Drive Replacement Procedure - Cisco UCS C420 Installation And Service Manual

Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server

Drive Replacement Procedure

To replace or install a hot-pluggable hard drive, follow these steps:
You do not have to shut down or power off the server to replace hard drives or solid state drives (SSDs)
Tip
because they are hot-pluggable.
Remove the drive that you are replacing or remove a blank panel from an empty bay:
Step 1
a.
b.
c.
Install a new drive:
Step 2
a.
b.
c.
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Press the release button on the face of the drive tray. See
Grasp and open the ejector lever and then pull the drive tray out of the slot.
If you are replacing an existing drive, remove the four drive tray screws that secure the drive to the
tray and then lift the drive out of the tray.
Place a new drive in the empty drive tray and replace the four drive tray screws.
With the ejector lever on the drive tray open, insert the drive tray into the empty drive bay.
Push the tray into the slot until it touches the backplane, and then close the ejector lever to lock the
drive in place.
Removing and Replacing Hard Drives
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3
Release button
Ejector lever
1 2
3
3 Drive tray securing screws (4)
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