Dell R410 owner manual Installing a Drive Blank, Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive

Installing a Drive Blank

Align the hard-drive blank with the drive bay and insert the blank into the drive bay until the release lever clicks into place. See Figure 3-4.

Removing a Hot-Swap Hard Drive

CAUTION: Ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap drive installation. See the documentation supplied with the operating system.

1Remove the front bezel. See "Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel" on page 81.

2Using the RAID management software, prepare the drive for removal. Wait until the hard-drive indicators on the drive carrier signal that the drive can be removed safely. See your storage controller documentation for information about hot-swap drive removal.

If the drive has been online, the green activity/fault indicator will flash as the drive is powered down. When the drive indicators are off, the drive is ready for removal.

3Press the release button and open the drive carrier release handle to release the drive. See Figure 3-5.

4Slide the hard drive out of the drive bay.

5Insert a drive blank in the vacated drive bay. See "Installing a Drive Blank" on page 85.

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard-drive bays must have drive blanks installed.

Installing System Components

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