Intel 5800/120Ld manual Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive

!CAUTION

Drive manufacturer's caution against moving a disk drive that is still spinning because of possible damage to the drive.

After you determine which drive has been flagged as faulty, the procedure is the same to swap a drive or to install one for the first time.

Installing or Swapping a Hard Disk Drive

1.Open the front door as described earlier in this chapter.

2.Open the EMI metal panel in front of the hard drive cage by turning its two thumb lock screws counter clockwise (see Figure 4-14, B).

3.If swapping a hard disk drive, remove the drive and its carrier from the SCSI hard disk drive bay by performing the following procedures:

!CAUTION

Depending on the drive fault, the drive may be still spinning when you remove it. Follow the next steps exactly when removing drives.

!Push the disk carrier locking tab downward (see Figure 4-15).

!Grasp the disk carrier handle and pull the faulty disk drive out of the bay far enough to disengage the drive connector from the backplane. Wait 30 seconds until the drive spins down.

!Remove the carrier from of the drive bay.

Figure 4-15. Removing a Hard Disk Drive and Carrier

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