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PowerEdge: How To Replace a Hard Drive-Hot Swap Procedure

Summary: This article is a step-by-step guide on how to replace a hard drive.

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Instructions

Pre-removal Instructions:

Before you remove the hard drive, do the following:
  1. Remove the front bezel if installed

Physical disk removal from server and carrier

  1. Press the release button to open the hard drive carrier release handle.
  2. Slide the hard drive carrier out until it is free of the hard drive slot.
Note: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have hard drive blanks installed.
 
  1. Remove the screws from the slide rails on the hard drive carrier.
  2. Lift the hard drive out of the hard drive carrier.
  3. If you are not replacing the hard drive immediately, insert a hard drive blank in the empty hard drive slot.
Removing disk
Figure 1
 
Item  Description
1 Release Button
2 Hard Drive Carrier
 
remove disk from carrier
 
Figure 2.
 
Item  Description
1 Screw
2 Hard Drive
3 Hard Drive Carrier

Note: When a replacement hard drive is installed, it automatically begins to rebuild. Ensure that the replacement hard drive is blank.
 
  1. Insert the hard drive into the hard drive carrier with the connector end of the hard drive toward the back.
  2. Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the set of screw holes on the hard drive carrier.
  3. When aligned correctly, the back of the hard drive is flush with the back of the hard drive carrier.
  4. Attach the screws to secure the hard drive to the hard drive carrier.
  5. Insert the hard drive carrier into the hard drive slot until the disk connects with the backplane.
  6. Close the hard drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.

Additional Information

Note: This article is part of the Server Tutorials: "RAID and Disks" available at PowerEdge Tutorials: Physical Disks and RAID Controller (PERC) on Servers

Affected Products

PowerEdge R200, PowerEdge R210, PowerEdge R210 II, PowerEdge R220, PowerEdge R230, PowerEdge R240, PowerEdge R250, PowerEdge R260, PowerEdge R300, PowerEdge R310

Product

PowerEdge R320, PowerEdge R330, PowerEdge R340, PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R360, PowerEdge R410, PowerEdge R415, PowerEdge R420, PowerEdge R430, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R450, PowerEdge R510, PowerEdge R515, PowerEdge R520, PowerEdge R530 , PowerEdge R530xd, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R610, PowerEdge R620, PowerEdge R630, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R710, PowerEdge R715, PowerEdge R720, PowerEdge R720XD, PowerEdge R730, PowerEdge R730xd, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R805, PowerEdge R810, PowerEdge R815, PowerEdge R820, PowerEdge R830, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R900, PowerEdge R905, PowerEdge R910, PowerEdge R920, PowerEdge R930, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960 ...
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Last Modified: 12 Aug 2024
Version:  11
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