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Step 6.
Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.
IDs for hot-swap hard disk drives
The hot-swap-drive ID that is assigned to each drive is printed on the front of the server.
The following illustration shows the location of the IDs of the hard disk drives. The ID numbers and the drive
bay numbers are the same.
Hard disk drive
activity LED (green)
Hard disk drive
status LED (amber)
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 1
Drive bay 3
Figure 41. Hot-swap hard disk drive IDs
Removing a simple-swap hard disk drive
Use this information to remove a simple-swap hard disk drive.
You must turn off the server before removing simple-swap drives from the server. To remove a simple-swap
SATA hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Attention:
• To avoid damage to the hard disk drive connectors, make sure that the server cover is in place and fully
closed whenever you install or remove a hard disk drive.
• To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 2 minutes
without either a hard disk drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
To remove a simple-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Step 1.
Read the safety information that begins on
417.
Step 2.
Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
Step 3.
Remove the filler panel from the drive bay.
Step 4.
Slide the blue release latch to the right with one finger (to release the drive) while using another
finger to grasp the black drive handle and pull the hard disk drives out of the drive bay.
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 5
Drive bay 7
"Safety" on page v
and
"Installation guidelines" on page
.
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