8th drive load in bay 1

CAUTION: Drives are loaded in the factory, starting with number 8, working from right to left and bottom to top. If you have never changed your SAS configuration before, you can safely move SAS devices downwards as a block. If you have bays 6, 7, and 8 occupied you can move them down to bays 1, 2, and 3 without having the hardware paths change during a cold-install or recovery while the system is shut down, but you must move the disks in order and you cannot rearrange them. For example, you can move bay 6 to 1, 7 to 2, and 8 to 3. After doing this you can safely populate the SAS enclosure from bay 4 onwards. The same procedure can be performed on bays 9 to 16.

TIP: When you receive an HP Integrity rx3600 or HP Integrity rx6600 server from HP, if you ever plan to add other SAS devices into the system, you should consider moving the SAS devices so they start in bay 1 going upwards instead of Bay 8 going downwards.

Replacing a Hot-Pluggable Disk Drive

NOTE: The replacement disk drive must have the same product number as the disk drive that you replace.

To install a hot-pluggable disk drive, follow these steps:

1.Use Figure 6-8to determine the next available disk drive installation slot.

Figure 6-8 Disk Drive Slot IDs

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2.Remove the disk drive filler. See “Removing a Hot-Swappable Disk Drive Filler” (page 60).

NOTE: Save the disk drive filler for future use. For cooling purposes, always place disk drive fillers in slots that do not contain a disk drive.

3.Insert the hot-pluggable disk drive into the slot guides, and slide the drive into the slot until it seats into the socket on the disk backplane.

4.Close the extraction handle by pushing it inward until it clicks into place.

5.Observe the following disk drive LEDs to ensure the drive is functional. For more information see “Hot-Pluggable Disk Drive LEDs” (page 38).

•Drive status LED

•Drive activity LED

Removing and Replacing PCI/PCI-X/PCIe Card Dividers

PCI/PCI-X/PCIe card dividers are located on the I/O board assembly, between the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe cards. Eight dividers provide short circuit protection to the hot-pluggable PCI/PCI-X/PCIe cards

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