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IBM® xSeries 250: User’s Reference
Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive
When you install hot-swap hard disk drives in the server, these drives must be LVD
hard disk drives that operate at 160 MB per second or lower. Refer to the following
illustration when installing a hot-swap drive. The server comes with a gap filler
installed at the top of the hot-swap hard disk drive bays. You cannot install a drive in
the gap. Some gap fillers also come attached to a slim filler panel. The gap filler is
removable from the slim filler panel, when available.
Attention:
If you are replacing a drive that is part of a RAID level 1 or RAID level 5
logical drive, ensure that you install the replacement drive in the correct bay. Failure
to replace the drives in their correct bays can result in loss of data.
Note:
You do not have to turn off the server to install hot-swap drives in these bays.
To install a drive in a hot-swap bay:
1.
Review the information in“Before you begin” on page 36 through “Safety
information statements” on page 38.
2.
Remove the slim filler panel from one of the empty hot-swap bays by inserting
your finger into the depression at the left side of the filler panel and pulling it
away from the server.
Attention:
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more
than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed for each bay.
3.
Install the hard disk drive in the hot-swap bay:
a.
If there is a small gap above or below the drive, separate the gap filler from
the slim filler panel and insert it in the gap.
Note:
A drive placement guide is located on the inside edge of the bezel. The
drive placement guide indicates the placement for slim-high drives.
The guide also shows the SCSI ID assigned to the drive.
b. Ensure that the tray handle is open (that is, perpendicular to the drive).
c.
Align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay.
d. Gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive stops.
e.
Push the tray handle to the closed (locked) position.
Slim
filler panel
Gap filler
Drive tray handle
(in open position)
Gap filler
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