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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
3.7 Storage Drives
The system supports f
our fixed 3.5-inch SATA hard drives housed in the CSE-731I-404B
chassis. For compatible storage drives, see the
The drives are mounted in drive carriers to simplify their installation and removal from the
chassis.
Installing a Drive in a Drive Carrier
To facilitate maintenance and installation, a rotating hard disk rack is required. Turn off the
power of the SYS-530T-I server before installing or removing the hard disk.
to remove the system power, and then refer to
to
remove the chassis cover.
2.
Rotate the hard drive cage outward.
3.
As shown in the below figure, press the latch next to the hard drive to be removed from
the hard drive cage.
4.
Gently slide the hard drive out of the hard drive.
5.
Slide the hard drive into the drive tray toward the back of the drive tray until it fits into
the locked position.
6.
Connect the power cable and data cable to the hard drive.
7.
Rotate the disk rack net by 90° degrees to restore the original fixed and operating
position in the chassis.
8.
If necessary, use an additional (optional) screw to lock the middle position of each hard
disk to fix the hard disk on the disk rack.
Note
: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis
and workstations. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
https:// www.supermicro.com/en/products/superworkstation