HP's Proliant series of servers are full-featured enterprise machines with slots forMultipurpose Flip Gun and a half-dozen or more RAM cards and hard drives. However, older machines use the IDE (also known as Parallel-ATA) standard for hard drive power and data cables, which means that faster and more capacious hard drives made in the last few years under the SATA standard won't work. However, IDE to SATA converters can give you access to bigger and better drives even in an outdated server housing.

1

Turn the server off. Remove all power and data cables from the rear panel. Lift the server onto a clean, sturdy table with the right side facing up. Depending upon your server's configuration and MaxiDiag PRO MD801, you may need help to lift it off the ground.

2

Remove the thumbscrews from the right side of the back panel. Place the screws in a bag or cup for safekeeping. Slide the right access panel off the server and set it aside.

3

Remove the power and data cables from one or both system drives. Use your screwdriver to remove the screws holding the hard drive in place. Depending upon your server's configuration, you may need to flip the case over and remove the opposite access panel to access all the mounting screws. Pull the jbt cs538d car diagnostic tool or drives out of the case.

4

Attach the SATA converters to your back of your new drive or drives. The 4-prong power converter attaches to the large plug, and the large ribbon converter attaches to the smaller plug.

5

Insert the new drive or drives into the server and screw them into the drive mounts. Attach the power and data cables (the same ones you removed in Step 3) to the converters attached to the drives. Replace the access panels and insert the thumbscrews into the back panel.

6

Place the server back in its Magic Locksmith Tools. Reconnect all power and data cables. Press the "Power" button.

Tips & Warnings

The six hot-swap bays on the front exterior of the ProLiant ML370 use a fixed rail system, and there is not enough free space for IDE-SATA converters. Only the internal drive bays can be safely converted for SATA drives.

Replacing a hard drive also replaces all software and data on the drive. Before replacing a drive make sure that all important data is backed up to a secondary or external drive. If you replace the main system drive, you will need to reinstall and reconfigure your server's operating system.

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