Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.13.0.0 Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) Procedures Guide for DM5500
Removing the drive carrier
Prerequisites
- Identify the failed drive in the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance UI.
- Check the alerts in the Alerts tab and note down the drive number.
- Go to the tab and select the failed disk from the list of disks.
- To remove the disk drive, click the blue
Remove button.
The Remove Disk: <drive bay number>.<drive number> dialog appears.
In the dialog, click Remove.
This will initiate a data transfer from the failed disk to the remaining disks in the DM5500.
The disk status will change to Absent or Not Installed.
- To make the disk drive easier to locate in the appliance, click the blue
Blink LED button.
The Blinking LED light for Disk: <drive bay number>.<drive number> dialog appears, indicating that the LED light on the front of the drive in the server is blinking.
- If you are removing a drive from drive bay 1, remove the front bezel.
- If you are removing a drive from drive bay 2, you must open the drive bay.
- If you are removing more than one drive, make sure to label each drive with the corresponding drive number and to remove the drives in a top to bottom order.
Slots are numbered 0-23 in the two drive bays, and there is an imprint at the bottom of each bay denoting the slot number, as shown in the following image.
Steps
- Press the release button to open the drive carrier release handle.
- Holding the handle, slide the drive carrier out of the drive slot.
Figure 1. Removing a drive 
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