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12 Hitachi VisionBase 8880R Server
Installing/Swapping a HDD
The HDD Bay door location provides airflow and easy access to the drives and allows easy hot-swapping of drives
in and out of these bays without shutting down the server.
By installing a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller board on the I/O baseboard, RAID
software, and SCSI hard disk drives in the hot-docking bays, you can easily set up RAID applications.
To remove or hot swap a HDD device follow these steps:
1.
Pull down on the front lever (or handle) of the HDD Bay cage and
wait approximately 30 seconds until the
drive stops spinning completely
.
2.
After the drive has stopped spinning pull the assembly toward you to fully disengage the drive from the
backplane connector.
3.
Carefully slide the assembly out of the bay, and place it on an antistatic surface. Proceed to step 4 if you are
installing or replacing a HDD.
Figure 11 Removing/Installing a HDD
4.
Insert the HDD into a carrier and secure it into position with 4 screws as shown in Figure 12 Mounting the HDD
Carrier.
5.
Orient the carrier and drive assembly in front of the hot-docking bay guide and make sure that it is placed
correctly into the guide rails to avoid damage.
6.
Fit the mounting pins, located on each side of the HDD, into the inside grooves of the HDD Bay’s lever.
7.
After the mounting pins are seated in the lever grooves pull up on the lever. This will push the HDD into its slot.
8.
Firmly press the front of the assembly into the bay until the drive docks with the hot-docking backplane
connector