
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourstoragearray.
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Guidelines
Thistopicprovidessomeguidelinesthatyoushouldreadandunderstandbeforeusingyourstoragearray.
Precautions
Beforeyouusethestoragearray,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthefollowingprecautions:
•Beforeusingtheproduct,ensurethatyoureadandunderstandthemultilingualsafetyinstructionsandthe
LenovoLimitedWarranty(LLW)onthedocumentationDVDthatcomeswiththeproduct.Readingand
understandingthesafetyinstructionsreducestheriskofpersonalinjuryanddamagetoyourproduct.
•Beforeyouinstalloptionalhardwaredevices,ensurethatthestoragearrayisworkingcorrectly.Ifthe
storagearrayisnotworkingcorrectly,seeChapter7“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage59
todo
basictroubleshooting.Iftheproblemcannotbesolved,seeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage63
.
•Observegoodhousekeepingintheareawhereyouareworking.Putremovedcoversandotherparts
inasafeplace.
•Donotattempttoliftanobjectthatyouthinkistooheavyforyou.Ifyouhavetoliftaheavyobject,
observethefollowingprecautions:
–Ensurethatyoucanstandsafelywithoutslipping.
–Distributetheweightoftheobjectequallybetweenyourfeet.
–Useaslowliftingforce.Nevermovesuddenlyortwistwhenyouliftaheavyobject.
–Toavoidstrainingthemusclesinyourback,liftbystandingorbypushingupwithyourlegmuscles.
•Ensurethatyouhaveanadequatenumberofproperlygroundedelectricaloutletsforthestoragearray,
monitor,andotherdevices.
•Backupallimportantdatabeforeyoumakechangestodrives.
•Youdonothavetoturnoffthestoragearraytoinstallorreplaceahot-swappowersupplyorahot-swap
harddiskdrive.However,youmustturnoffthestoragearraybeforeperforminganystepthatinvolves
installing,removing,orreplacingnon-hot-swapdevicesorcomponents.
•Whenyouarefinishedworkingonthestoragearray,reinstallallsafetyshields,guards,labels,andground
wires.
Handlingstatic-sensitivedevices
Attention:Donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewpartuntilthedefectiveparthasbeen
removedfromthestoragearrayandyouarereadytoinstallthenewpart.Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,
canseriouslydamagestoragearraycomponentsandparts.
Anystoragearraypartcontainingtransistorsorintegratedcircuits(ICs)shouldbeconsideredsensitiveto
electrostaticdischarge(ESD).ESDdamagecanoccurwhenthereisadifferenceinchargebetweenobjects.
ProtectagainstESDdamagebyequalizingthechargesothatthemachine,thepart,theworkmat,andthe
personhandlingthepartareallatthesamecharge.
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