Ch 1: Hardware
Installing/Swapping a HDD
The HDD Bay door location provides airflow and easy access to the drives and allows easy
By installing a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller board on the I/O baseboard, RAID software, and SCSI hard disk drives in the
To remove or hot swap a HDD device follow these steps:
1.Pull down on the front lever (or handle) of the HDD Bay cage and wait approximately 30 seconds until the drive stops spinning completely.
2.After the drive has stopped spinning pull the assembly toward you to fully disengage the drive from the backplane connector.
3.Carefully slide the assembly out of the bay, and place it on an antistatic surface. Proceed to step 4 if you are installing or replacing a HDD.
Figure 11 Removing/Installing a HDD
4.Insert the HDD into a carrier and secure it into position with 4 screws as shown in Figure 12 Mounting the HDD Carrier.
5.Orient the carrier and drive assembly in front of the
6.Fit the mounting pins, located on each side of the HDD, into the inside grooves of the HDD Bay’s lever.
7.After the mounting pins are seated in the lever grooves pull up on the lever. This will push the HDD into its slot.
8.Firmly press the front of the assembly into the bay until the drive docks with the
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