Dell XC730xd owner manual Hard drives, Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank

Hard drives

Your system supports Enterprise-class hard drives, which are designed for 24x7 operating environment. Selecting the correct drive class optimizes quality, functionality, performance, and reliability of the hard drives.

The Nutanix Web GUI provides a feature to help locate a specific HDD. When the front LEDs are turned on using the Nutanix Web GUI, the HDD or SSD you are trying to locate continues to blink as long as there is I/O activity. The other HDDs or SSDs blink twice every second (in addition to blinking because of I/O activity). The HDD or SSD you are trying to locate does not blink twice every second.

Due to industry advances, in some cases, the larger capacity drives have been changed to a larger sector size. The larger sector size can have impacts on operating systems and applications. For more information about these hard drives, see the 512e and 4Kn Disk Formats whitepaper and 4K Sector HDD FAQ document at dell.com/xcseriesmanuals

All hard drives are connected to the system board through the hard-drive backplane. Hard drives are supplied in hot-swappable hard-drive carriers that fit in the hard-drive slots.

NOTE: After the Nutanix Web GUI has prepared the disk for removal, you can remove it.

CAUTION: Before attempting to remove or install a hard 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 hot-swap hard drive removal and insertion.

CAUTION: Do not turn off or reboot your system while the hard drive is being formatted. Doing so can cause a hard drive failure.

Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drive backplane.

When you format a hard drive, allow enough time for the formatting to be completed. Be aware that high-capacity hard drives can take a number of hours to format.

Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.

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

1.Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.

2.If installed, remove the bezel.

Steps

Press the release button and slide the hard-drive blank out of the hard-drive slot.

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