Hard Disk Drives - NEC Express5800 series User Manual

Hard Disk Drives

The following sections provide procedures for installing a disk drive, removing
a disk drive, or swapping out a faulty disk drive from one of the hot-swap drive
bays. The 3 1/2-inch SCSI drives must use the industry standard 80-pin Single
Connector Attachment (SCA) connector. Hot-swap drives are installed in
carriers that fit into the hot-swap drive bay.
Note:
representative or dealer.
If installing new drives, follow an installation scheme starting with the top left
drive (SCSI ID 0). Fill the bays left to right as viewed from the front of the
system. See Figure 4-23. If the optional lower hard disk drive bay is installed,
install drives in this bay, left to right once the top bay is filled with five drives.
Figure 4-23 shows a server that is fully populated with hard disk drives. The
SCSI ID address of each drive is also shown.
Figure 4-23. Hard Disk Drive SCSI ID Addresses
Note:
This is one of the few system procedures that is safe to do
with the system power left on. This is true only if a
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controller
module is installed and only for the drive/carrier assemblies
in the hot-swap bays, not for drives in any other bays.
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To order a carrier, contact your sales
ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 ID4
ID8 ID9 ID10 ID11 ID12
Swap SCSI drives without turning off power.