Replacing 2.5-Inch And 1.8-Inch Hot-Swap Drives - IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual

4. If you are instructed to return the drive assembly, follow all packaging

Replacing 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives

This information provides instructions for replacing the 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch
hot-swap drives.
About this task
The following notes describe the type of drives that the server supports and other
information that you must consider when you install a drive. For a list of
supported drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/
compat/us/.
v Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow those
v Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that are specified in
v The server can support up to eight 2.5-inch drives, up to 16 1.8-inch drives, or a
v You can mix 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS and SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch
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b. Grasp the orange and black release latch on the drive tray handle for the
drive that you want to remove and slide the release latch down to unlock
the drive-tray handle; then, rotate the drive tray handle to the right and the
pull the handle toward you to slide the drive out of the bay. Lift the drive
out of the drive tray.
1.8-inch
filler panel
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.
the documentation that comes with the drive.
combination of both 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives, using the supported
SAS\SATA backplane configurations. The server supports 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS
or hot-swap SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap solid state drive, or
1.8-inch hot-swap solid state drives (see "Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane
configurations" on page 72 for more information).
hot-swap solid state drive, and 1.8-inch hot-swap solid state drives in the same
server as long as they are not on the same array.
Release
latch
Drive tray
assembly