Installing a hot-swap hard driveCAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should onlyperform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or asdirected by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that isnot authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructionsthat came with the product.CAUTION: Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard-drivebackplane.CAUTION: When installing a hard drive, ensure that the adjacent drives are fully installed.Inserting a hard-drive carrier and attempting to lock its handle next to a partially installed carriercan damage the partially installed carrier's shield spring and make it unusable.CAUTION: When a replacement hot-swappable hard drive is installed and the system is poweredon, the hard drive automatically begins to rebuild. Make absolutely sure that the replacementhard drive is blank or contains data that you wish to have over-written. Any data on thereplacement hard drive is immediately lost after the hard drive is installed.1. If a hard-drive blank is installed in the hard-drive slot, remove it.2. Install a hard drive in the hard-drive carrier.3. Press the release button on the front of the hard-drive carrier and open the hard-drive carrier handle.4. Insert the hard-drive carrier into the hard-drive slot until the carrier connects with the backplane.5. Close the hard-drive carrier handle to lock the hard drive in place.Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier1. Remove the screws from the slide rails on the hard-drive carrier.2. Lift the hard drive out of the hard-drive carrier.39
