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Install a 2.5/3.5-inch hot-swap drive

Use this information to install a 2.5/3.5-inch hot-swap drive.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the drive to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. And then, take the drive out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
    Note

    Ensure that drive installation meets Technical rules for drives.

  2. Remove the drive filler from the drive bay and keep the drive filler in a safe place.
    Figure 1. Removing a 2.5-inch drive filler
    Drive filler removal

    Figure 2. Removing a 6 x 2.5-inch drive filler

    1. Insert a flat-blade screwdriver through the notch on both sides.
    2. Pry outward with the flat-blade screwdrivers on both sides simultaneously to remove the driver filler.
  3. Install the drive in the drive bay.
    Figure 3. Hot-swap drive installation
    Hot-swap drive installation

    1. Ensure that the drive tray handle is in the open position. Slide the drive into the drive bay until it snaps into position.
    2. Close the drive tray handle to lock the drive in place.
  4. Check the drive LEDs to verify that the drive is operating normally. For details, see Drive LEDs.
  5. Continue to install additional hot-swap drives if necessary.

After you finish

  1. Reinstall the security bezel if you removed it. See Install the security bezel.

  2. Use the Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager to configure the RAID if necessary. For more information, see: Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager portal page

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube