Disk drive guidelines
CAUTION:
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Follow industry-standard practices when handling disk drives. Internal storage media can
be damaged when drives are shaken, dropped, or roughly placed on a work surface.
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When installing a disk drive, press firmly to make sure the drive is fully seated in the drive
bay and then close the latch handle.
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When removing a disk drive, press the release button and pull the drive only slightly out of
the enclosure. Then, to allow time for the internal disk to stop rotating, wait approximately
10 seconds before completely removing the drive from the enclosure.
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Always populate hard drive bays starting with the lowest bay number. If only one hard drive
is used, install it in the bay with the lowest device number.
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Disk drives are hot-pluggable.
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SAS and SATA disk drives may be installed in the same enclosure, but cannot be included
in the same RAID logical volume.
Removing a drive
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, operate the enclosure only when
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
1.
Press the release button to open the latch handle.
2.
Swing out the latch handle on the drive (1). Then, pull the drive from the bay (2).
Replacing a drive
CAUTION:
To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, operate the enclosure only when
all bays are populated with either a component or a blank.
1.
Do one of the following:
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If you are installing the disk drive into an empty bay, remove the drive blank.
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Removal and replacement procedures
