b. Grasp the orange and black release latch on the drive tray handle for thedrive that you want to remove and slide the release latch down to unlockthe drive-tray handle; then, rotate the drive tray handle to the right and thepull the handle toward you to slide the drive out of the bay. Lift the driveout of the drive tray.Drive trayassemblyReleaselatch1.8-inchfiller panel4. If you are instructed to return the drive assembly, follow all packaginginstructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied toyou.Replacing 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drivesThis information provides instructions for replacing the 2.5-inch and 1.8-inchhot-swap drives.About this taskThe following notes describe the type of drives that the server supports and otherinformation that you must consider when you install a drive. For a list ofsupported drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.v Locate the documentation that comes with the drive and follow thoseinstructions in addition to the instructions in this section.v Make sure that you have all the cables and other equipment that are specified inthe documentation that comes with the drive.v The server can support up to eight 2.5-inch drives, up to 16 1.8-inch drives, or acombination of both 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch hot-swap drives, using the supportedSAS\SATA backplane configurations. The server supports 2.5-inch hot-swap SASor hot-swap SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap solid state drive, or1.8-inch hot-swap solid state drives (see “Supported SAS/SATA drive backplaneconfigurations” on page 72 for more information).v You can mix 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS and SATA hard disk drives, 2.5-inchhot-swap solid state drive, and 1.8-inch hot-swap solid state drives in the sameserver as long as they are not on the same array.232 System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Types 3837 and 3839: Installation and Service Guide
