IBM 7383 Installation And Service Manual page 72

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To install a 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drive, complete the following
steps.
Procedure
1. Unlock the left-side cover.
2. Open the bezel (see "Opening the bezel media door" on page 37).
3. Remove the filler panel, if one is present.
4. Touch the static-protective package that contains the disk drive to any
5. Make sure that the drive tray handle is in the open position.
6. Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay; then, carefully slide
7. Rotate the drive tray handle to the closed position.
8. Check the hard disk drive status indicator to make sure that the hard disk
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Note: You must unlock the left-side cover to open or remove the bezel. When
you lock the left-side cover, it locks both the cover and the bezel.
unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove the disk drive from the
package and place it on a static-protective surface.
the drive assembly into the drive bay until the drive snaps into place.
drive is operating correctly. After you replace a failed hard disk drive, the green
activity LED flashes as the disk spins up. The yellow LED turns off after
approximately 1 minute. If the new drive starts to rebuild, the yellow LED
flashes slowly, and the green activity LED remains lit during the rebuild
process. If the yellow LED remains lit, see the "Hard disk drive problems" on
page 153 for more information.
Note: You might have to reconfigure the disk arrays after you install hard disk
drives. See the RAID documentation on the IBM website at
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal for information about RAID adapters.

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