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Installingorreplacingahot-swapharddiskdrive
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage61.
Youcaninstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrivewithoutturningofftheserver,whichhelpsyouavoid
significantinterruptiontotheoperationofthesystem.
ForalistoftheThinkServerharddiskdriveoptions,goto:
http://lenovoquickpick.com/usa/home/thinkserver/rack-and-tower-server
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebayscoveredoroccupied.The
numberoftheinstalledharddiskdrivesinyourservervariesdependingontheservermodel.Thevacant
baysareoccupiedbydummyhard-disk-drivetrays.Whenyouinstallahot-swapharddiskdrive,savethe
removeddummyhard-disk-drivetrayfromthedrivebayincasethatyoulaterremovethehot-swaphard
diskdriveandneedthedummytraytocovertheplace.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebaywithoutanyotherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcooling
oftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheatingorcomponentdamage.TomaintaintheEMIintegrityand
coolingoftheserver,installanewhot-swapharddiskdriveassoonasyouremovethefailingoneor
thedummytray.
Beforeyoubegin,reviewthefollowingharddiskdriveinstallationrules:
Followtheorderofthehard-disk-drivebayswheninstallingaharddiskdrive.See“Frontviewofthe
serveronpage17
tolocatethehard-disk-drivebaysinyourserver.
ForRAIDconfiguration,theharddiskdrivesmustbethesametypewiththesamecapacityiftheyare
withinasingleRAIDarray.Formoreinformation,see“ConfiguringRAID”onpage56.
Forharddiskdriveswithdifferentcapacities,installtheharddiskdrivebyfollowingtheorderofthe
hard-disk-drivebaysaswellastheorderfromthelowestcapacitytothehighestcapacity.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightcomewith3.5-inchhot-swapharddiskdrivesor2.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Theillustrationsinthistopicarebasedonservermodelswith3.5-inch
hot-swapharddiskdrives.Forothermodels,thereplacementprocedureissimilar.
Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththehot-swapharddiskdriveandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallorreplaceahot-swapharddiskdrive,dothefollowing:
1.Locatetheappropriatehard-disk-drivebay.See“Frontviewoftheserver”onpage17.
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