Installing A Hard Disk Drive - IBM System x3610 User Manual

6. Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge or upper corners, and pull the
7. If you have other optional devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise,

Installing a hard disk drive

Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
Important: Do not install a SCSI hard disk drive in this server; install only SAS or
SATA hard disk drives.
The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports
and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive:
v The server supports six slim 3.5-inch hard disk drives. For a list of supported
v All hard disk drives in the server should have the same throughput speed rating.
v The ID that is assigned to each bay is printed on the front of the server.
The following illustration shows how to install a hard disk drive.
Hard disk
drive filler
To install a drive in a hard disk drive bay, complete the following steps.
Attention:
than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. Remove the filler panel from one of the empty hard disk drive bays (insert your
3. Install the hard disk drive in the hard disk drive bay:
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adapter from the PCI slot.
go to "Completing the installation" on page 39.
3.5-inch hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/
compat/us/.
Mixing hard disk drives with different speed ratings will cause all drives to
operate at the lower throughput speed.
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more
on page 17.
finger into the depression at the left side of the filler panel and pull it away from
the server).
a. Make sure that the tray handle is open (that is, perpendicular to 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.
Hard disk drive