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Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive
The 3.5-inch drive hot-swap server models support either two SAS 3.5-inch hard
disk drives or two SATA 3.5-inch hard disk drives.
The 2.5-inch drive hot-swap server models support four SAS 2.5-inch hard disk
drives.
The removal and installation procedures are the same for any of these drives. The
illustrations in this procedure show 3.5-inch SAS drives.
To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Drive-tray assembly
Attention:
server cover is in place and fully closed whenever you install or remove a hard disk
drive.
1. Move the handle on the drive to the open position (perpendicular to the drive).
2. Slide the release latch (blue on 3.5-inch hard drives and orange on 2.5-inch
3. Grasp the handle and pull the hot-swap drive assembly out of the drive bay.
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
To install a hot-swap hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Note: If you have only one hard disk drive, install it in the left or upper-left drive
bay.
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Drive handle
(in open position)
To avoid damage to the hard disk drive connectors, make sure that the
hard drives) gently to the left to unlock the drive handle.