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Cisco UCS C420 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Chapter3 Maintaining the Server
Installing or Replacing Server Components
Drive Replacement Procedure
To replace or install a hot-pluggable hard drive, follow these steps:
Tip You do not have to shut down or power off the server to replace hard drives or solid state drives (SSDs)
because they are hot-pluggable.
Step1 Remove the drive that you are replacing or remove a blank panel from an empty bay:
a. Press the release button on the face of the drive tray. See Figure3-7.
b. Grasp and open the ejector lever and then pull the drive tray out of the slot.
c. If you are replacing an existing drive, remove the four drive tray screws that secure the drive to the
tray and then lift the drive out of the tray.
Step2 Install a new drive:
a. Place a new drive in the empty drive tray and replace the four drive tray screws.
b. With the ejector lever on the drive tray open, insert the drive tray into the empty drive bay.
c. Push the tray into the slot until it touches the backplane, and then close the ejector lever to lock the
drive in place.
Figure3-7 Removing and Replacing Hard Drives
1Release button 3Drive tray securing screws (4)
2Ejector lever
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