Installing a SAS hard disk drive
To install a SAS hard disk drive, complete the following steps.
Hard
drive
release
lever
1. Identify the location (SAS ID 0 or SAS ID 1) in which the hard disk drive will be
2. Place the drive into the hard disk drive tray and push it toward the rear of the
3. Install the blade server cover (see "Installing the blade server cover" on page 60
4. Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit. See "Installing the blade
Removing a memory module
The following illustration shows the locations of the DIMM sockets on the system
board.
DIMM slot 4
SAS ID 1
SAS ID 0
Hard drive
release
lever
installed.
Note: If you will be installing the SAS hard disk drive in to the SAS ID 1
location, you may need to remove a standard-form-factor expansion card tray
(see "Removing a standard-form-factor expansion card" on page 67) and then
install the SAS hard disk drive tray with the four screws you removed from the
expansion card tray.
Attention:
Do not press on the top of the drive. Pressing the top might
damage the drive.
drive, into the connector until the drive moves past the lever at the front of the
tray.
for instructions).
server in a BladeCenter unit" on page 58 for instructions.
DIMM slot 3
DIMM 2
DIMM 1
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