Dell E11J001 owner manual Replacing Hard Drives, SCv2080 Storage System Drive Numbering

Replacing Hard Drives

The SCv2080 storage system supports up to 84 3.5‐inch hot‐swappable hard drives installed in a two‐ drawer, three‐row, 14‐column configuration. Hard drives are connected to a backplane using Disk Drive in Carrier (DDIC) hard drive carriers.

SCv2080 Storage System Drive Numbering

In an SCv2080 storage system the drives are installed in a two‐drawer, three‐row, 14‐column configuration.

The drive slots are numbered 1–42 in the top drawer and 43–84 in the bottom drawer. Dell Storage Client identifies drives as XX-YY, where XX is the number of the unit ID of the storage system, and YY is the drive position inside the storage system.

Figure 18. Hard Drive Drawers and Numbering

1. Bottom drawer 2. Top drawer

Identifying the Failed Hard Drive

To determine which hard drive failed, use the Dell Storage Client.

1.Click the Hardware tab.

2.In the Hardware tab navigation pane, select the Storage Center.

3.In the Hardware Alerts area, find the hardware alert that identifies the enclosure with the failed hard drive.

4.In the Hardware tab navigation pane, expand the enclosure identified in the previous step and select Disks. The status of each disk drawer is displayed in the Disks tab.

5.Expand the drawer with the failed hard drive and select the failed hard drive. The location of the failed hard drive is displayed in the Disk View tab.

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