(Optional) Installing 2.5-Inch SSDs
If 2.5-inch SSDs have not been installed into the storage devices, install the 2.5-inch SSDs before installing the storage devices. If 2.5-inch SSDs have been installed, skip this procedure.
Prerequisites
The following installation tools are ready:
- ESD wrist strap
- ESD clothes
- ESD gloves
Precautions
A storage system only supports 2.5-inch SSDs that match the system model. SSDs that do not match the storage system or are not certified by Huawei cannot be used.
Procedure
- Wear an ESD wrist strap, ESD gloves, and ESD clothes.
- Take the 2.5-inch SSD to be installed out of the ESD bag.
Before inserting a 2.5-inch SSD, fully open its handle. Otherwise, the SSD cannot be fully inserted into a slot.
- Insert the 2.5-inch SSD into an empty slot and close the handle after the SSD clicks into place, as shown in Figure 5-34.
Install 2.5-inch SSDs in sequence of the slot numbers. Disk slots of a storage device are numbered 0 to 24 from left to right, as shown in Figure 5-33.
Insert the disk module into the slot by pushing the middle area of the disk module (as shown in arrow 1 in Figure 5-34) to ensure that the disk module is properly inserted into its position.
Follow-up Procedure
If there are vacant disk slots after all disks have been installed, install filler panels into the vacant slots for proper heat dissipation. The method of installing a filler panel is the same as that of installing a disk.
