Dell PowerEdge M420 Dell PowerEdge M520 Systems Owner's Manual - Page 46

Installing A Hard Drive, Shutdown Procedure For Servicing a Hard Drive, Configuring The Boot Drive

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Installing A Hard Drive CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the blade is powered on, the hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed. NOTE: Not all operating systems support hot-swappable drive installation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system. 1. Open the hard-drive carrier handle. 2. Insert the hard-drive carrier into the drive bay. Carefully align the channel on the hard-drive carrier with the appropriate drive slot on the blade. 3. Push the drive carrier into the slot until the handle makes contact with the blade. 4. Rotate the carrier handle to the closed position while pushing the carrier into the slot until it locks into place. The status LED indicator displays a steady green light if the drive is installed correctly. The drive carrier LED green indicator flashes as the drive rebuilds. Shutdown Procedure For Servicing a Hard Drive NOTE: This section applies only to situations where the blade must be powered down to service a hard drive. In many situations, the hard drive can be serviced while the blade is powered on. If you need to power off the blade to service a hard drive, wait 30 seconds after the blade's power indicator turns off before removing the hard drive. Otherwise, the hard drive may not be recognized after it is reinstalled and the blade is powered on again. Configuring The Boot Drive The drive or device from which the system boots is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup. Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier 1. Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier. 2. Lift the hard drive out of the hard-drive carrier. 46

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Installing A Hard Drive
CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the blade is powered on, the hard drive
automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacement hard drive is blank or contains data that
you wish to have over-written. Any data on the replacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is
installed.
NOTE:
Not all operating systems support hot-swappable drive installation. See the documentation supplied with
your operating system.
1.
Open the hard-drive carrier handle.
2.
Insert the hard-drive carrier into the drive bay. Carefully align the channel on the hard-drive carrier with the
appropriate drive slot on the blade.
3.
Push the drive carrier into the slot until the handle makes contact with the blade.
4.
Rotate the carrier handle to the closed position while pushing the carrier into the slot until it locks into place.
The status LED indicator displays a steady green light if the drive is installed correctly. The drive carrier LED green
indicator flashes as the drive rebuilds.
Shutdown Procedure For Servicing a Hard Drive
NOTE:
This section applies only to situations where the blade must be powered down to service a hard drive. In
many situations, the hard drive can be serviced while the blade is powered on.
If you need to power off the blade to service a hard drive, wait 30 seconds after the blade’s power indicator turns off
before removing the hard drive. Otherwise, the hard drive may not be recognized after it is reinstalled and the blade is
powered on again.
Configuring The Boot Drive
The drive or device from which the system boots is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup.
Removing A Hard Drive From A Hard-Drive Carrier
1.
Remove the four screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier.
2.
Lift the hard drive out of the hard-drive carrier.
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