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Install a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly

Follow the instructions in this section to install a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly.

About this task

Attention

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

  • Touch the static-protective package that contains the drive to any unpainted metal surface on the solution; then, remove the drive from the package and place it on a static-protective surface.

  • Make sure you save the data on your drive, especially if it is part of a RAID array, before you remove it from the server.

  • To avoid damage to the drive connectors, make sure that the server top cover is in place and fully closed whenever you install or remove a drive.

  • To make sure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two minutes without either a drive or a drive bay filler installed in each bay.

  • Before you make changes to drives, drive controllers (including controllers that are integrated on the system board), drive backplanes, or drive cables, back up all important data that is stored on drives.

  • Before you remove any component of a RAID array (drive, RAID card, etc.), back up all RAID configuration information.

The following notes describe the type of drives that the server supports and other information that you must consider when you install a drive. For a list of supported drives, see Lenovo ServerProven website.
  • Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
  • The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the solution are protected by having all bays and PCI and PCIe slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive, PCI, or PCIe adapter, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay or PCI or PCIe adapter slot cover in the event that you later remove the device.
  • For a complete list of supported optional devices for the server, see Lenovo ServerProven website.
  • The drive bays are numbered to indicate the installation order (starting from number “0”).
    • For hot-swap M.2 drive assembly to be installed at front of the server, see Front view for the drive bay numbering.
    • For hot-swap M.2 drive assembly to be installed at rear of the server, the left bay is M.2 Bay 0, and the right bay is M.2 Bay 1.
Firmware and driver download: You might need to update the firmware or driver after replacing a component.

Procedure

  1. If a drive tray is installed in the drive bay, remove the tray.
    1. Slide the release latch to unlock the handle.
    2. Rotate the handle to the open position.
    3. Grasp the handle and slide the tray out of the drive bay.
    Figure 1. Removing an M.2 drive tray
    Removing an M.2 drive tray
  2. Install the hot-swap M.2 drive assembly.
    1. Make sure that the handle is in the open position. Then, align the drive assembly with the guide rails in the bay and gently push the drive assembly into the bay until the drive assembly stops.
    2. Rotate the handle to the fully closed position until the handle latch clicks.
    Figure 2. Installing an M.2 drive assembly
    Installing an E3.S hot-swap drive
  3. If there is another M.2 drive assembly to install, do so now; if any of the drive bays is left empty, fill it with a drive tray to the vacant drive bay for adequate system cooling. See Remove a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly for the details of installing M.2 drive tray.
  4. Check the drive status LED to verify that the drive is operating correctly.

    • If the yellow drive status LED is lit continuously, the drive is malfunctioning and must be replaced.

    • If the green drive activity LED is flashing, the drive is functioning.

After you finish

If the server is configured for RAID operation through a ThinkSystem RAID adapter, you might have to reconfigure your disk arrays after you install drives. See the ThinkSystem RAID adapter documentation for additional information about RAID operation and complete instructions for using ThinkSystem RAID adapter.

Demo video

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