Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - IBM System x3650 M4 Type 7915 Problem Determination And Service Manual

5. If you are instructed to return the hot-swap drive, follow all packaging

Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.
For information about the type of hard disk drive that the server supports and other
information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive, see the
Installation and User's Guide on the IBM Documentation CD.
Important: Do not install a SCSI hard disk drive in this server.
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To install a drive in a hot-swap bay, complete the following steps.
Attention:
than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
1. Orient the drive as shown in the illustration.
2. Make sure that the tray handle is open.
3. Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay.
4. Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive stops.
5. Push the tray handle to the closed (locked) position.
6. If the system is turned on, check the hard disk drive status LED to verify that
After you replace a failed hard disk drive, the green activity LED flashes as the disk
spins up. The yellow LED turns off after approximately 1 minute. If the new drive
starts to rebuild, the yellow LED flashes slowly, and the green activity LED remains
lit during the rebuild process. If the yellow LED remains lit, see "Hard disk drive
problems" on page 104.
Note: You might have to reconfigure the disk arrays after you install hard disk
drives. See the RAID documentation on the IBM ServeRAID Support CD for
information about RAID controllers.
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
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Filler panel handle
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more
the hard disk drive is operating correctly.
Note: If the server is configured for RAID operation using a ServeRAID
adapter, you might have to reconfigure your disk arrays after you install hard
disk drives. See the ServeRAID adapter documentation for additional
information about RAID operation and complete instructions for using the
ServeRAID adapter.
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