Installing A Hard Disk Drive - IBM x3550 - System - 7978 Installation Manual

4. To remove the air baffle near the center of the server, complete the following
Attention:
on the server. Operating the server with the air baffle removed might damage
server components.

Installing a hard disk drive

Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
Note: Do not mix SAS hard disk drives with SATA hard disk drives.
The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports
and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive. For
a list of supported hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/.
The server supports one of the following hard disk drive configurations:
v Servers with four hot-swap bays support 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives.
v Servers with two hot-swap bays support 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or 3.5-inch
steps:
Air baffle
Cable routing slot
a. Slide the baffle back from the front of the server to disengage the tab at the
front of the baffle from the bulkhead that runs the width of the server.
b. Lift the baffle up slightly, making sure that the pins come out of the holes on
the system board.
c. Slide the cables out of the cable routing slot. Make sure that you do not
disconnect or loosen the cables.
d. Lift the baffle out completely.
For proper cooling and airflow, replace the air baffle before you turn
You can install only 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives in these servers.
hot-swap SATA hard disk drives. You can install only 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or
hot-swap SATA drives in these servers.
Baffle pins
Baffle mounting
holes
Chapter 2. Installing options
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