Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - IBM xSeries 365 Option Installation Manual

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Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

The following notes describe the types of hard disk drives that your server supports
and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive:
v The server supports up to six 26 mm (1-inch), 3.5-inch, hot-swap hard disk drives
v Each hot-swap drive is in a tray, which has a green activity LED and an amber
v Before you install a hot-swap hard disk drive, take the following actions:
Complete the following steps to install a hard disk drive:
1. Review the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. Remove the filler panel and air baffle from one of the empty hot-swap bays, if
3. Install the hard disk drive in the hot-swap bay:
"Completing the installation" on page 35.
in the hot-swap bays.
status LED in the upper-right corner. The activity LED flashes when the drive is
active; the status LED is lit if the drive has an error. Each hot-swap drive has a
single-connector-attached (SCA) connector, which connects directly into the
hot-swap SCSI hard disk drive backplane. The backplane controls the SCSI IDs
for the hot-swap drives.
– Inspect the drive tray for any signs of damage.
– Make sure that the drive is installed in the tray correctly.
– If your server has an optional RAID adapter installed, see the documentation
that comes with the adapter for information about installing a hard disk drive.
on page 11.
present.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for
more than 10 minutes without either a drive or filler panel and air baffle installed
in each bay.
Drive-tray assembly
Drive handle
(in open position)
a. Make sure that the tray handle is open (that is, perpendicular to the front of
the drive).
b. Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay.
c. Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive stops.
d. Push the tray handle to the closed (locked) position.
e. Check the hard disk drive status LED to make sure that the hard disk drive
is operating correctly. If the amber hard disk drive status LED for a drive is
Air baffle
Filler panel
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