How to Install a Hard Drive

The hard drives for the Sun Fire X4640 server are hot-swappable. You do not need to power off the server to install the drive. If you are installing the original drives (for example, as part of a procedure that requires the removal of the hard drives), you must install the drives in the slot from which they were removed. If the drive is new to the system, it should not contain a RAID volume. Installing a hard drive configured as a RAID volume can change the configuration of the server and result in loss of data. For more information, see Replacing or Adding a Hard Drive (CRU).

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Caution - Possible Data Loss. If you insert a hard drive that has been configured with a RAID volume into a server that did not previously have its hard drives configured with RAID volumes, the existing hard drives in the server are converted to RAID volumes during automatic synchronization and any existing data on the existing hard drives in the server is lost. To avoid this problem, use the LSI Configuration Utility to delete the RAID volume from the hard drive before removing it.

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1. To open the spring-loaded latch, press the latch release button on the front of the hard drive.

   The release latch opens.

2. Position the hard drive in the slot with the LEDs at the top and the open latch at the bottom.
3. Slide the hard drive into the slot.

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   Note - The hard drive release latch must be opened before installing the hard drive into the hard drive slot.

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4. Firmly push the hard drive into the slot to engage the internal connector on the hard drive back panel.
5. Close the latch release handle until it clicks into place and is secure.

See Also

• How to Remove a Hard Drive

• Hard Drive Designation