Installing A Hot-Swap Hard Disk Drive - IBM TotalStorage DS300 Hardware Installation And User's Manual

Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

The storage subsystem supports up to 14 IBM Ultra320 SCSI hard disk drives.
Each of these IBM drives comes preassembled in a drive tray, ready for installation.
(Do not detach the drive from the tray.) Be sure to record the location information
for each drive in Table 10 on page 83.
The storage subsystem comes with filler panels in the drive bays. Before installing a
new hard disk drive, remove the filler panel and save it for future use. Each of the
14 bays must contain either a filler panel or a hard disk drive.
To install a hard disk drive in the storage subsystem, complete the following steps.
You can install drives while the storage subsystem is turned on.
Note: If you are replacing a drive, see "Replacing a hot-swap hard disk drive" on
page 61 for more information.
1. Read the instructions that come with the hard disk drive.
2. Read the safety information beginning on page iii and "Installation guidelines" on
3. Determine the bay into which you want to install the hard disk drive.
4. Remove the filler panel:
5. Install the hard disk drive.
Tray handle
Figure 44. Installing a hard disk drive
6. Check the hard disk drive LEDs:
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a. Insert a finger into the square hole at the top of the filler panel to grip and
pull the filler panel out of the drive bay.
b. Save the filler panel for future use.
Note: The hard disk drive comes with a tray already attached. Do not attempt
to detach the drive from the tray.
Drive tray
Hard disk drive
Latch
a. Press the latch on the bottom of the tray handle to release it.
b. Pull out the tray handle to the open position.
c. Gently slide the drive into the empty bay until the tray handle touches the
expansion-unit bezel.
d. Push down the tray handle into the closed (latched) position.
v When a drive is ready for use, the green activity LED and the amber
drive-fault LED are off.
v If the amber drive-fault LED is lit and not flashing, remove the drive from the
unit and wait 10 seconds; then, reinstall the drive.