Install A Hot-Swap Drive - Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3720 7Y12 User Manual

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After you remove the drive:
1. Install a drive bay filler.
2. If you are instructed to return the component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and
use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.

Install a hot-swap drive

Use this procedure to install a drive.
"Read the
installation
Guidelines" on
page 47
Before installing a hot-swap drive:
1. Remove the drive filler from the empty drive bay. Keep the filler panel in a safe place.
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the drive to any unpainted metal surface on the
solution; then, remove the drive from the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
The following notes describe the type of drives that the node supports and other information that you must
consider when you install a drive. For a list of supported drives, see
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• Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the
instructions in this chapter.
• You can install up to six hot-swap SAS/SATA 2.5-inch drives for each node.
• The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the solution are protected by having all
bays and PCI and PCI Express slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive, PCI, or PCI Express
adapter, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay or PCI or PCI Express adapter slot cover in the
event that you later remove the device.
• For a complete list of supported optional devices for the node, see
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Complete the following steps to install a drive:
Note: If you have only one drive, you must install it in the bay 0 (upper-left).
"ATTENTION:
Static Sensitive Device
Ground package before opening"
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