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Installing and removing drives

Installing and removing drives

Your server’s basic configuration includes one optical drive and as many as six SAS/SATA hot-swap hard drives. An optional tape backup drive and an optional diskette drive can also be added.

As you prepare to install drives, remember:

■Before you install a drive, see the drive’s documentation for information on configuring the drive, setting drive jumpers, and attaching cables.

■You may need to configure the drives you install using the BIOS Setup utility. Press F2 at startup to open the BIOS Setup utility.

Removing and installing an optical drive

Caution

The optical drive is not hot-swappable. Before installing or removing the drive, make sure that power is turned off and the power cord is unplugged.

Important

The hard drive carriers shown in these illustrations may look different than the actual hard drive carriers in your server.

To remove and install an optical drive:

1Follow the instructions in “Preventing static electricity discharge” on page 30. Make sure that you turn off the server, then unplug the power cord(s) and all other cables connected to the server.

2Unlock the bezel (if necessary) and remove it by pulling it from the chassis.

3Follow the instructions in “Opening the server case” on page 31.

4Remove the large fan cage by following the instructions in “Replacing system fans” on page 46.

5Disconnect the 44-pin optical drive cable from the optical drive interface board.

6Loosen the thumbscrew (1) holding the media cage in the chassis, then push the assembly (2) out the front of the chassis.

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