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Installing drive carrier, Installing and removing system components

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If the drive is online, the green activity or fault indicator flashes while the drive is turning off. When the drive indicators are off, the drive is ready for removal. For more information, see the documentation for the storage controller. CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and insertion. CAUTION: Mixing drive carriers from previous generations or other platforms of PowerEdge servers is not supported. CAUTION: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system. CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive bays must have drive blanks installed. WARNING: Ensure that you back up your data, before removing a drive. For more information about preparing your drive for removal and supported RAID redundancy, see the Troubleshooting guide of your system at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals. Steps 1. Press the release button to open the release handle. 2. Holding the handle, slide the drive carrier out of the drive slot. Figure 22. Removing drive carrier Next steps 1. Replace the drive carrier or a drive blank. Installing drive carrier Prerequisites CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and insertion. CAUTION: Mixing drive carriers from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported. Installing and removing system components 51

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If the drive is online, the green activity or fault indicator flashes while the drive is turning off. When the drive indicators are
off, the drive is ready for removal. For more information, see the documentation for the storage controller.
CAUTION:
Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for
the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and
insertion.
CAUTION:
Mixing drive carriers from previous generations or other platforms of PowerEdge servers is not
supported.
CAUTION:
To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the
documentation supplied with your operating system.
CAUTION:
To maintain proper system cooling, all empty drive bays must have drive blanks installed.
WARNING:
Ensure that you back up your data, before removing a drive. For more information about preparing
your drive for removal and supported RAID redundancy, see the Troubleshooting guide of your system at
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
.
Steps
1.
Press the release button to open the release handle.
2.
Holding the handle, slide the drive carrier out of the drive slot.
Figure 22. Removing drive carrier
Next steps
1.
Replace the drive carrier
or a
drive blank
.
Installing drive carrier
Prerequisites
CAUTION:
Before attempting to remove or install a drive while the system is running, see the documentation for
the storage controller card to ensure that the host adapter is configured correctly to support drive removal and
insertion.
CAUTION:
Mixing drive carriers from previous generations of PowerEdge servers is not supported.
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