Installing A Hard Drive/SSDCAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive/SSD is installed and the blade is powered on, the harddrive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive/SSD is blank orcontains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive/SSD is immediately lostafter the hard drive/SSD is installed.NOTE: Not all operating systems support hot-swappable drive installation. See the documentation supplied withyour operating system.1. Open the hard-drive/SSD carrier handle.2. Insert the hard-drive/SSD carrier into the drive bay. Align the channel on the hard-drive/SSD carrier with theappropriate drive slot on the blade.3. Push the hard-drive/SSD carrier into the slot until the carrier connects with the hard-drive/PDIe SSD backplane.4. Rotate the hard-drive/SSD handle to the closed position while pushing the hard-drive/SSD into the slot until it locksinto place.The status LED indicator lights green if the drive is installed correctly. The hard-drive/SSD carrier LED indicatorflashes green as the drive rebuilds.Shutdown Procedure For Servicing a Hard Drive/SSDThis section applies only to situations where the blade must be powered down to service a hard drive/SSD. In manysituations, the hard drive/SSD can be serviced while the blade is powered on.CAUTION: If you need to power off the blade to service a hard drive/SSD, wait 30 seconds after the blade’s powerindicator turns off before removing the hard drive/SSD. Otherwise, the hard drive/SSD may not be recognized afterit is reinstalled and the blade is powered on again.Configuring The Boot DriveThe drive or device from which the system boots is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup.Removing A Hard Drive/SSD From A Hard-Drive/SSD Carrier1. Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive/SSD carrier.2. Lift the hard drive/SSD out of the hard-drive/SSD carrier.32