You can add a 3.5-inch hard disk drive, 2.5-inch hard disk drive, or a 2.5-inch solid-state drive to an empty disk bay.

To add a 3.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD):

1. Determine whether you need to shut down your system:

• If you are adding disks to a diskless system, gracefully shut down the system.

• If your system is operating with one or more disks, you can add disks while the system is running. You do not need to shut down the system.

  2. Press the disk tray release latch.

  

  The tray handle pops out.

  3. Pull out the disk tray.

  4. Remove the plastic air blocker from the disk tray.

  

  5. Place the new 3.5-inch HDD in the disk tray.

  6. Secure the HDD in the tray using the screws that came with your storage system.

  

  Make sure that the hard disk connectors face the interior of the disk tray when you assemble the disk.

  7. Slide the disk tray back into the drive bay of the system.

  8. Press the disk tray handle until it latches closed.

  The disk tray is secured in the drive bay.

  

  9. If necessary, turn on your system by pressing the Power button.

  If the disk that you added was not previously formatted, the system uses the disk in one of the following ways:

• If you are adding the disk to a system that uses X-RAID2, the system automatically determines whether the disk is used for protection or storage. The new disk is incorporated in the background while you continue to use your system.

• If you are adding the disk to a system that uses Flex-RAID, the disk becomes available for use. You use the local admin page to manually configure the new disk.

• To add a 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) or 2.5-inch solid-state drive (SSD):

  1. Determine whether you need to shut down your system:

• If you are adding disks to a diskless system, gracefully shut down the system.

• If your system is operating with one or more disks, you can add disks while the system is running. You do not need to shut down the system.

  2. Press the disk tray release latch.

  

  The tray handle pops out.

  3. Pull out the disk tray.

  4. Remove the plastic air blocker from the disk tray.

  

  5. Place the new 2.5-inch HDD or SSD in the disk tray.

  6. Secure the drive in the tray using the screws that came with your storage system.

  

  Make sure that the hard disk connectors face the interior of the disk tray when you assemble the disk.

  7. Slide the disk tray back into the drive bay of the system.

  8. Press the disk tray handle until it latches closed.

  The disk tray is secured in the drive bay.

  

  9. If necessary, turn on your system by pressing the Power button.

  If the disk that you added was not previously formatted, the system uses the disk in one of the following ways:

• In a system that uses X-RAID2, the system automatically determines whether the disk is used for protection or storage. The new disk is incorporated in the background while you continue to use your system.

• In a system that uses Flex-RAID, the disk becomes available for use. You use the local admin page to manually configure the new disk.