CHAPTER 4: Installing Components

To remove and install a hot-swap hard drive:

Caution

Before you remove a failed drive, use the appropriate software and utilities installed on the server to stop all activity on the failed drive. Instructions for using the software are provided by the software manufacturer. Failure to do so may destroy the data on the drive.

1Unlock the bezel (if necessary) and remove it by pulling it from the chassis.

2Pull the drive release lever out. The drive release lever opens.

3Pull the drive carrier straight out of the server.

4If you are replacing a hard drive, remove the four screws that secure the old hard drive to the drive tray, then remove the drive from the tray. If you are installing a new drive, remove the dummy hard drive from the drive tray.

5Using the four screws you removed, install the new hard drive into the drive tray.

6Make sure that the tray’s release lever is open, then slide the new drive fully into the empty hot-swap drive bay.

7Push the lever back into place to secure the hard drive in the bay.

8Reinstall the bezel, if required, by snapping it into place on the front of the chassis.

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