Drive Replacement Procedure - Cisco UCS C240 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Installing or Replacing Server Components
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Observe these drive population guidelines for optimal performance:
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Drive Replacement Procedure

You do not have to shut down or power off the server to replace SAS/SATA hard drives or solid state
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drives (SSDs) because they are hot-swappable.
Remove the drive that you are replacing or remove a blank drive tray from an empty bay:
Step 1
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Install a new drive:
Step 2
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b.
c.
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Drive Numbering, LFF Drives, 12-Drive Version
HDD 01
HDD 05
HDD 09
When populating drives, add drives in the lowest numbered bays first.
Keep an empty drive blanking tray in any unused bays to ensure optimal airflow and cooling.
You can mix hard drives and solid state drives in the same server. However, you cannot configure a
logical volume (virtual drive) that contains a mix of hard drives and SSDs. That is, when you create
a logical volume, it must contain all hard drives or all SSDs.
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.
HDD 02 HDD 03
HDD 06 HDD 07
HDD 10 HDD 11
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HDD 04
HDD 08
HDD 12
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