Chapter 4: Chassis Setup and Maintenance

4-4 Installing Hard Drives into the Drive Carriers

Installing Hard Drives

1.Remove the screws from the hard drive carrier and set them aside for later use.

2.Remove the dummy drive from the hard drive carrier.

3.Mount a hard drive into the hard drive carrier

4.Replace the screws which were set aside earlier.

5.Install the hard drive into the chassis.

6.Push down the release tab over the newly installed hard drive.

7.Close the hard drive carrier door.

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Removing the Dummy Drive

Installing the Hard Drive

Figure 4-5: Hard Drive Carrier

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Warning! Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and servers. For information on rec- ommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro Web site at http://www. supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SAS-1-CompList- 110909.pdf

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SUPER MICRO Computer FAN0103L4 user manual Installing Hard Drives into the Drive Carriers, Removing the Dummy Drive