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Removing and installing a hard drive, To remove and install a hot-swap hard drive

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www.gateway.com Installing and removing drives 8 Push the optical drive into the case until it clicks into place. 9 Attach the 44-pin optical drive cable and the power cable to the back of the optical drive. 10 Reinstall the bezel, if required, by snapping it into place on the front of the chassis. 11 Follow the instructions in "Closing the server case" on page 30. 12 Reconnect all power cords and peripheral device cables, then turn on the server. Removing and installing a hard drive Important Gateway tests and verifies the operation and compatibility of the drives it sells. Especially in a hot-swap or mission-critical environment, additional or replacement drives must conform to Gateway standards. Use this procedure to add or replace a hard drive in a hot-swap bay. Your server supports as many as ten 1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA and SATA II hard drives or ten 1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard drives. You can purchase additional drives through your Gateway Sales or Customer Care representative. Channel 0 hot-swap hard drive cage Channel 1 hot-swap hard drive cage Caution Before you remove a failed drive, use the appropriate software and utilities installed on the server to stop all activity on the failed drive. Instructions for using the software are provided by the software manufacturer. Failure to do so may destroy the data on the drive. To remove and install a hot-swap hard drive: 1 Pull the release lever on the hard drive carrier out, then pull the drive assembly (3) straight out of the server. 33

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Installing and removing drives
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8
Push the optical drive into the case until it clicks into place.
9
Attach the 44-pin optical drive cable and the power cable to the back of
the optical drive.
10
Reinstall the bezel, if required, by snapping it into place on the front of
the chassis.
11
Follow the instructions in
“Closing the server case” on page 30
.
12
Reconnect all power cords and peripheral device cables, then turn on the
server.
Removing and installing a hard drive
Important
Gateway tests and verifies the operation
and compatibility of the drives it sells.
Especially in a hot-swap or
mission-critical environment, additional
or replacement drives must conform to
Gateway standards.
Use this procedure to add or replace a hard drive in a hot-swap bay. Your server
supports as many as ten 1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA and SATA II hard
drives or ten 1-inch high, 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard drives. You can purchase
additional drives through your Gateway Sales or Customer Care representative.
To remove and install a hot-swap hard drive:
Caution
Before you remove a failed drive, use the
appropriate software and utilities
installed on the server to stop all activity
on the failed drive. Instructions for using
the software are provided by the software
manufacturer. Failure to do so may
destroy the data on the drive.
1
Pull the release lever on the hard drive carrier out, then pull the drive
assembly (3) straight out of the server.
Channel 0 hot-swap
hard drive cage
Channel 1 hot-swap
hard drive cage