Installing A Sas Hard Disk Drive - IBM Flex System p270 Compute Node Installation And Service Manual

4. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover side up.
5. Open and remove the compute node cover. See "Removing the compute node cover" on page 33.
6. Remove the drive, which is on the inside of the cover:
Note: You can use the system-board LEDs and the service label located on the inside of the cover to
identify the hard disk drive that must be replaced. See "System-board LEDs" on page 13.
a. Move and hold the blue release lever at the front of the drive tray, as indicated in Figure 8 on
page 36.
b. Slide the drive forward to disengage the connector.
c. Lift the drive out of the drive tray.
7. If you are instructed to return the hard disk drive, follow all packaging instructions, and use any
packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.

Installing a SAS hard disk drive

If your serial-attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive needs replacing, install another SAS hard drive in the
compute node.
About this task
Figure 9 shows how to install the hard disk drive.
Figure 9. Installing a hard disk drive
All drive connectors are from the same controller. The IBM Flex System p270 Compute Node can be used
to implement RAID functions. See "Configuring a RAID array" on page 21 for information about RAID
configuration.
To install a hard disk drive, complete the following steps:
Procedure
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