Installing disk drives into a full-capacity storage shelf
Note:
The 5372 Appliance Expansion Storage Shelves use 4-TB SED or 8-TB SED disk drives. Non SED disks cannot be used.
You can purchase a storage shelf that provides half of the total possible storage capacity.
See Installing disk drives and blanks into a half-capacity storage shelf.
Note:
It is helpful to have two people install the disks. Both people can move the latches to unlock the carriers. One person can remove the disks from the shipping box and hand them to the other person. The first person should orient the disk drives in the direction of installation. The second person installs the disks. Both people can press the carriers down and lock them forward. Less than 5 minutes are required to fill an entire drawer.
To install the disk drives into the storage shelf slots
- Examine the two anti-tamper locks on the front of each drawer.
The red arrows in the locks point to the center of the drawer if the locks are not engaged.
- If the locks are engaged, use a Torx T20 screwdriver to rotate the locks counterclockwise.
- Pull the bottom drawer forward as far as possible without damaging the hardware. Press the drawer latches (both sides of the drawer) in towards the middle of the drawer in order to open the drawer.
- Locate and open the box or boxes that contain the storage shelf hard disk drives in their Disk Drive In Carrier (DDIC) units.
Note:
Each disk drive is preinstalled in a carrier.
- Before removing the disk drives from a shipping box, prepare each disk drive carrier for drawer installation.
- After unlocking all of the carriers, install each carrier into the bottom drawer.
Do the following for each of the carriers that you want to install:
Insert the carrier into one slot and push it down until it stops.
Place one thumb on each of the two pads that are shown by the red arrows.
Push the carrier forward towards the rear of the slot, towards the back of the drawer.
The release latch clicks into place.
Repeat the process for each carrier in the bottom drawer of the shelf.
- Verify that all disks are properly seated in the slots.
- Slide the bottom drawer into the storage shelf. Press the two drawer release buttons located (one per side) on the side of the drawer to close the drawer until the latches click.
- Engage the anti-tamper locks on the top drawer as needed.
- Pull the top drawer forward as far as possible without damaging the hardware.
- Install the disk drive carriers into the top storage shelf drawer.
- Slide the top drawer into the shelf by pressing the two drawer release buttons located (one per side) on the side of the drawer to close the drawer until the latches click.
- Engage the anti-tamper locks as needed.
