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4. To remove the air baffle near the center of the server, complete the following steps: Air baffle Cable routing slot Baffle pins Baffle mounting holes a. Slide the baffle back from the front of the server to disengage the tab at the front of the baffle from the bulkhead that runs the width of the server. b. Lift the baffle up slightly, making sure that the pins come out of the holes on the system board. c. Slide the cables out of the cable routing slot. Make sure that you do not disconnect or loosen the cables. d. Lift the baffle out completely. Attention: For proper cooling and airflow, replace the air baffle before you turn on the server. Operating the server with the air baffle removed might damage server components. Installing a hard disk drive Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter. Note: Do not mix SAS hard disk drives with SATA hard disk drives. The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive. For a list of supported hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ serverproven/compat/us/. The server supports one of the following hard disk drive configurations: v Servers with four hot-swap bays support 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives. You can install only 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives in these servers. v Servers with two hot-swap bays support 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or 3.5-inch hot-swap SATA hard disk drives. You can install only 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or hot-swap SATA drives in these servers. Chapter 2. Installing options 13

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4.
To
remove
the
air
baffle
near
the
center
of
the
server,
complete
the
following
steps:
Baffle pins
Air baffle
Cable routing slot
Baffle mounting
holes
a.
Slide
the
baffle
back
from
the
front
of
the
server
to
disengage
the
tab
at
the
front
of
the
baffle
from
the
bulkhead
that
runs
the
width
of
the
server.
b.
Lift
the
baffle
up
slightly,
making
sure
that
the
pins
come
out
of
the
holes
on
the
system
board.
c.
Slide
the
cables
out
of
the
cable
routing
slot.
Make
sure
that
you
do
not
disconnect
or
loosen
the
cables.
d.
Lift
the
baffle
out
completely.
Attention:
For
proper
cooling
and
airflow,
replace
the
air
baffle
before
you
turn
on
the
server.
Operating
the
server
with
the
air
baffle
removed
might
damage
server
components.
Installing
a
hard
disk
drive
Locate
the
documentation
that
comes
with
the
hard
disk
drive
and
follow
those
instructions
in
addition
to
the
instructions
in
this
chapter.
Note:
Do
not
mix
SAS
hard
disk
drives
with
SATA
hard
disk
drives.
The
following
notes
describe
the
type
of
hard
disk
drives
that
the
server
supports
and
other
information
that
you
must
consider
when
installing
a
hard
disk
drive.
For
a
list
of
supported
hard
disk
drives,
see
serverproven/compat/us/.
The
server
supports
one
of
the
following
hard
disk
drive
configurations:
v
Servers
with
four
hot-swap
bays
support
2.5-inch
hot-swap
SAS
hard
disk
drives.
You
can
install
only
2.5-inch
hot-swap
SAS
drives
in
these
servers.
v
Servers
with
two
hot-swap
bays
support
3.5-inch
hot-swap
SAS
or
3.5-inch
hot-swap
SATA
hard
disk
drives.
You
can
install
only
3.5-inch
hot-swap
SAS
or
hot-swap
SATA
drives
in
these
servers.
Chapter
2.
Installing
options
13