HP EX475 MediaSmart Server - Manual (Page 87)

Using the Server 6-9
Figure 31: Closing the handle
11 Close the door on the front of the server.
Figure 32: Closing the door
12 Notice that within a few seconds the light-bar for the new hard drive turns
purple .
This indicates that the hard drive has been installed, but has not been
initialized.
13 Add the drive to the server’s total storage. See To add a drive to the
server’s total storage on page 6-11 .
Installing and removing an external USB disk drive,
eSATA drive, SATA port multiplier
You can add external USB disk drives to any of the HP MediaSmart Server’s
four USB ports. You can add either an eSATA drive or SATA port multiplier to
the eSATA port.
Important: There are two parts to adding external drives: connect the drive
to a USB port and then initialize the drive so it becomes part of the total
server storage.