Installing A Simple-Swap Hard Disk Drive - Lenovo System x3100 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive

This procedure applies only to 4U server models with non-hot-swap power supplies.
For 4U server models with non-hot-swap power supplies, the server supports up to four 3.5-inch simple-
swap SATA hard disk drives, which are accessible from the front of the server. You must disconnect all
power from the server before you remove or install simple-swap drives. Before you install a simple-swap
SATA hard disk drive, read the following information:
Install the drives starting from the top bay to the bottom bay (bay 3, 4, 5, and then 6). The following tables list
the IDs of the hard disk drives:
Table 9. IDs of simple-swap drives
Drive bay
3
4
5
6
• The simple-swap SATA hard disk drives connect to the SATA 0 through SATA 3 connectors on the system
board as follows:
– System board end cable connector 0 connects to the SATA 0 connector on the system board.
– System board end cable connector 1 connects to the SATA 1 connector on the system board.
– System board end cable connector 2 connects to the SATA 2 connector on the system board.
– System board end cable connector 3 connects to the SATA 3 connector on the system board.
– Hard disk drive 0 connects to the SATA 0 connector on the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate.
– Hard disk drive 1 connects to the SATA 2 connector on the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate.
– Hard disk drive 2 connects to the SATA 1 connector on the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate.
– Hard disk drive 3 connects to the SATA 3 connector on the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate.
Notes: Under RAID mode:
1. In uEFI setup menu:
• Drive 0 indicates hard disk drive 0.
• Drive 1 indicates hard disk drive 2.
• Drive 2 indicates hard disk drive 1.
• Drive 3 indicates hard disk drive 3.
2. In MegaRAID Storage Manager utility:
• Slot 0 indicates hard disk drive 0.
• Slot 1 indicates hard disk drive 2.
• Slot 2 indicates hard disk drive 1.
• Slot 3 indicates hard disk drive 3.
Attention: Simple-swap hard disk drives are not hot-swappable. Disconnect all power from the server
before you remove or install a simple-swap hard disk drive.
Note: If you installed a ServeRAID adapter in the server, connect the other end of the SATA signal cable to
the connector on the ServeRAID adapter.
HDD ID
0
1
2
3
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