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Hard Drives, Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier

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Hard Drives Your system supports two 3.5-inch SATA hard drives in 3.5-inch hot-swap hard-drive carriers. The hard drives are connected to a SAS backplane through hard-drive carriers and are hot-swappable. Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier CAUTION: Ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation supplied with the operating system. 1 If applicable, remove the front bezel. See "Front Bezel" on page 51. 2 Using the RAID management software, prepare the hard drive for removal. Wait until the hard-drive indicators on the hard-drive carrier signal that the drive can be removed safely. See your storage controller documentation for information about hot-swap hard drive removal. If the hard drive has been online, the green activity/fault indicator flashes as the hard drive is powered down. When the hard-drive indicators are off, the hard drive is ready for removal. See Figure 1-4. 3 Press the release button and open the hard-drive carrier release handle to release the hard-drive carrier. See Figure 2-5. 4 Slide the hard-drive carrier out of the hard-drive bay. CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed. Installing System Components 57

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Installing System Components
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Hard Drives
Your system supports two 3.5-inch SATA hard drives in 3.5-inch hot-swap
hard-drive carriers. The hard drives are connected to a SAS backplane through
hard-drive carriers and are hot-swappable.
Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
CAUTION:
Ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive
installation. See the documentation supplied with the operating system.
1
If applicable, remove the front bezel. See
"Front Bezel" on page 51.
2
Using the RAID management software, prepare the hard drive for removal.
Wait until the hard-drive indicators on the
hard-drive
carrier signal that
the drive can be removed safely.
See your storage controller
documentation for information about hot-swap hard drive removal.
If the
hard drive
has been online, the green
activity/
fault indicator flashes
as the
hard drive
is powered down. When the
hard-drive
indicators are
off, the
hard drive
is ready for removal.
See Figure 1-4.
3
Press the release button and open the
hard-drive
carrier release handle to
release the
hard-drive carrier
. See Figure 2-5.
4
Slide the hard-drive carrier out of the hard-drive bay.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must
have drive blanks installed.