page 21).

Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 34).

Grasp the air baffle, disengage pins from pin holes; then, lift the air baffle up.

Figure 21. Air baffle removal

Remove the air baffle from the server and set it aside.

Attention: For proper cooling and airflow, replace the air baffle before you turn on the server.

Operating the server with the air baffle removed might damage server components.

Installing drives

The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports and other information that

you must consider when you install a hard disk drive.

For a list of supported hard disk drives, see

• Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the

instructions in this chapter.

• Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that are specified in the documentation that

comes with the drive.

• Select the bay in which you want to install the drive.

• Check the instructions that come with the drive to determine whether you have to set any switches or

jumpers on the drive. If you are installing a SAS or SATA hard disk drive, be sure to set the SAS or SATA

ID for that device.

• The hot-swap server models support up to eight 2.5-inch or three 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or SATA hard

disk drives.

• The simple-swap server models support up to three 3.5-inch simple-swap SATA hard disk drives.

• The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all bays

and PCI and PCI Express slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive, PCI, or PCI Express

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