Installing the 3x8 2.5-inch hot-swap HDD assembly kit

Use this information to add eight 2.5-inch hard-disk-drive bays in the server.

You can install an Lenovo System x3650 M4 HD 3x8 2.5-inch Hot-Swap HDD Assembly Kit to add eight additional 2.5-inch hot-swap hard-disk-drive bays in the server. See the Lenovo ServerProven website for a list of supported optional devices. To order a 3x8 2.5-inch hot-swap HDD assembly kit, contact your Lenovo sales representative or Lenovo reseller.

The 3x8 2.5-inch hot-swap HDD assembly kit contains the following components:

• Two hot-swap HDD backplanes
• One power cable
• One configuration cable
• One backplane power Y-cable
• One backplane configuration Y-cable
• Four mini-SAS cables (820 mm)
• Two mini-SAS cables (925 mm)
• Eight 2.5-inch HDD fillers

Note

The option including structural parts and Tier 1 parts.

To install the 3x8 2.5-inch hot-swap HDD assembly kit, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information that begins on Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
3. Remove the hard disk drives and filler panels from drive bay 8 to 15.
   Figure 1. Drives, and filler panels removal
   
   
4. Remove the two 4-drive filler panels from the right side.
5. Disconnect all the cables connected from the expander.
6. Remove the expander from the middle slot. Lift the expander out of the server by pulling it toward the rear of the server and then lifting it up.
   Figure 2. Expander removal
   
   
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the backplane to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server; then, grasp the backplane and remove it from the package.
8. Install the backplane in the slot you removed the expander earlier.
   Figure 3. Backplane installation
   
   
   1. Align the tabs on the bottom of the backplane with the slots on the bottom of the backplane cage.
   2. Insert the backplane tabs into slots on the bottom of the backplane cage and push the backplane forward into the retention latch (on top of the backplane cage) until the backplane is locked in place.
9. Repeat step 8 to install the backplane in the farthest slot from the power supplies.
10. Connect the mini-SAS cables, power cables, and the configuration cables.
    Figure 4. Cables connection
    
    

    Figure 5. Backplanes cable connection
    
    
11. Install the hard disk drives (see Installing a hot-swap drive).
12. Install the 2.5-inch HDD fillers into empty drives.

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.