Installing a hard disk drive, Installing, Hard – Lenovo RD120 User Manual

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the

battery.

This

might

take

a

few

minutes,

after

which

the

startup

process

continues.

This

is

a

one-time

occurrence.

Important:

You

must

allow

the

initialization

process

to

be

completed.

If

you

do

not,

the

battery

will

not

work,

and

the

server

might

not

start.

The

battery

comes

partially

charged,

at

30%

or

less

of

capacity.

Run

the

server

for

4

to

6

hours

to

fully

charge

the

controller

battery.

The

LED

just

above

the

battery

on

the

controller

remains

lit

until

the

battery

is

fully

charged.

Until

the

battery

is

fully

charged,

the

controller

firmware

sets

the

controller

cache

to

write-through

mode;

after

the

battery

is

fully

charged,

the

controller

firmware

re-enables

write-back

mode.

2.

When

you

restart

the

server,

you

will

be

given

the

opportunity

to

import

the

existing

RAID

configuration

to

the

new

ServeRAID-8k

SAS

Controller.

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.

For

a

list

of

supported

3.5-inch

hard

disk

drives,

see

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

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.

For

a

list

of

supported

2.5-inch

hard

disk

drives,

see

http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver.

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

Chapter

2.

Installing

optional

devices

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