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.
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Safety instructions
.
2
If applicable, remove the hard drive blank.
Steps
1
Press the release button on the front of the hard drive to open the release handle.
2
Insert the hard drive into the hard drive slot and slide until the hard drive connects with the backplane.
3
Close the hard drive release handle to lock the hard drive in place.
Figure 19. Installing a hard drive
Removing a drive blank
The procedure for removing 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch drive blanks is identical.
Prerequisites
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Safety instructions
.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive slots must have drive blanks installed.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, drive blanks must be installed in all empty drive slots.
CAUTION:
Mixing drive blanks from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
Step
Press the release button, and slide the drive blank out of the drive slot.
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Installing and removing enclosure components
