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Chapter 2: Maintenance and Component Installation
Installing Hard Drives to the Hard Drive Cage
1. Press the release tab on the side of the hard drive tray that is to be removed from the
hard drive cage as shown.
2. Gently slide the hard drive carrier out of the hard drive cage.
3. Insert a new hard drive into a hard drive tray by sliding it towards the back of the hard
drive cage until it clicks into a locked position.
4. Connect the power and data cables to the hard drive.
5. Rotate the hard drive cage 90 degrees inward, returning it to the closed, operational
position in the chassis.
6. If desired, each hard drive may be further secured to the drive cage with an additional
(optional) screw at the middle of the drive.)
Figure 2-6. Installing a 3.5" Drive into a Tray
2.5" Drive Cage
The removable drive cage is accessed by removing the left chassis cover. These drives are
not hot-swap, power must be removed from the system before removing or installing drives.
The drive cage can house up to four 2.5" drives.
Removing and Installing 2.5" Hard Drives
Begin by powering down the system and removing the left cover as previously described.
1. Loosen the thumb screw securing the 2.5" hard drive cage to the chassis.
2. Disconnect all cables from the hard drive.
3. Slide the 2.5" hard drive cage out of the chassis.
Note:
Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and
servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SBB-HDDCompList.pdf
