Installing a hot-swap hard disk drive

Use this information to install a hot-swap hard disk drive.

About this task

The compute node has two SAS or SATA hard disk drive bays for installing hot-swap hard disk drives, such as hot-swap SAS hard disk drives. One hard disk drive might already be installed in the compute node. If the compute node is equipped with one hard disk drive, you can install an additional drive. The compute node supports using RAID 0 or RAID 1 when two hard disk drives of the same interface type are installed. See Configuring a RAID array for information about RAID configuration.

To install a hot-swap hard disk drive or hard disk drive bay filler, complete the following steps.

1. Identify the hard disk drive bay in which you plan to install the hot-swap hard disk drive.
2. If a hard disk drive bay filler is installed, remove it from the compute node by pulling the release lever and sliding the filler away from the compute node.
3. Touch the static-protective package that contains the hot-swap hard disk drive to any unpainted metal surface on the IBM® Flex System chassis or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the hard disk drive from the package.
4. Open the release lever on the hot-swap hard disk drive and slide the drive into the bay until it is firmly seated in the connector.
5. Lock the hot-swap hard disk drive into place by closing the release lever.
6. Check the hard disk drive status LEDs to make sure that the hard disk drive is operating correctly.