3-2
Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual • September 2010
3.1.2
Hot-Swappable Devices
Hot-swappable devices can be removed and installed while the server is running
without affecting the rest of the server’s capabilities.
In the Sun Fire X4240, the following devices are hot-swappable:
■
Fan modules. See
Section 3.3, “Servicing Fan Modules” on page 3-9
.
■
Power supplies. See
Section 3.4, “Servicing Power Supplies” on page 3-15
.
Note –
The chassis-mounted drives can be hot-swappable, depending on how they
are configured. See
Section 3.2, “Servicing Drives” on page 3-2
.
3.2
Servicing Drives
The following topics are covered:
■
Section 3.2.1, “Sun Fire X4240 Drive Guidelines” on page 3-2
■
Section 3.2.2, “Sun Fire X4240 SSD Guidelines” on page 3-3
■
Section 3.2.3, “Drive Status LED Reference” on page 3-5
■
Section 3.2.4, “Removing a Hard Drive or SSD” on page 3-5
■
Section 3.2.5, “Installing a Hard Drive or SSD” on page 3-7
■
Section 3.2.6, “Using Drive Fillers” on page 3-9
Note –
CRU
: These customer replaceable units can be replaced by anyone.
3.2.1
Sun Fire X4240 Drive Guidelines
TABLE 3-1
and
FIGURE 3-1
show physical drive locations for a Sun Fire X4240 with 16
hard drives:
Summary of Contents for Sun Fire X4240
Page 1: ...Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual Part No 820 3835 14 September 2010 Revision A ...
Page 9: ...Contents ix Index Index 1 ...
Page 10: ...x Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual September 2010 ...
Page 39: ...Chapter 2 Preparing to Service the System 2 13 FIGURE 2 6 Removing the Top Cover ...
Page 40: ...2 14 Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual September 2010 ...
Page 76: ...4 14 Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual September 2010 FIGURE 4 7 Installing the Air Duct ...
Page 83: ...Chapter 4 Servicing Motherboard Components 4 21 FIGURE 4 11 Removing a PCIe Card ...
Page 140: ...5 30 Sun Fire X4240 Server Service Manual September 2010 ...