Dell R410 owner manual Installing a Cabled Hard Drive

Installing a Cabled Hard Drive

WARNING: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system cover and access any components inside the system. Before you begin this procedure, review the safety instructions that came with the system.

1Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and from the peripherals.

2Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 82.

3Remove the existing hard-drive bracket by lifting the tab with blue dot on the bracket and sliding the bracket up and out of the system. See Figure 3-7.

4Install the hard drive into the bracket. See "Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket" on page 91.

5Slide the hard drive into the drive bay.

6Connect the power/data cable to the hard drive.

•If connecting to the integrated SATA controller (SATA hard drives only), connect the SATA data cable to the SATA_A connector on the system board. See Figure 7-1.

•If connecting to a SAS RAID controller card (SAS or SATA hard drives), connect the data cable to the connector on the card edge. For information on installing a SAS controller card, see "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 97.

7Replace the system cover. See "Closing the System" on page 83.

8Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet and turn on the system and attached peripherals.

9Enter the System Setup program and ensure that the hard drive’s controller is enabled. See "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 58.

10Exit the System Setup program and reboot the system.

See the documentation that came with the hard drive for instructions on installing any software required for drive operation.

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