PowerEdge: How To Install or Hot Swap a Replacement Hard Drive
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:
- Remove the front bezel if installed
Physical disk removal from server and carrier
- Press the release button to open the hard drive carrier release handle.
- 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.
- Remove the screws from the slide rails on the hard drive carrier.
- Lift the hard drive out of the hard drive carrier.
- If you are not replacing the hard drive immediately, insert a hard drive blank in the empty hard drive slot.
Figure 1
| Item | Description |
| 1 | Release Button |
| 2 | Hard Drive 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.
- Insert the hard drive into the hard drive carrier with the connector end of the hard drive toward the back.
- Align the screw holes on the hard drive with the set of screw holes on the hard drive carrier.
- When aligned correctly, the back of the hard drive is flush with the back of the hard drive carrier.
- Attach the screws to secure the hard drive to the hard drive carrier.
- Insert the hard drive carrier into the hard drive slot until the disk connects with the backplane.
- Close the hard drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.
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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
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PowerEdge R340, PowerEdge R350, PowerEdge R360, PowerEdge R430, PowerEdge R440, PowerEdge R530, PowerEdge R530xd, PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R630, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515
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Article Number: 000143539
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 23 10月 2024
Version: 14
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