5.Slide the new hot-swap hard disk drive into the drive bay from the front until it snaps into position and then completely close the handle.

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Figure 83. Installing the hot-swap hard disk drive

6.Check the hot-swap hard-disk-drive status LEDs to ensure that the hard disk drive is operating correctly. You might have to restart the server for the newly installed hard disk drive to be recognized. See “Hot-swaphard-disk-drive status LEDs” on page 30. If the hard disk drive is faulty, you need to reinstall or replace it until it is operating correctly.

7.Do one of the following:

If you are installing a hot-swap hard disk drive, save the removed dummy hard-disk-drive tray in the event that you later remove the hot-swap hard disk drive and need a dummy tray to cover the drive bay.

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

What to do next:

To work with another piece of hardware, go to the appropriate section.

To configure RAID, go to “Configuring RAID” on page 62.

Installing or replacing a 2.5-inch solid-state drive

This topic contains the following items:

“Installing a 2.5-inchsolid-state drive into a 3.5-inchhard-disk-drive bay” on page 120

“Replacing a 2.5-inchsolid-state drive from a 3.5-inchhard-disk-drive bay” on page 124

Chapter 6. Installing, removing, or replacing hardware 119

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