Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive, Installing, Hot-swap – Lenovo ThinkServer TD100x User Manual

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The

following

is

an

illustration

of

the

simple-swap

server

models

(TD100).

1

Bay

1

7

Bay

5

2

Bay

2

8

Bay

6

3

Bay

3

9

Bay

7

4

Bay

4

The

following

notes

describe

the

types

of

drives

that

the

server

supports

and

other

information

that

you

must

consider

when

installing

a

drive:

v

Make

sure

that

you

have

all

the

cables

and

other

equipment

that

is

specified

in

the

documentation

that

comes

with

the

drive.

v

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

SATA

or

SAS

device,

be

sure

to

set

the

SATA

or

SAS

ID

for

that

device.

v

External

USB

diskette

drives,

tape

drives,

CD

drives,

CD-RW

drives,

and

DVD/CD-RW

combo

drives

are

examples

of

removable-media

drives.

You

can

install

removable-media

drives

in

bays

1,

2,

and

3

only.

v

To

install

a

3.5-inch

drive

in

a

5.25-inch

bay,

you

must

use

a

5.25-inch

conversion

kit.

v

The

electromagnetic

interference

(EMI)

integrity

and

cooling

of

the

server

are

protected

by

having

all

bays

and

PCI,

PCI

Express,

and

PCI-X

slots

covered

or

occupied.

When

you

install

a

drive

or

PCI,

PCI

Express,

or

PCI-X

adapter,

save

the

EMC

shield

and

filler

panel

from

the

bay

or

the

PCI,

PCI

Express,

or

PCI-X

adapter

slot

cover

in

the

event

that

you

later

remove

the

drive

or

adapter.

v

For

a

list

of

supported

options

for

the

server,

see

http://www.lenovo.com/

thinkserver/.

Installing

a

hot-swap

hard

disk

drive

Some

server

models

come

with

hot-swap

SAS

or

hot-swap

SATA

hard

disk

drives.

Before

you

install

a

hot-swap

hard

disk

drive,

read

the

following

information:

Chapter

2.

Installing

optional

devices

35

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