Figure 32 Required Installation Of First Complete Row Of Disk Drives; Figure 33 Rear Half Of Unpopulated Main Bay - Seagate Exos CORVAULT Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

Figure 32 Required installation of first complete row of disk drives

9. Firmly press the disk drive into the mating connector on the baseplane.
10. Close and press down on the disk drive handle until you engage the locking mechanism.
11. Repeat the procedure, inserting each drive below the former one, until you complete the first lateral bay.
CAUTION If you partially populate the storage enclosure with disk drives, you must populate from front to back,
filling an entire lateral bay before populating the next bay.
12. (Optional) To completely populate the storage enclosure, take the following actions:
a. Continue insertion of drives for each of the next three sets of twelve to complete the insertion of 48 disk drives.
b. Close the front half of the main bay cover, latching it firmly in place.
c. Using the rear latch of the main bay cover, lift the rear half, resting it on the front half.

Figure 33 Rear half of unpopulated main bay

d. Continue insertion of the next 48 disk drives to complete population of the main bay, again filling the slots from
top to bottom, progressing from front to back.
e. Close the rear half of the main bay cover, latching it firmly in place.
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