Hard Disk Drives - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V60x Manual

5.5.7

Hard Disk Drives

Caution – Not all SCSI hard disk drives (HDD) are supported by the server.
Unsupported drives will not mate mechanically with the connector on the inside of
the drive bay. All drives must be LVDS SCA type (80-pin connector). The server does
not support internal single-ended (SE) drives.
Unless an approved RAID card is installed in the server, the hard drives cannot be
hot swapped.
The use of unauthorized HDDs may damage the system and void the warranty. Only
Sun-certified drives should be used. See Table 1-3 and Table 1-4 in the
and Sun Fire V65x Server User Guide
Follow these steps to replace a hard disk drive while referring to Figure 5-28:
1. Before removing the cover to work inside the system, observe the safety
guidelines mentioned earlier.
2. Remove the bezel from the front of the chassis (see panel 1 of Figure 5-28).
3. As shown in panel 2 of Figure 5-28, push the green release tab in the retention
lever and pull the HDD retention lever toward you until the tab end (left end) of
the lever is free of the housing slot.
4. Pull the HDD assembly forward and out of the drive bay.
5. Remove the new HDD assembly (hard disk drive mounted on a carrier) from its
wrapper and place it on an anti-static surface.
6. Install the new HDD assembly into the drive bay by inserting the tab end (left
end) of the retention lever into the housing slot and gently closing the lever.
Note – Closing the lever should seat the HDD into the backplane connector. If the
drive does not insert or seat properly, do not force the lever. Instead, check again to
make sure the tab of the retention lever is properly inserted into the housing before
closing the lever.
7. Reinstall a carrier in any bays where you are not reinstalling a HDD assembly.
5-36 Sun Fire V60x and Sun Fire V65x Servers—Troubleshooting Guide • November 2003
for a list of approved hard disk drives.
Sun Fire V60x