Installation Procedure - Hitachi AMS 2100 Hardware Manual

NOTE:
• The minimum number of drives in each base unit is four. They must be
installed in slots 0-3. The first four drives must all be the same type
drive (SAS or SATA).
• The minimum number of drives that must be installed in an expansion
units is two. These two drives must both be either SATA or SAS drives.
• After the minimum configuration is met, you can add two SAS or two
SATA drives (which makes a RAID 1 configuration), or other
combinations of drives as required to meet the RAID configurations
specified in Chapter 1.

Installation procedure

Complete the following steps to install a disk drive. Do not skip any steps.
CAUTION! disk drives are a precision machines. Be careful not to
drop a disk drive or allow it to receive a mechanical shock or vibration.
Static-sensitive. Ground yourself before touching. Before unpacking
or handling disk drives and other static-sensitive components, wear a wrist
strap and connect it to an unpainted part of the array chassis. When you
insert a disk drive into the array, hold the disk drive with the hand on which
you are wearing the wrist strap.
When you install a disk drive or other component in the array, support its
frame with your hand that has the wrist strap on it. You can discharge static
electricity by touching the metal plate. See
Item
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Figure 9-3: Installing a Disk Drive
Table 9-2: Installing a Disk Drive
Description Item
Wrist Strap
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Figure 9-3.
Description Item
Disk Drive
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Description
Touching the
metal frame of the
disk drive
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