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Install a hot-swap M.2 drive assembly

Follow 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 component to any unpainted metal surface on the server; then, remove it from the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  • 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.
  • The server supports up to two hot-swap M.2 drives with the following corresponding drive bay numbers.
    Figure 1. M.2 drive bay numbering
    M.2 drive bay numbering
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 PCIe slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive or PCIe adapter, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay 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.
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 2. M.2 drive tray removal
    M.2 drive tray removal
  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 3. M.2 drive assembly installation
    M.2 drive assembly installation
  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 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

Complete the parts replacement. See Complete the parts replacement.