Installing A Simple Swap Hard Disk Drive - IBM 88371RU Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

8. Go to "Completing the installation" on page 47.
Installing a 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive
Complete the following steps to install a 3.5-inch hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive:
1. Read Appendix B, "Safety information," on page 129 and "Installation guidelines"
2. Remove the filler panel from the appropriate drive bay.
Drive handle
Figure 19. 3.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive installation
3. Place the drive handle in the open position and slide the drive into the bay.
4. Close the drive handle.
5. Check the hard disk drive status LED and activity LED to verify that the drive is
6. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now.
7. Go to "Completing the installation" on page 47.

Installing a simple swap hard disk drive

Before you install a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive, turn off the server and all
attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all
external signal cables from the server.
Complete the following steps to install a simple-swap SATA hard disk drive.
Drive-tray
assembly
Figure 20. Installing a simple-swap hard disk drive
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on page 15.
Note: To make sure 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.
Drive-tray assembly
Filler panel
operating correctly.
Drive handle
Filler panel