Steps
1
Lift the drive carrier handle upward.
2
Press the release tab on the drive tray and lift the drive carrier handle upward to disengage the drive from the backplane.
3
Hold the drive carrier handle and lift the drive carrier out of the drive tray.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed.
4
If you are not replacing the drive immediately, insert a drive blank in the empty drive slot.
NOTE:
Install the drive blanks in the drive carrier before installing the drive carrier into the drive tray.
Figure 33. Removing a drive carrier from the mid drive tray
Next step
Install a
drive carrier into the mid drive tray
Identifier
GUID-F75F1372-E2FD-4D82-ACCE-AFFEE0440F83
Status
Released
Installing a drive carrier into the mid drive tray
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
CAUTION:
Use only drives that have been tested and approved for use with the drive backplane.
CAUTION:
When installing a drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed. Inserting a drive carrier and attempting to
lock its handle next to a partially installed carrier can damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable.
CAUTION:
To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation
supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION:
Mixing drive carriers from previous generations of NAS systems is not supported.
CAUTION:
When a replacement hot swappable drive is installed and the system is powered on, the drive automatically begins to
rebuild. Ensure that the replacement drive is blank or contains data that you wish to overwrite. Any data on the replacement
drive is immediately lost after the drive is installed.
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