Replacing The Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive Backplane - Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Figure 110. Installing the 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive
5. Check the hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs to ensure that the hard disk drive is operating correctly.
You might have to restart the server for the newly installed hard disk drive to be recognized. See
"Hot-swap hard disk drive status LEDs" on page 36. If the hard disk drive is faulty, you need to reinstall
or replace it until it is operating correctly.
6. Do one of the following:
• If you are installing a hot-swap hard disk drive, save the removed hard disk drive dummy tray in
the event that you later remove the hot-swap hard disk drive and need a dummy tray to cover the
drive bay.
• If you are replacing a failing hot-swap hard disk drive and are instructed to return the failing hot-swap
hard disk drive, follow all packaging instructions and use any packaging materials that are supplied to
you for shipping.
What to do next:
• To work with another piece of hardware, go to the appropriate section.
• To configure RAID, go to "Configuring RAID" on page 70.

Replacing the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane

This topic provides instructions on how to replace the hot-swap hard disk drive backplane. This topic
contains the following items:
• "Replacing the backplane for server models with eight 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays" on page 153
• "Replacing the backplane for server models with 12 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays" on page 155
• "Replacing the backplane for server models with 2.5-inch hard disk drive bays" on page 157
Note: The hot-swap hard disk drive backplane is sensitive to ESD. Ensure that you read and understand
"Handling static-sensitive devices" on page 82 first and carefully perform the operation.
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