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Removing and installing drives

Use this information to remove and install drives.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

Depending on the server model, the server might come with a SATA attached DVD-ROM drive in bay 1.

The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays in the server. Your hardware might differ, depending on the model.
Note
If the server is configured for RAID operation using a ServeRAID adapter, you might have to reconfigure your disk arrays after you install drives. See the ServeRAID adapter documentation for additional information about RAID operation and complete instructions for using the ServeRAID adapter.

The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays in the 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA hard disk drive server models.

Figure 1. Server with eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Figure 2. Server with sixteen 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with sixteen 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Figure 3. Server with twenty-four 2.5-inch hard disk drives
sServer with twenty-four 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Figure 4. Server with thirty-two 2.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with thirty-two 2.5-inch hard disk drives

The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays in the 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA hard disk drive server models.

Figure 5. Server with six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Figure 6. Server with twelve 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with twelve 3.5-inch hard disk drives

The following illustrations show the location of the drive bays with both 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA hard disk drive server models.

Figure 7. Server with eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives and six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with eight 2.5-inch hard disk drives and six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Figure 8. Server with sixteen 2.5-inch hard disk drives and six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
Server with sixteen 2.5-inch hard disk drives and six 3.5-inch hard disk drives
The following notes describe the types of drives that the server supports and other information that you must consider when installing a drive:
  • Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that is specified in the documentation that comes with the drive.
  • Check the instructions that come with the drive to see whether you have to set any switches or jumpers on the drive. If you are installing a SAS or SATA device, be sure to set the SAS or SATA ID for that device.
  • Optional external tape drives and DVD-ROM drives are examples of removable-media drives. You can install removable-media drives only in bays 1 and 2 on models with six 3.5-inch, eight, sixteen, twenty-four, and thirty-two 2.5-inch hard disk drives.
  • The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all bays and PCI slots covered or occupied. When you install a drive or PCI adapter, save the EMC shield and filler panel from the bay or the PCI adapter slot cover in the event that you later remove the drive or adapter.
  • For a complete list of supported options for the server, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.