Installing a hot swappable hard drivePrerequisitesCAUTION: 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 are shipped with your product.CAUTION: Use only hard drives that have been tested and approved for use with the hard drivebackplane.CAUTION: Combining SAS and SATA hard drives in the same RAID volume is not supported.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: To prevent data loss, ensure that your operating system supports hot-swap driveinstallation. See the documentation supplied with your operating system.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. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.Steps1. If a hard drive blank is installed in the hard drive slot, remove it.2. Install a hard drive in the hard drive carrier. For more information, see the Installing a hot swappablehard drive into a hot swappable hard drive carrier section.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.Next stepsInstall the optional front bezel.102
