Install the rear hot-swap drive assembly

Use this information to install the rear hot-swap drive assembly. This topic applies only to server models that support the rear hot-swap drive assembly.

Read the installation Guidelines

Power off the server for this task

ATTENTION: Static Sensitive Device Ground package before opening

Before installing the rear hot-swap drive assembly, touch the static-protective package that contains the new rear hot-swap drive assembly to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the new rear hot-swap drive assembly out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.

To install the rear hot-swap drive assembly, complete the following steps:

Watch the procedure

A video of this procedure is available at YouTube.

1. Align the mounting stud on the system board with the corresponding hole in the rear hot-swap drive assembly. Meanwhile, align the rear of the rear hot-swap drive assembly with the corresponding rail guides in the rear of the chassis. Then, carefully press the rear hot-swap drive assembly straight down into the chassis until it is fully seated.
   Figure 1. Rear hot-swap drive assembly installation
   

   

   
   
2. Connect the signal cable of the rear hot-swap drive assembly to the RAID adapter.
   Figure 2. Cable routing for the rear hot-swap drive assembly