Installing a hard disk drive, Installing, Hard – Lenovo 6446 User Manual

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Installing

a

hard

disk

drive

Locate

the

documentation

that

comes

with

the

hard

disk

drive

and

follow

those

instructions

in

addition

to

the

instructions

in

this

chapter.

Important:

Do

not

install

a

SCSI

hard

disk

drive

in

this

server;

install

only

SAS

hard

disk

drives.

The

following

notes

describe

the

type

of

hard

disk

drive

that

the

server

supports

and

other

information

that

you

must

consider

when

installing

a

hard

disk

drive:

v

The

server

3.5-inch

models

support

six

slim

3.5-inch

hard

disk

drives

installed

on

Ultra-Slim

hard

disk

drive

trays

for

3.5-inch

drives.

v

The

server

2.5-inch

models

support

eight

2.5-inch

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives

installed

on

Ultra-Slim

hard

disk

drive

trays

for

2.5-inch

drives.

v

All

hot-swap

drives

in

the

server

should

have

the

same

throughput

speed

rating.

Mixing

hard

disk

drives

with

different

speed

ratings

will

cause

all

drives

to

operate

at

the

lower

throughput

speed.

v

The

ID

that

is

assigned

to

each

bay

is

printed

on

the

front

of

the

server.

The

following

illustrations

show

how

to

install

a

hot-swap

hard

disk

drive.

3.5-inch

drives

1

Filler

panel

3

Hard

disk

drive

2

Tray

handle

16

ThinkServer

RD120

Types

6444,

6445,

6446,

and

6447:

Installation

Guide

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