Mirapoint 7700 Series, Hardware Manual

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Hard Drives
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Figure 10 Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
Installing a Hard-Drive Blank
Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the drive bay
until the release lever clicks into place.
Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
1.
If present, remove the front bezel ( Removing the Front Bezel on page 23).
2. Wait until the hard-drive indicators on the drive carrier signal that the drive can
be removed safely.
If the drive has been online, the green activity/fault indicator will flash as the
drive is powered off. When the drive indicators are off, the drive is ready for
removal.
3. Press the button on the front of the drive carrier and open the drive carrier
release handle to release the drive (
Figure 11 on page 28).
4.
Slide the hard drive out until it is free of the drive bay.
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To maintain proper appliance cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have
drive blanks installed.
5.
Insert a drive blank in the vacated drive bay ( Installing a Hard-Drive Blank on
page 27).
6. If applicable, install the bezel ( Installing the Front Bezel on page 23)
Installing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive
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When installing a hard drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed.
Inserting a hard-drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially
installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make
it unusable.
1 hard drive blank 2 release lever
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