Lenovo 3809, 3836, 3826, 3724, 3824, 3808, 3815, 3817 Installing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive

1 Release latch

2 Drive tray handle (in open position) 3 Drive tray

4 Hard disk drive

7.If you are instructed to return the 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials that are supplied to you for shipping.

Installing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive

Before installing a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive, read the following information:

vThe 2.5-inch hot-swap drives must be either all SAS hard disk drives or all SATA hard disk drives; do not mix SAS and SATA drives.

vInspect the drive tray for signs of damage.

vTo maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each drive bay.

vYou do not have to turn off the server to install hot-swap drives in the hot-swap drive bays.

Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.

Attention: Static electricity that is released to internal server components when server is powered-on might cause the server to halt, which might result in the loss of data. To avoid this potential problem, always use an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system when you work inside the server with the power on.

To install a 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive, do the following:

Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the server for more than 10 minutes without either a drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.

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